Tag: Covid Funding

Applications for EDELGIVE GROW FUND is Open Now (Deadline- September 12, 2021)

Title: Applications for EDELGIVE GROW FUND is Open Now

Organisation: EdelGive Foundation

Theme: Grassroots organisations, Capacity Building, Resilience Building, Covid-19

Description: "The Grassroots, Resilience, Ownership and Wellness (GROW) Fund is a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at building the capabilities, resilience and future readiness of grassroots organisations, in turn facilitating their efforts to effect change at the grassroots.

Anchored by EdelGive Foundation along with a collection of reputed funders, the GROW Fund aims to strengthen 100 high impact grassroots organisations over 24 months, through capacity building, and support of key organisational functions.

In the context of COVID-related distress, the fund will be used to give grant to support Organisation Building Needs, Important Functions and Future Readiness

Eligibility: Small and mid-sized community-based organisations from across the country, who have been combating and enduring COVID-inflicted distress.
- The organisation should be registered as either a Society or Public trust or Section 8 (previously Section 25) company
- Should have a valid PAN, 12A and 80G registration.
- Should be able to provide audited financial statements for financial years – FY18, FY19, FY20.
- Organisation’s receipts from donations should be at least INR 1.5 Crores in any one of the financial years – FY18, FY19, FY20.
- Organisation’s average receipts from donations for financial years – FY18, FY19, FY20 should be less than INR 10 Crores."

Grant Amount: "INR 40 Lakhs per organisation per year.
Grant Period- 24 months, split into two tranches.

Apply by: September 12, 2021

Weblink: GROW Fund 

TIP Office Annual Program Statement to Address Impacts of COVID-19 from U.S. Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (Deadline- April 15, 2022)

Title: TIP Office Annual Program Statement to Address Impacts of COVID-19
Organisation: U.S. Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, International Programs Section
Theme: Trafficking, Covid-19
Country: USA
Description: The Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) announces an open competition for funding to address
the impacts of COVID-19 on efforts to combat human trafficking and
support government measures to counter human trafficking outside the
United States.
Eligibility: NGOs with FCRA from India can apply for this grant
Grant Amount: USD 100,000
Apply by: April 15, 2022
Weblink: grants.gov

NGOs can request for Grants from CryptoRelief for Covid Emergency Initiatives

Title: NGOs can request for Grants from CryptoRelief for Covid Emergency Initiatives
Organisation: CryptoRelief
Theme: Covid-19
Description: CryptoRelief is a community-run fund delivering relief during the ongoing Covid crisis in India. Mission is to reduce suffering by providing healthcare and essentials to those fighting for survival against Covid. CryptoRelief is working with several credible organisations and initiatives to ensure impactful disbursement.
Eligibility: NGOs from across India can apply for this grant
Grant Amount: Not Specified
Apply by: No Deadline
Weblink: CryptoRelief

Japan Water Forum Fund 2021 is now open for applications (Deadline- July 10, 2021)

Title: Japan Water Forum Fund 2021 is now open for applications!
Organisation: Japan Water Forum (JWF)
Theme: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Covid-19
Description: The JWF Fund was founded in 2005 and solely operated by Japan Water Forum (JWF), which aims to support selected grass-roots organizations in developing countries who have been addressing water-related issues in their own countries. Considering that clean water, sanitation and hygiene play a vital role in preventing infectious diseases including COVID-19, we will highly appreciate proposals of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) projects again as last year.
Eligibility: Grassroots organisations from India can apply for this grant
Grant Amount: USD 1500
Apply by: July 10, 2021
Weblink: Japan Water Forum 

 

Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP) 2021 (Deadline- June 09, 2021)

Title: Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP) 2021
Organisation: Global Development Network (GDN)
Theme: Innovative Development Project, Award
Country: Japan
Description: GDN invites non-profit Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from low and lower-middle-income countries to submit project applications within the following three themes for the 2021 edition of the Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP) category of the Awards:
Theme 1: Universal health coverage and COVID
Theme 2: Community-driven, climate-related, disaster risk reduction in rural areas
Theme 3: Quality urban infrastructure and community driven governance"
Eligibility: NGOs from India can apply for this
Grant Amount: For each theme, the winning projects will receive grants worth US$ 45,000 and, in total, the MIDP category will award 9 grants worth US$ 135,000.
Apply by: June 9, 2021
Weblink: GDN Website

Stories of Change- Case Study Challenge 2020-21 (Deadline- April 30, 2021)

