Currently the Fund makes grants to human rights organizations based in the following countries: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, India, Pakistan, Mexico, Guatemala, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Burundi, Thailand, and the Philippines. The Fund aims to provide funding for human rights organizations over the longer term. To that end, we maintain a long-term focus on specific countries and regions where we believe strategic grant-making can make a difference in advancing human rights protections over time.
The Fund encourages applications from organizations that:
- Demonstrate leadership, innovative approaches, and significant long-term potential to have an impact on policy at the local or national level.
- Demonstrate organizational commitment to human rights.
- Contain significant representation of the beneficiary community and of women among board and staff.
- Are interested in building relationships with other human rights organizations.
In all countries, women-led human rights organizations are strongly encouraged to apply.
The current Request for Proposals is for prospective grantees based in Mexico, Guatemala, Thailand, and the Philippines only. For prospective grantees based in India, Pakistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Uganda, please visit this section of our website in November 2008 for grant application information. For prospective grantees based in Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco, please visit this section of our website in May/June 2009 for grant application information. The Fund does not make grants in any other countries at this time.
THE FUND FOR GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOES NOT SUPPORT: stand-alone conferences, individuals, businesses, scholarships, fundraising events, university-based research, government agencies, micro-credit programs, construction of roads, bridges, buildings, wells or medical facilities, or activities directly or indirectly intended to support candidates for political office.
THE FUND ALSO DOES NOT PROVIDE GRANTS FOR service delivery development projects unless they are part of a broader human rights program. For example, the Fund generally does not support literacy training, vocational training, or social/psychological/medical services, unless these activities are part of an integrated strategy to provide the recipients of these services with human rights education and with tools to defend and demand their rights.
