Deadline: 20-Jan-23
Applications are now open for Julia Taft Fund to address gaps in refugee assistance, by issuing grants to local nonprofit organizations for quick-impact, time-limited projects.
Grants are intended to address one-time needs or interventions, and/or respond to needs not addressed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), or other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) receiving U.S. government funding.
The activities of the proposed project should not be directed to sustained, long-term programs. They encourage community-based organizations (CBOs) and NGOs to submit proposals. Please note the beneficiaries of your proposed project must be at least 50 percent refugees, internally displaced persons, vulnerable migrants, and/or stateless persons.
Priorities
- This year, they encourage applicant organizations to submit proposals that include at least one of the following areas of focus:
- Legal Assistance, Protection, or Education for Newly Displaced Persons: including activities that provide time-bound assistance to refugees, asylum seekers, and/or vulnerable migrants who were newly displaced into Thailand during calendar years 2021 or 2022. They will not consider proposals that
- Focus on assistance to the nine refugee camps (i.e. temporary shelters for displaced persons) along the Thailand-Myanmar border;
- Projects that duplicate the work or services provided by UNHCR, other UN agencies, or other U.S. Government assistance programs.
- Stateless Persons: including activities aimed at resolving, reducing, or preventing statelessness. For example, a proposed project could convene stateless persons, government officials, and private sector stakeholders to advocate for changes to laws or policies that prevent women from conferring citizenship on their children on an equal basis with men.
- LGBTQI+ Persons: including activities that provide innovative assistance, promote equal access to protection, and assist with durable solutions for LGBTQI+ asylum seekers, refugees, vulnerable migrants, and/or stateless persons. They will not consider proposals that are focused primarily on research or surveying needs.
- Legal Assistance, Protection, or Education for Newly Displaced Persons: including activities that provide time-bound assistance to refugees, asylum seekers, and/or vulnerable migrants who were newly displaced into Thailand during calendar years 2021 or 2022. They will not consider proposals that
Grant Information
- For FY2023, the U.S. Embassy may award multiple grants of up to $25,000 each, pending availability of funding.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals must be submitted by a local community group (CBO/NGO) that is registered in Thailand, and not by government officials or private individuals;
- Projects that duplicate the work or services provided by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees or other multilateral refugee programs will not be funded;
- The organization(s) selected will be required to submit registration documents to demonstrate status as a nonprofit organization authorized to operate in Thailand. Groups must have diverse membership (no single families) and must be already established and operating.
For more information, visit U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Thailand.