| Type of Organization | Organization Name | Name of Program | Themes of Interest | Decription | Focus Countries | Web Site 1 | Web Site 2 | Language of Web Page | Comments | Do not display | Grants for General Funding Available |
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| International Foundation | Abilis Foundation | Abilis Foundation | Disability | ABILIS Foundation is a development fund, founded by people with disabilities in Finland in 1998. Its mandate is to support the activities empowerment of disabled persons in the Global South (developing countries). ABILIS Foundation supports activities that contribute toward equal opportunities for disabled people in society through human rights, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency. Special priority is given to activities developed and implemented by disabled women. ABILIS Foundation gives small grants ranging from 500 to 10.000 Euros to projects initiated by disabled persons. These are one-time grants for new projects. We support organizations that are run by persons who have a disability, be it related to mobility, vision, hearing or any other type of disability. We also support organisations that are run by parents of children with disabilities. |
Latin America | http://www.abilis.fi/index.php?lang=1&main=1&level=1 | http://www.abilis.fi/index.php?lang=1&main=3&level=1 | Spanish, English, French, Portuguese | No | No | |
| International NGO | American Jewish World Service | Civil Society | Civil Society , Human Rights, Sustainable Development | By supporting community organizations in the ongoing process of empowering and strengthening civil society stakeholders, we aim to foster respect for human rights and promote the creation of global social change movements. | Latin America | http://www.ajws.org/index.cfm?section_id=3&topic_id=1 | English | No | No | ||
| Official Development Agency | Austrian Development Agency | Poverty, Peace and Security, Environment, Human Rights, Water and Sanitation, Rural Development, Energy, Education | The Austrian Development Agency (ADA) is the operational unit of the Austrian Development Cooperation and Cooperation with Eastern Europe (ADC). The ADA is responsible for the implementation of all bilateral programmes and projects in the ADC partner countries and administrates the corresponding budget. | Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador | http://www.ada.gv.at/view.php3?r_id=3042&LNG=en&version= | English | Only co-finances NGOs with its "seat" in Austria. Mayor informacion: nro.kooperation@ada.gv.at | No | Sí | ||
| Official Development Agency | Canadian International Development Agency | Youth Internship Program | Poverty, Environment, Millenium Development Goals, Social Equality | If you want to recruit qualified, enthusiastic young professionals into your organization, CIDA’s International Youth Internship Program (IYIP) can help you! IYIP is an employment program for young Canadians between the ages of 19-30. It offers post-secondary graduates the chance of a lifetime to work in a developing country and contribute to Canada’s international development goals. | Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, America Latina | http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/CIDAWEB/acdicida.nsf/En/JUD-6219543-HD5 | http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm | English, French | No | No | |
| Official Development Agency | Canadian International Development Agency | Poverty, Environment, Millenium Development Goals, Social Equality | The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is Canada’s lead agency for development assistance. It has a mandate to support sustainable development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable, and prosperous world. | Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, America Latina | http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm | English, French | No | No | |||
| Official Development Agency | DFID - UK Dept. for International Development | Poverty, Millenium Development Goals | The Department for International Development (DFID) is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty. We are headed by a Cabinet minister, one of the senior ministers in the Government. This reflects how important the Government sees reducing poverty around the world. We have two headquarters (in London and East Kilbride, near Glasgow) and 64 offices overseas. We also have over 2500 staff, almost half of whom work abroad. |
Bolivia, Brazil, colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru | http://www.dfid.gov.uk/ | English | No | No | |||
| Official Development Agency | Directorate-General for Development Cooperation (DGDC) | Food, Water, Education/Capacity Building, Health, Poverty, Civil Society | This is the official development organization of Belgium. They cooerate with NGOs from developing countries and also offer subsidies for international conferences. (http://www.dgdc.be/en/dgdc/subsidies_conferences/index.html) | Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru | www.dgdc.be | http://www.dgdc.be/en/actors/indirect_cooperation/index.html | English | This organization supports NGOs from their member countries (http://www.dgdc.be/en/partner_countries/index.html.) Enquiries should be made through your Belgian Embassy: Luc De Backer, Lima, Embajada de Belgica, Tel: 00-51-1-241.75.66, email: Lima@diplobel.org, Avenida Angamos Oeste, 380 Miraflores - Lima 18 | No | No | |