Title: Stories of Change- Case Study Challenge 2020-21
Organisation: Azim Premji University
Theme: Stories of Change, Covid-19
Description: "Third edition of Stories of Change initiative to social actions in response to Covid-19. It will be organized around the following sub-themes, relating to the response to widespread critical needs. These are
- Humanitarian response to specific communities in rural, urban and forest areas
- Healthcare responses specific to Covid-19
- Livelihoods response to specific communities
- Welfare and entitlement responses e.g. MGNREGA, PDS, Pension, DBTs and many others
- New initiatives cutting across these above themes and more including matters related to policies"
Eligibility: Participants can be representatives of NGOs, social movements, informal citizen groups, networks and individuals. Students / researchers / academics and funding organizations can also participate in collaboration with any of the organizations mentioned above.
Grant Amount: 10 selected submissions will be awarded Rs. 50,000 as a token of appreciation.
Apply by: April 30, 2021

Weblink: Azim Premji University 

Calls for proposals- Enhancing Civil Society Organisations’ Capacities in Response to socio-economic impact of COVID-19 in India (Deadline- May 10, 2021)

Title: Calls for proposals- Enhancing Civil Society Organisations’ Capacities in Response to socio-economic impact of COVID-19 in India
Organisation: The European Union
Theme: Covid-19, India, CSO
Description: The global objective of this call for proposals is to support Indian CSOs’ contributions towards the provision of social protection for the poor and vulnerable, particularly those that have been most negatively impacted by the COVID pandemic.
The specific objective of this call for proposals is to strengthen the capacity of CSOs in their engagement to mitigate and build resilience of the most vulnerable segments of society, emerging as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, through access to public entitlements, social protection, promotion of skills/employment and advocating public policies. 
Eligibility: NGOs with FCRA from India can apply for this grant
Grant Amount: Minimum amount: EUR 500,000; Maximum amount: EUR 1,000,000
Apply by: May 10, 2021 at 12:00 noon time (Brussels date and time)
Weblink: European Commission

 

OUTRIGHT LAUNCHES NEW CALL FOR PROPOSALS TO COVID-19 GLOBAL LGBTIQ EMERGENCY FUND

Title: OUTRIGHT LAUNCHES NEW CALL FOR PROPOSALS TO COVID-19 GLOBAL LGBTIQ EMERGENCY FUND
Organisation: OutRight Action International
Theme: Covid-19, LGBTIQ
Country: U.S.A
Description: In this round, OutRight can provide grants that can be used for urgent needs that have arisen as a result of the COVID-19 health crisis, but with a focus on these areas:
- Food scarcity, medium- and long-term livelihood generation, and poverty reduction.
- Movement resilience: core support for LGBTIQ organizations that are threatened in their existence due to immediate loss of funding linked to Covid.
- Combating violence
- Human Rights violations documentation"
Eligibility: Organizations from India working directly with and for LGBTIQ people (including MSM groups, trans groups, LBQ groups, and intersex groups can apply
Grant Amount: up to USD 20,000
Apply by: March 26, 2021
Weblink: OutRight Action International

 

Stories of Change- Case Study Challenge 2020-21- Azim Premji University

Title: Stories of Change- Case Study Challenge 2020-21
Organisation: Azim Premji University
Theme: Stories of Change, Covid-19
Description: "Third edition of Stories of Change initiative to social actions in response to Covid-19. It will be organized around the following sub-themes, relating to the response to widespread critical needs. These are - Humanitarian response to specific communities in rural, urban and forest areas - Healthcare responses specific to Covid-19 - Livelihoods response to specific communities - Welfare and entitlement responses e.g. MGNREGA, PDS, Pension, DBTs and many others - New initiatives cutting across these above themes and more including matters related to policies "
Eligibility: Participants can be representatives of NGOs, social movements, informal citizen groups, networks and individuals. Students / researchers / academics and funding organizations can also participate in collaboration with any of the organizations mentioned above.
Grant Amount: 10 selected submissions will be awarded Rs. 50,000 as a token of appreciation.
Apply by: April 30, 2021
Weblink: Azim Premji University

 

Funding for small scale projects in India Organisation from The German Diplomatic and Consular Missions in India (Deadline- Jan 31, 2021)

Title: Funding for small scale projects in India
Organisation: The German Diplomatic and Consular Missions in India
Theme: Healthcare, income generation, water supply, energy supply, food security, natural disaster, Covid-19
Description: Small Scale Projects address the needs of the underprivileged parts of society, alongside the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with a clear focus on “Helping people to help themselves” and aiming at funding a substainable improvement of living conditions. The areas of activity are manifold: healthcare and sanitary equipment, income generation through education and vocational training, water supply, energy supply, food security, reconstructions after a natural disaster etc
Eligibility: NGOs with FCRA in India can apply for this grant
Grant Amount: Not specified
Apply by: January 31, 2020
Weblink: The German Diplomatic and Consular Missions in India