Crowder-Messersmith Fund 2023 helps fund small, local conservation and education projects in developing countries by providing seed money to communities and individuals whose projects have not attracted major support from other sources.

Eligibility

• Preference is given to applicants who have a record of prior conservation action relevant to the proposed project.
• Applicants from countries other than the United States are especially encouraged to apply. Researchers in the United States planning work in foreign countries must have at least one local collaborator and consider how the project will benefit the local communities.

Eligible projects must focus on:

• Nature conservation and education
• Benefit endangered or threatened species or habitat.
• Include a public education component.
• Involve the local population.
• Have lasting significance for local residents.
• Be completed within a year

Benefits

• The Crowder-Messersmith Fund 2023 provides a maximum grant for one year of $3000 USD.

Application Process

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The Britford Bridge Trust 2023 supports the advancement of education, culture, heritage, and science, the protection of the environment, and the relief of those in need.

Eligibility

• Applications are invited from UK-registered charities for national or international projects.
• Regional consideration will only be given to projects in the Wolverhampton, Dorset, and Cambridge areas.
• If successive applications are unsuccessful, this is a strong indication that the trust is not supportive.

Benefits

• The Britford Bridge Trust 2023 average donation has been £25,000, and generally, applications of up to £30,000 are encouraged, but larger gifts can be made where warranted.

Application Process

• Click here to download the application form.

Grants to Support Homeless Charities fund a wide variety of organizations and favor small, grassroots charities working to help the most vulnerable people in their communities. Help the Homeless provides grants aimed at assisting individuals experiencing homelessness in transitioning off the streets and empowering them to lead self-sufficient and healthy lives.

Eligibility

• Your organization must be registered with the Charity Commission in England, Wales, or Northern Ireland, or a registered Scottish charity.

• Grants for homeless people are able to help only small charities with an annual turnover of less than £500,000.

• Help the Homeless can only accept applications for the funding of capital projects. Help the Homeless is unable to accept applications for running or core costs. Note: Help the Homeless is also unable to consider requests for computers and IT equipment.

• Help the Homeless provides small grants of up to £5,000. They do not consider multi-year requests.

• There should be a minimum period of two years between the receipt of a decision or grant from us and making a further application.

Benefits

• Grants to Support Homeless Charities provide small grants of up to £5,000. They do not consider multi-year requests.

Application Process

• Click here to apply.
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Note: Help the Homeless no longer accepts applications by post or email.

The UN Trust Fund for Human Security supports initiatives that promote human security and address the most pressing global challenges. By funding innovative projects and partnerships, this grant empowers communities and organizations to enhance resilience, foster peace, and protect human rights. It plays a crucial role in advancing the UN’s mission to create a safer, more equitable world for all.

Eligibility

The UN Trust invites organizations to meet these criteria when applying for the UN Trust Fund for Human Security:

• Increasing outreach at international forums that are not government-related
• Strengthening cooperation with regional organizations.
• Collaborating effectively with civil society and non-governmental actors
• When planning programs to raise global awareness of the human security approach, make sure to involve the Human Security Unit (HSU) directly.
• Your programs should aim to empower partner entities to develop and implement human security policies, programs, and activities.
• These initiatives should result in tangible benefits for vulnerable individuals and communities, such as improving their survival, livelihood, and dignity.

The UNTFHS will not consider the following applications: click here.

OneCause Cares Corporate Grants Program aims to support nonprofit organizations with technology-based grants, helping them expand their reach and enhance their missions through the utilization of innovative fundraising technology.

Eligibility

• The OneCause Cares Corporate Grants Program is designed to invest in communities. Applicants must be based in, serve, or demonstrate impact nationally within the Continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, D.C., Canada, and Puerto Rico. The mission of applicant organizations should also align with the Company’s cause focus areas.
• The OneCause Grants Program is open to any registered 501c3 organization in the United States and Canada.
• A nonprofit is eligible for one grant reward in a lifetime.