| International Foundation | Echoing Green | Echoing Green Fellowships | Seed Funding and Technical support for Visionaries | Provides fellowships for social entreprenuers | Latin America | http://www.echoinggreen.org/ | English | No | No | ||
| International Foundation | Empower | Youth, Education, Health, Leadership and Livelihoods | EMpower, The Emerging Markets Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that ties the resources of Wall Street's Emerging Markets professionals with the vitality of community-based social sector initiatives in developing countries. EMpower's two main objectives are: To make strategic grants to locally developed and managed non-governmental organizations. These organizations must be working to advance their communities through the alleviation of poverty and illness and the development of more effective educational and legal systems. To raise the level of awareness, involvement and investment of the Emerging Markets community in philanthropy and specifically in strategies for development of healthier civil societies in the developing world. |
Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela | http://www.empowerweb.org/ | http://www.hrfunders.org/funders/funder.php?op=view&orgid=665 | English | No | No | ||
| Organización Multi-Lateral | EuropeAid | EuropeAid Co-operation Office's mission is to implement the external aid instruments of the European Commission which are funded by the European Community budget and the European Development Fund. It does not deal with pre-accession aid programmes (Phare, Ispa and Sapard), humanitarian activities, macro-financial assistance, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) or the Rapid Reaction Facility. The Office is responsible for all phases of the project cycle (identification and appraisal of projects and programmes, preparation of financing decisions, implementation and monitoring, evaluation of projects and programmes) which ensures the achievement of the objectives of the programmes established by the Directorates-General for External Relations and Development and approved by the Commission. |
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm | http://ec.europa.eu/grants/index_en.htm | Spanish, English, French, others | No | No | ||||
| Official Development Agency | Finlandia | Poverty | The Ministry for Foreign Affairs allocates development cooperation funds to international and regional non-governmental organizations (INGOs) whose activities are in line with Finland's development policy priorities and goals. This support complements Finland's development policy and inter-governmental development cooperation on the sectors and activities with strategic importance. The objectives of Finland's INGO cooperation are: 1) to reach the goals of Finland's development policy and development cooperation policy; 2) to reach the country- and organisation-specific objectives; 3) to strengthen developing countries' civil societies and democracies and to pay due regard for the citizens' opinions and needs in the national and international decision-making; 4) to bring about greater synergy between different actors | Latin America | http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=15442&contentlan=2&culture=en-US | http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=51613 | English, Suomeksi, På svenska | No | No | ||
| International Foundation | Ford Foundation | Asset Building and Comunity Development | Economic Development, Community Development | The Asset Building and Community Development program helps strengthen and increase the effectiveness of people and organizations working to find solutions to problems of poverty and injustice. Thirty-one program staff focus grant resources in two program units in New York and abroad. We support people who are building human, social, financial and environmental assets that enable people and communities to expand opportunities, to exert control over their lives and to participate in their societies in meaningful and effective ways. Grants support vibrant social movements, institutions and partnerships that analyze contemporary social and economic opportunities and devise responses to them. | Latin America | http://www.fordfound.org/program/asset_main.cfm | http://www.fordfound.org/about/guideline.cfm | English | No | Sí | |
