Deadline: Ongoing
The Mott Foundation, through its Civil Society program, funds non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in South Africa to develop and strengthen civil society. It provides support to promote civic participation in the democratic process and paralegal and advice offices in order for communities to access their rights.
The Civil Society program aims to strengthen philanthropy and the nonprofit sector as vital vehicles for increasing civic engagement and improving communities and societies.
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation affirms its founder’s vision of a world in which each and everyone is in partnership with the rest of the human race-where each individual’s quality of life is connected to the well-being of the community, both locally and globally.
Program Themes
- To empower people and nonprofits to take collective action that promotes and defends democratic values
- To promote and develop a more robust culture of private giving for public good.
Grants Information
The foundation’s median grant size is in the $100,000 range. The majority of its grants are between $15,000 and $250,000 annually.
Focus Areas
- Central and Eastern Europe
- South Africa
- United States
- Global Philanthropy and Nonprofit Sector
Foundation’s Values
- Nurturing strong, self-reliant individuals with expanded capacity for accomplishment.
- Learning how people can live together to create a sense of community, whether at the neighborhood level or as a global society.
- Building strong communities through collaboration to provide a basis for positive change.
- Encouraging responsible citizen participation to help foster social cohesion.
- Promoting the social, economic and political empowerment of all individuals and communities to preserve fundamental democratic principles and rights.
- Developing leadership to build upon the needs and values of people and to inspire the aspirations and potential of others.
- Respecting the diversity of life to maintain a sustainable human and physical environment.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can send their letters of inquiry online or via mail at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit The Mott Foundation.
