The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is one of the major international grantmaking organizations providing direct funding to NGOs worldwide working to advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions. In 2012 alone, NED funded an average grant of of $50,000 to each organization and more than thousand projects across 92 countries were supported by is funding.
NED provides funding to NGOs including civic organizations, associations, independent media, and other similar organizations. It encourages applications from organizations working in diverse environments including newly established democracies, semi-authoritarian countries, highly repressive societies and countries undergoing democratic transitions.
Funding is given to projects that seek to:
- Promote and defend human rights and the rule of law
- Support freedom of information and independent media
- Strengthen democratic ideas and values
- Promote accountability and transparency
- Strengthen civil society organizations
- Strengthen democratic political processes and institutions
- Promote civic education
- Support democratic conflict resolution
- Promote freedom of association
- Strengthen a broad-based market economy
NED accepts proposals four times in a year especially prior to its quarterly Board of Directors meeting. The next upcoming deadline to submit proposals is 18 January 2013. For more information, visit this link or to know how to apply for this funding, visit here.