| International Foundation | Ford Foundation | Peace and Social Justice - Human Rights | Human Rights | In Human Rights we promote access to justice and the protection of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, especially for the most vulnerable individuals and groups in society. Grant making emphasizes implementation of human rights protections by strengthening advocacy groups, supporting research and promoting outreach and education. Women’s rights and racial justice programming builds on the historic victories of these movements in the United States and supports antidiscrimination efforts and the struggles of women and minority groups in Latin America, South Asia and elsewhere. Other programming supports the protection of refugees and the human rights of immigrants domestically and around the world. | Latin America | http://www.fordfound.org/program/peace_main.cfm | http://www.fordfound.org/about/guideline.cfm | English | Grant making emphasizes implementation of human rights protections by strengthening advocacy groups, supporting research and promoting outreach and education. Grants given to China Disabled Persons' Federation | No | Sí |
| International Foundation | General Service Foundation | Human Rights and Democracy | Human Rights; Social Justice; Social, Economic and Political Equality | The goal of the Foundation's Human Rights and Democracy Program is to advance and strengthen human rights, democratic reform and economic justice in Mexico | Mexico | http://www.generalservice.org/International%20Peace.htm | English | Also supports US Policy change in Cuba & Central America | No | No | |
| International Foundation | Global Fund for Children | Global Fund for Children | Children | The Global Fund for Children awards small grants to community-based organizations working to transform the lives of vulnerable children and youth throughout the world. GFC supports organizations and programs that focus on four specific issues: Schools and Scholarships, Hazardous Child Labor, Commercial Sexual Exploitation, and the Distinctive Needs of Vulnerable Boys. |
Latin America | http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/applyforagrant/index.html | http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/ourwork/grants_regions.html#4 | English | No | No | |
| International Foundation | Global Fund for Women | Global Fund for Women | Human Rights, Women's Rights | The Global Fund for Women supports women's groups that advance the human rights of women and girls. We strengthen women's right groups based outside the United States by providing small, flexible, and timely grants ranging from $500 to $20,000 for operating and program expenses. We value local expertise and believe that women themselves know best how to determine their needs and propose solutions for lasting change. | America Latina | http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/ | http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/content/view/212/202/ | Spanish, English, French | No | No | |
| International Foundation | John Merck Fund | Human Rights | Human Rights | The Human Rights program concentrates on the defense and promotion of human rights in Latin America. Approximately 70 percent of the program’s budget goes to human rights organizations based in six countries in the region: Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. The remaining 30 percent of program resources supports activities of key U.S. groups dedicated to advancing human rights. | Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru y Venezuela | http://www.jmfund.org/grant.html#eligibility | http://www.hrfunders.org/funders/funder.php?op=view&orgid=456 | English | Argentina, Columbia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela. Does not accept unsolicited applications, but a brief letter of inquiry can be sent. | No | Sí |
| International Foundation | Kresge Foundation | Capital Challenge Grant Program | Support for Capital Campaigns | Through this Capital Challenge Grant Program, we provide an incentive and a tool your organization can use to build long-term relationships with donors and volunteer leaders beyond the building project. The challenge requires organizations to meet 100% of their fund raising goals. The solicitation process provides organizations an opportunity to make a compelling case to stakeholders to contribute to the immediate capital need and then beyond for ongoing operating needs. | Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Latin America | http://www.kresge.org/content/displaycontent.aspx?CID=24 | English | Provides grants to promote capital campaigns for NGO. NGO MUST raise a percentage of the needed funds in order to receive the grant. | No | No | |
| International Foundation | MacArthur Foundation | Human Rights | Human Rights | The MacArthur Foundation first began making grants in Mexico in 1986 and opened an office in Mexico City in 1992. The Foundation's current areas of emphasis in the country are population and reproductive health and human rights. Its human rights grantmaking focuses on efforts at the national level to build up leading human rights organizations, strengthen the system of public human rights commissions, and promote work in the area of police reform. There is also a special emphasis on human rights work in the states of Guerrero and Jalisco to help implement model reforms and programs and redress local human rights problems. The Foundation's population and reproductive health grantmaking in Mexico focuses on helping to reduce the highest maternal mortality ratios in the country, concentrating on the rural and indigenous women in three states, Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca, and to reduce abortion-related maternal death. | Mexico | http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.929441/k.74BD/International_Grantmaking.htm | http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.932829/k.3656/International_Grantmaking__Human_Rights_and_International_Justice.htm | Spanish, English | No | No | |
