The BBC World Challenge 2011 seeks to provide recognition to projects or small businesses demonstrating enterprise and innovation at the grassroots level. BBC World News Limited and Newsweek are looking for nominations of social entrepreneurs who are making a difference without costing the … [Read more...] about BBC’s World Challenge: Nominations open for projects or small businesses at grassroots level
Latest Funds for NGOs
Check out the latest and the most updated list of grant opportunities for NGOs and individuals around the world.
Proposals are being accepted for the Grant Challenges Explorations – Round 7
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is accepting applications for the Round 7 of Grant Challenges Explorations, which provides grants of $100,000 for unconventional ideas that could transform health in developing countries and focuses on research areas where creative, unorthodox thinking is … [Read more...] about Proposals are being accepted for the Grant Challenges Explorations – Round 7
Legal Defence Fund Call for Applications
The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) is calling for applications to provide funding for individuals/groups litigating cases before the African Commission for Human and Peoples' Rights. The support is part of the Legal Defence Fund, launched by IHRDA with the financial … [Read more...] about Legal Defence Fund Call for Applications
Request for Applications from NGOs for USAID’s Development Grants Program
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a Request for Applications for the Development Grants Program providing support in the three sectors of microenterprise, water and climate change adaptation. Applications can be submitted by indigenous, local NGOs from … [Read more...] about Request for Applications from NGOs for USAID’s Development Grants Program
Minor Foundation for Major Challenges announces Competition for Communicating the Future – Explaining Climate Change through Graphics
The Minor Foundation for Major Challenges, a Norwegian nonprofit organizations has launched a competition called "Communicating the Future - Explaining Climate Change through Graphics." The competition aims to select an extraordinarily good way of communicating the issue of man-made climate … [Read more...] about Minor Foundation for Major Challenges announces Competition for Communicating the Future – Explaining Climate Change through Graphics
Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the Government of Norway, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada and the World Bank has launched the "Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development," which is calling for … [Read more...] about Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development
Lindbergh Foundation Grants for individuals working to balance technology and preservation of natural/human environment
The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindberg Foundation is offering grants of up to $10,580 (which is a symbolic amount representing the cost of the Spirit of St. Louis) to men and women whose individual initiative and work in a wide spectrum of disciplines furthers the Lindberghs' vision of a balance … [Read more...] about Lindbergh Foundation Grants for individuals working to balance technology and preservation of natural/human environment
Ford Foundation’s JustFilms to support filmmakers advancing social justice worldwide
The Ford Foundation has launched a new initiative called "JustFilms" which seeks to support courageous filmmakers to complete their important works and to help them reach a growing audience of engaged and socially conscious viewers. The Foundation is investing $10 million a year over five years in … [Read more...] about Ford Foundation’s JustFilms to support filmmakers advancing social justice worldwide
UNODC Small Grants Facility to support victims of trafficking
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has launched the 2011 Small Grants Facility under the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for victims of human trafficking. The Facility aims to provide tangible support through established channels to victims of trafficking in persons. NGOs are invited … [Read more...] about UNODC Small Grants Facility to support victims of trafficking
Nominations invited for the 2012 Hilton Humanitarian Prize
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2012 Hilton Humanitarian Prize, which is the world's largest humanitarian award. The Prize is to an organization, anywhere in the world, judged to have made extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering—often … [Read more...] about Nominations invited for the 2012 Hilton Humanitarian Prize
