Deadline- 13 August 2013 7th Innovation Grant Call for Proposals has been announced by Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology. The funding can be used to- De-risk the technology by developing prototypes or conducting proof of concept experiments Determine a go-to market strategy … [Read more...] about 7th Innovation Grant Call for Proposals Launched
Global Fund for Women (GFW)
About: GFW is a grantmaking foundation supporting women-led organisations developing projects to advance women’s human rights. The main goal of the Fund is to help women to reach their potential and live free of discrimination and violence. Geographical Area of Intervention: Sub-Saharan Africa, … [Read more...] about Global Fund for Women (GFW)
Mama Cash Foundation
About: Mama Cash is the oldest international women’s fund. The Foundation supports women-led initiatives promoting women’s rights and social change. Mama Cash is a risk-taking organisation that mainly funds pioneering, taboo breaking and risk taking initiatives. Main belief of Mama Cash is that by … [Read more...] about Mama Cash Foundation
Nirnaya Women’s Fund (India)
About: Nirnaya is the first women’s fund in India. The Fund was established in 1998 to financially support women’s organisation developing projects for disempowered and disadvantaged women in India. Nirnaya helps women through micro-credit schemes and also by sponsoring trainings in the most … [Read more...] about Nirnaya Women’s Fund (India)
Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights
About: Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Rights was born in 1997 with the aim of providing quick financial supports to organisations working in the field of women’s rights facing critical circumstances. In particular, the Fund was conceived to support activists working in conflict zones or turbulent … [Read more...] about Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights
Women’s Hope, Education and Training Trust (WHEAT)
About: WHEAT is a South African Trust born in 1998. The funding members of WHEAT are feminists active in South Africa who thought necessary to create a Fund helping grassroots women’s organisations after the end of the apartheid. The main goal of WHEAT is to develop projects aiming to empower women … [Read more...] about Women’s Hope, Education and Training Trust (WHEAT)
A List of International Corporate Foundations and Grants Programs for NGOs in Developing Countries
Corporate agencies have welfare programs to provide financial support for various community development projects as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). But many of these programs are limited to those areas where these corporates are active and those where they think there is high … [Read more...] about A List of International Corporate Foundations and Grants Programs for NGOs in Developing Countries
The Coca-Cola Foundation
Objectives: The Coca-Cola Foundation is Coca-Cola’s philanthropic arm. It was founded in 1984 as an American Charitable Organisation. Its main goal is to support the implementation of projects that improve health in communities. The Foundation invests mainly in community projects and has 4 priority … [Read more...] about The Coca-Cola Foundation
MTV Staying Alive Foundation
Objectives: The MTV Staying Alive Foundation was born with the aim of supporting projects targeting HIV/AIDS prevention. The Foundation gives financial awards to youth organisations willing to implement innovative projects and it also produces and shares contents that further their mission. The … [Read more...] about MTV Staying Alive Foundation
Nestlè Prize in Creating Social Value
Objectives: The Nestlè Prize in Creating Social Value aims to provide financial aid towards the implementation of business ideas creating social value. In other words, the proposed projects must demonstrate how their implementation will create added value for society. Accordingly, proposals should … [Read more...] about Nestlè Prize in Creating Social Value