| International Foundation | National Endowment for Democracy | National Endowment for Democracy - Grants Program | Democracy, Human Rights, Civil Society | The NED supports projects that promote political and economic freedom, a strong civil society, independent media, human rights, and the rule of law. The Endowment's flexible and efficient grants program is able to assist democratic activists in diverse situations, such as transitional countries where the goal is democratic consolidation, authoritarian countries where the goals are liberalization, and the protection of human rights. | Latin America | http://www.ned.org/grants/grants.html | http://www.ned.org/grants/discretionaryGrants.html | English, Spanish | No | No | |
| Official Development Agency | Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) | Poverty, Disability, HIV/AIDS, Gender, Human Rights, Environment, Indigenous Peoples, Education | The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) is a directorate under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Norad's most important task is to contribute in the international cooperation to fight poverty. |
http://www.norad.no/ | http://www.norad.no/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=1598 | English, Norsk | No | No | |||
| International Foundation | Norwegian Human Rights Fund | Norwegian Human Rights Fund | Human Rights | The fund seeks to support projects on economic, social and cultural rights on a par with civil and political oriented human rights projects. Grants can be given to projects aiming at one or more of the following objectives: (1) enhancing the political influence of a target group (advocacy), (2) strengthening the knowledge and capacity of the target group to act (empowerment), and (3) improving organisational performance and implementation (capacity building). | Peru, Colombia | http://www.nhrf.no/ | http://www.hrfunders.org/funders/funder.php?op=view&orgid=572 | Spanish, English, French, Norwegian | Focus countries are Peru and Colombia, but others might receive support | No | Sí |
| International Foundation | Open Society Institute | Information Program | Civil Society Communication | Most of the organizations and networks that the Open Society Institute supports rely on information as their most important commodity. How an organization's information is managed and communicated is of paramount importance to the success of its overall work. But many organizations are not equipped, either with tools or skills, to manage, present, analyze or otherwise use the information they have to its greatest effect. This component of the Information Program aims both to provide support to these organizations in their use of information, and to build global expertise that can address the growing needs of NGOs on information and communications issues in innovative ways. Civil Society Communication includes two separate but closely connected initiatives: the first aims to enhance the information and communications capacity of key organizations and networks, the second to provide software tools to meet the special needs of these groups. |
Guatemala, Mexico, Peru | http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information/focus/communication | http://www.soros.org/initiatives/regions/latinamerica | English | No | No | |
| International Foundation | Open Society Institute | Latin American Program | Strengthening Democratic Institutions, Ensuring International Support for Open Society Goals & Promoting Transparency and Accountability | Launched in January 2002, the Latin America Program coordinates OSI’s grant-making activities in the region and conducts policy work in Washington, DC. The program focuses on three principal thematic areas: promoting greater transparency and accountability, strengthening democratic institutions, and ensuring international support for open society goals. To further these objectives, the Latin America Program works closely with the Soros foundations in Guatemala and Haiti as well as other OSI-related programs and collaborates with local and regional organizations that share its goals. |
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/lap | http://www.soros.org/initiatives/regions/latinamerica | English | Sí | No | ||