OneCause looks at the following factors when awarding grants:

• Alignment with cause focus areas
• Needs-based
• Software use case for fundraising or awareness building
• A clear focus on how the software will further the mission
• Adhering to deadline and application completeness
• Organization’s commitment to fulfilling grantee responsibilities

In addition, OneCause does not award technology-based grants for the following:

• Individuals
• Research
• Organizations not exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
• Political causes, candidates, organizations or campaigns or organizations designed primarily to lobby
• Travel-related requests including student trips and tours
• Organizations that do not raise funds in USD
• Organizations that are required to use their own 3rd party payment platforms
• Organizations with programs that are primarily religious in nature or activities for sectarian purposes, such as faith-based indoctrination, church-building campaigns, and general offerings. However, OneCause considers supporting such organizations provided the programs offered meet a need of the broader community, i.e., soup kitchens, homeless shelters, educational programs, and other social service needs

Benefits

• Technology-based grants of up to $10,000 each will be awarded to two nonprofits. 

Application Process

• Click here to apply.

Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund helps raise awareness of biodiversity conservation among Japanese businesses and makes policy recommendations.

Eligibility

The applicant must be an organization that satisfies the following conditions:

• It can appropriately report the activities, budgets, and financial status of granted projects when requested by KNCF.
• It has incorporated status or is a voluntary organization with societal credibility equivalent to an incorporated organization.
• It has a record of conducting nature conservation projects for 3 years or more 2)

The applicant must submit the documents listed below:

• Financial statements or certified audits for the past 3 years.
• For incorporated organizations, documents that show proof of such incorporation (However, this does not apply to the Basic A Grant and Basic B Grant that will be explained in the Grant Categories)

Benefits

The Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund has four categories:

• Basic A Grant
  • Grant for small-scale projects of 1 million yen or less for the first-time applicant to the KNCF Grant Program It’s basically a single-year grant.
• Basic B Grant
  • Grant for small-scale projects of 1 million yen or less for local grassroots organizations conducting activities in countries designated by the UN as least developed countries On a single-year grant, applicants may be consecutively accepted for three years.
• Standard Grant
  • Mid-sized grant that follows the conventional KNCF Grant Program. The upper limit is 10 million yen.
• Collaboration Grant
  • Large-size grants with an upper annual limit of 20 million yen, with the requirement that applying projects are collaborative projects involving multiple organizations.

Application Process

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The Toshiba International Foundation Grant aims to contribute to enhanced international understanding of Japan by promoting cultural exchanges, including the organization and sponsorship of symposia and seminars.

Eligibility

The following are eligible for the Toshiba International Foundation Grant:

• Non-profit organizations
• Organizations that have or will have a bank account in their officially registered name for grant remittance
• Projects that meet TIFO’s objectives and the above-mentioned project categories for grant The project should deepen understanding of Japan, especially overseas.
• Projects, or a discrete part of a continuing project, that can be completed within one fiscal year (April 1st of one year to March 31st of the following year)

The following are ineligible and will not be accepted:

• Applications from individuals
• Application for a lump-sum grant for the same project over a period of more than three years.
• Application for expenses to stay in Japan for an extended period

Points of attention

• Applicants who have received support for three consecutive years become ineligible to receive support for a fourth year under the same program.
• The entire amount of the grant must be used for the execution of the awarded project only.

Benefits

• The grant varies depending on the project content, but the approximate amount is several hundred thousand to 1.5 million Japanese yen.

Application Process

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The Islamabad Direct Aid Program 2023–2024 provides financial assistance to groups or organizations undertaking suitable small-scale development projects.

Eligibility

• Islamabad Direct Aid Program 2023 funding is available on a not-for-profit basis to community groups, NGOs, and other entities engaged in development activities in countries that are eligible for ODA.
• The management of the Direct Aid Program varies from mission to mission.
• Stories about projects funded by the DAP can also be found on the social media of the Australian mission overseas that administers the DAP.
• Projects must be located in one or more of the following countries: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, or Uganda.

The Islamabad Direct Aid Program 2023 will generally not fund the following:

• cash grants, micro-credit schemes, or projects that involve the return of money
• commercial ventures
• purchase of major assets, eg vehicles
• Australian or overseas study tours
• International travel
• Sponsorship of major sporting tournaments or cultural displays that do not have a clear developmental benefit
• staff salaries
• routine, recurring running costs, and administrative expenses, including office rental and utility costs, spare parts, and routine maintenance

Benefits

• There is no minimum amount that a single DAP project can receive, but the maximum is $60,000 over the life of the project (depending on the country). Activities can last up to a maximum of two years.

Application Process

• Click here to see the application guidelines.
• Click here to apply.

