4 June 2009The "One Woman Initiative" was established on 12 May 2008 as an international women's fund with the support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United States Department of State. The Fund's objectives include providing support to NGOs in countries … [Read more...] about First Round of Grants from the One Woman Initiative

28 May 2009Family Health International (FHI), a US-based non-governmental international organization working on implementing sustainable health programs for vulnerable communities in developing countries has been awarded with the Grand Challenges Explorations grant, which was the open competition … [Read more...] about Gates Foundation grant award to Family Health International

The United States-based Tides Foundation recently announced (May 2009) that it is requesting Letters of Interest from organizations in the Sub-Saharan Africa under its “Money Well Spent” Funding Program to provide solutions for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the existing financial … [Read more...] about Can more aid reduce the wastage of aid?

18 May 2009The World Bank today announced that it has awarded grants of more than US $500,000 to NGOs in Armenia under the Civil Society Fund (CSF) 2009. The World Bank's local office in Yerevan along with Counterpart International-Armenia and Jinishian Memorial Foundation made this announcement as … [Read more...] about World Bank announces Grant Recipients under Civil Society Fund in Armenia

The European Union has signed an agreement with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization to grant an amount of €106 million for boosting agricultural production across Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. This extremely large grant is part of the aid package budgeted €1 billion by the EU to … [Read more...] about EU's Stimulating Donation to FAO for Agricultural Production

A large number of US-based foundations providing international grants for development have committed to provide a substantial portion of their funding for reducing the impact of climate change around the world. A greater part of the grants released during the year, 2008 was offered towards … [Read more...] about US Foundations to Allocate Major Portion of Grants to reduce Climate Change Effects

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is considered to be the largest private donor foundation in the United States. It has an endowment of more than US $35 billion and considered to be the second most generous philanthropist in the country. Its primary goal is to reduce poverty at the global … [Read more...] about Gates Foundation gives only 5% to Developing Countries

The Global Fund for Women, which is one of the largest donor agencies supporting the cause of women and girls around the world, has announced that it is going to disburse an amount of US $1.8 million to grantees. This is despite the fact that most donors, including bilaterals have been affected by … [Read more...] about Global Fund for Women Funding to remain strong despite Global Financial Crisis

8 May 2009Movimiento Comunal Nacaraguense (MCN) based in Nicaragua has won the United Nations Population Award along with an Egyptian doctor, Mahmoud Fathalla. The award, which is chaired by the Malaysian Ambassador to the United Nations selected these laureates from over 18 different nominees from … [Read more...] about UN Population Award for a Nicaraguan NGO