| International Foundation | Overbrook Foundation | Human Rights Program | Human Rights, Civil Rights | The Foundation's Human Rights Program joins together the Foundation's commitment to international and domestic human rights to support human rights work inside and outside of the United States. It recognizes that all the work the Foundation has traditionally supported is joined together by a commitment to the values expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights-political, economic and social. The program investigates and looks to support human rights activism of smaller human rights organizations where activists are at particular risk both domestically and globally (e.g., environmental activists, journalists, Union Organizers, whistle blowers); continues its support of major Human Rights Organizations (domestic and global) who are core providers and, to the extent possible and appropriate, links them to smaller groups. The Foundation works to link together its focus on reproductive rights, LGBT rights, reproductive health, HIV, trafficking of people and other issues of sexuality. In doing so, it seeks to advance support for gender rights and to eliminate discrimination and marginalization based on gender. | Latin America | http://www.overbrook.org/programs/programs.html | http://www.hrfunders.org/funders/funder.php?op=view&orgid=663 | English | No | No | |
| International NGO | Partners of the Americas | Agriculture and Natural Resources, Civil Society, Gender, Youth | Partners of the Americas is the largest volunteer-based organization in the western hemisphere engaged in social, economic, and cultural development. The organization works by pairing U.S. states with Latin American and Caribbean countries in 60 "Partnerships." In an increasingly interdependent world, Partners is a network of enduring linkages among professionals, institutions, and communities across the hemisphere. Drawing on this unique network of community-based chapters of people and organizations, Partners' activities are remarkably diverse. They range from disaster assistance to cultural exchange, from democracy strengthening to domestic violence prevention and environment protection. | Latin America | http://www.partners.net/partners/default_EN.asp?SnID=1593821475 | http://www.partners.net/partners/What_We_Do_EN.asp?SnID=1593821475 | English, Spanish, Portuguese | No | No | ||
| International NGO | Polus Center | Disability, Shared Living, Social and Economic Opportunities | Polus began working internationally in 1997 in Nicaragua and we have now expanded to Ethiopia, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Mexico. These collaborative efforts have resulted in two community-based prosthetic outreach projects, an accessibility project, a disabilities leadership center, a regional wheelchair manufacturing project, and a series of capacity-building mini-grants to local organizations and individuals. We use a locally-based, holistic approach to insure that project beneficiaries are the ones driving services forward and broad support is created in the community where they live. Over the years, The Polus Center has broadened the scope of its mission beyond the provision of direct care services, to include planning and development consultation services on the national and international level. By collaborating with other non-governmental organizations plus local business and humanitarian groups, the Polus Center has been able to provide key financial and strategic aid that result in long-term, self-sustaining solutions. Our goal is to improve the lives of disabled people around the world by removing the impediments to their independence and providing access to the key resources that will nurture their success. | Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, México | http://www.poluscenter.org/ | http://www.poluscenter.org/international.html | English, Spanish | No | No | ||
| International Foundation | Public Welfare Foundation | Health | Health Advocacy, Nutrition, Mental Health | The Health Program promotes a health care system that is affordable and that provides a range of services, including prevention, long-term care, mental health, and nutrition. | Latin America | http://www.publicwelfare.org/first_time/first_time.asp | http://www.publicwelfare.org/news/news/fund_2007.asp | English | Usually gives GENERAL FUNDING as opposed to project funding. | No | Sí |
| International Foundation | Public Welfare Foundation | Human Rights and Global Security | Anti-discrimination, Human Rights | The Human Rights and Global Security Program promotes the protection of economic, social, political, and civil rights. | Latin America | http://www.publicwelfare.org/first_time/first_time.asp | http://www.publicwelfare.org/news/news/fund_2007.asp | English | Usually gives GENERAL FUNDING as opposed to project funding. | No | Sí |
| International Foundation | Public Welfare Foundation | Youth | Employment, Training, Youth Leadership | The Youth Program promotes the positive development of young people through improving access to quality education and training, adequate health services, leadership development, and empowerment. | Latin America | http://www.publicwelfare.org/first_time/first_time.asp | http://www.publicwelfare.org/news/news/fund_2007.asp | English | Usually gives GENERAL FUNDING as opposed to project funding. | No | Sí |