Biomedical HIV Prevention for Women Grants encourage and support women’s choice of an HIV prevention product and improve uptake, adherence, and persistence of the chosen product. The women’s grant also aims to optimize implementation and improve equitable access to biomedical HIV prevention for cisgender and transgender women. This grant targets gaps in knowledge about barriers and facilitators to ring use, interventions to improve uptake, adherence, and persistence on the vaginal ring, and implementation science studies to improve access to and distribution of the ring.

Eligibility

The Grants are open for

• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
• Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits having 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• City or township governments
• Small businesses
• Independent school districts
• County governments
• Nonprofits that do not have 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• State governments
• For-profit organizations other than small businesses
• Special district governments
• Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities

Benefits

• The Biomedical Grants intend to commit a total of $2,000,000 in FY 2024 to fund 3-5 awards in response to this NOFO.

Application Process

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EIT Manufacturing 2nd Call for Proposal 2024 supports entities coming from EIT RIS countries towards developing innovative solutions to make the work in the manufacturing industry more inclusive for individuals with disabilities.

Eligibility

The Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions

• Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden the outermost regions linked to the Member States of the European Union.
• The countries associated with Horizon Europe and the low- and middle-income countries

Benefits

• The total maximum EIT Manufacturing 2nd Call for Proposal 2024 funding allocated to this call is up to 200.000 EUR. The maximum EIT funding per applicant is 40.000 EUR.

Application Process

• Click here to register.
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Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Grant Program assists in the development and utilization of innovative activities relating to workforce development and career opportunities in the water utility sector.

Eligibility

• Nonprofit organizations that are not exempt from taxation under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code must submit other forms of documentation of nonprofit status, such as certificates of incorporation as a nonprofit under state or tribal law.
• Nonprofit organizations exempt from taxation are not eligible for EPA funding as provided in the Lobbying Disclosure Act, 2 U.S.C. 1611.
• For-profit organizations and individuals are not eligible to apply.
• The EPA may ask applicants to demonstrate that they are eligible for funding under this announcement.
• Consistent with Assistance Listing 66.616, eligible applicants for Project Area 6 are:
  • community-based nonprofit organizations (CBO);
  • a partnership of CBOs; or
  • a partnership between a CBO and a federally recognized Indian tribe, local government, or institution of higher education.
• The partnership agreement must specify which member of the partnership will enter into the assistance agreement with EPA for the purposes of 1) accountability for the proper expenditure of federal funds; 2) performance of the assistance agreement; 3) liability for claims for recovery of unallowable costs incurred under the agreement; and 4) specifying the respective roles in performing the proposed scope of work for the assistance agreement.
• At least one CBO in the partnership must receive EPA funding either as a direct recipient or as a sub-recipient. As a policy matter, the partnership agreement must also, at a minimum, specify other roles and responsibilities of each partner, including how the priority environmental and public health issues of the disadvantaged communities proposed to be served by the award are identified, as well as the role of community leaders in the decision-making processes and implementation of the proposed projects for funding.

Benefits

The Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Grant Program provides

• Estimated Total Program Funding: $ 20,800,000
• Award Ceiling: $1,000,000

Application Process

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The Grants to End Homelessness program is a funding initiative dedicated to addressing the critical issue of homelessness in Australia. This grant provides financial support to organizations and projects that are committed to implementing innovative solutions and support services aimed at eradicating homelessness.

Eligibility

Applications are accepted from not-for-profit community-based groups or organizations (not individuals) within Australia. The Mercy Foundation will only accept one application per organization in any given year.

• Organizations applying for funds must have a visible and accountable management structure that includes community representatives.
• Organizations applying for funds must be not-for-profit and therefore exempt from income tax but are not required to have Deductible Gift Recipient status.
• Applications are accepted for projects run wholly within Australia by organizations based in Australia.
• Criteria for the suitability of projects to apply for grants are derived from the aims and objectives of the Mercy Foundation and the criteria for the grant programs.
• Applicants must demonstrate the capacity to implement the project.
• Applicants must display competency in the field of the projects or have included appropriate capacity-building in the project design.

Ineligibility

The funding to end homelessness does not grant:

• Individuals
• The core operating costs of an existing organization or project
• Vehicles
• General fundraising appeals
• Food parcels, crisis or emergency responses to homelessness
• Deficit funding
• Projects that will rely on recurrent funding from the Mercy Foundation
• Other grant-making foundations
• Projects that do not meet the identified criteria and priority goals of the Mercy Foundation
• Projects located overseas

Benefits

• Grants to End Homelessness range from $5,000 up to $60,000.

Application Process

• Click here to download the EOI form.
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