| International Foundation | Public Welfare Foundation | Community Development | Housing, Employment, Technical Assistance | The Community Development Program promotes affordable housing, safe working conditions, and fair wages. | Latin America | http://www.publicwelfare.org/first_time/first_time.asp | http://www.publicwelfare.org/news/news/fund_2007.asp | English | Usually gives GENERAL FUNDING as opposed to project funding. | No | Sí |
| International Foundation | Rainforest Aliance | Community Conservation Enterprises | Micro-Enterprise, Environment | Community Conservation Enterprises (CCE) provides grants to communities to improve the quality of life by supporting business opportunities that protect their resources and help to stimulate a sustainable economy. Raising the quality of life in these communities includes: a clean environment, economic opportunities, cultural integrity and protection of natural resources. CCE eco-business grants of $500 to $2,000 help community members start or expand an innovative green business. Grants are awarded to businesses that value local natural resources and encourage their protection. The CCE Community Vigilance project -- see below -- helps local communities protect their natural resources from illegal activities and forest fires. | Mexico and Central America | http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/cce.cfm?id=main | http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/cce.cfm?id=criteria | Spanish, English | No | No | |
| International Foundation | Samuel Rubin Foundation | Peace, Justice, Resource Distribution | The Foundation's general purpose is to carry on the vision of its founder, Samuel Rubin, whose life was dedicated to the pursuit of peace and justice and the search for an equitable reallocation of the world’s resources. The Foundation believes that these objectives can be achieved only through the fullest implementation of social, economic, political, civil and cultural rights for all the world’s people. | http://www.samuelrubinfoundation.org/mission.html | http://www.samuelrubinfoundation.org/guidelines.html | English | No | No | |||
| International Foundation | Sigrid Rausing Trust | Human Rights Program | Human Rights, Social Rights, Economic Rights | The Foundation's Human Rights Program joins together the Foundation's commitment to international and domestic human rights to support human rights work inside and outside of the United States. It recognizes that all the work the Foundation has traditionally supported is joined together by a commitment to the values expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights-political, economic and social. The program investigates and looks to support human rights activism of smaller human rights organizations where activists are at particular risk both domestically and globally (e.g., environmental activists, journalists, Union Organizers, whistle blowers); continues its support of major Human Rights Organizations (domestic and global) who are core providers and, to the extent possible and appropriate, links them to smaller groups. The Foundation works to link together its focus on reproductive rights, LGBT rights, reproductive health, HIV, trafficking of people and other issues of sexuality. In doing so, it seeks to advance support for gender rights and to eliminate discrimination and marginalization based on gender. | Latin America | http://www.sigrid-rausing-trust.org/how.htm | http://www.hrfunders.org/funders/funder.php?op=view&orgid=500 | English | No | Sí | |
| Official Development Agency | USAID | Agriculture, Democracy and Governance, Economic Growth and Trade, Education, Health, Environment | USAID is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. Our Work supports long-term and equitable economic growth and advances U.S. foreign policy objectives by supporting:economic growth, agriculture and trade; global health; and, democracy, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance. With headquarters in Washington, D.C., USAID's strength is its field offices around the world. We work in close partnership with private voluntary organizations, indigenous organizations, universities, American businesses, international agencies, other governments, and other U.S. government agencies. USAID has working relationships with more than 3,500 American companies and over 300 U.S.-based private voluntary organizations. |
http://www.usaid.gov/ | English, Spanish | No | No | ||||
| Multi-Lateral Development Agency | World Bank | http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/thematic.htm | The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. We are not a bank in the common sense. We are made up of two unique development institutions owned by 185 member countries—the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). Each institution plays a different but supportive role in our mission of global poverty reduction and the improvement of living standards. The IBRD focuses on middle income and creditworthy poor countries, while IDA focuses on the poorest countries in the world. Together we provide low-interest loans, interest-free credit and grants to developing countries for education, health, infrastructure, communications and many other purposes. | http://www.worldbank.org/ | English, Spanish, French | No | No |