GrantStation International Insider - December 2024

GrantStation is excited to announce that beginning January 17, 2025, subscribers will receive 20 issues annually, providing even more funding opportunities to explore. Enjoy these expanded benefits as part of your free subscription.

Application deadline: January 19, 2025
Grant amount: Documentation Grants range up to £100,000; Digitisation Grants range up to £20,000. 
Description: The Endangered Material Knowledge Programme (EMKP), funded by Arcadia and hosted by the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the British Museum, aims to help preserve the knowledge of endangered material practices for future generations. EMKP provides support through two programs: Documentation Grants provide funding to document living material knowledge systems and practices in danger of disappearing. This includes knowledge systems associated with the making, use, repair, and re-purposing of material objects, spaces, architecture, performances, and environments. Digitisation Grants support the digitization of legacy collections and research records pertaining to material knowledge that is now endangered or was endangered at the time the research was taking place. Individuals, communities, and institutions are eligible to apply. Individual applicants not affiliated with an institution must contact EMKP prior to submitting an application.

Application deadline: January 6, 2025
Grant amount: Selected social ventures receive £150,000 of catalytic capital.
Description: The 100X Impact Accelerator, an initiative of the London School of Economics, aims to empower radical thinkers everywhere to deliver the most impact at scale with world-class research in a world-class accelerator. The Accelerator seeks changemakers with a social venture burning with purpose and potential and welcomes applicants from various backgrounds and corners of the world. Impact areas consist of climate and environment, democracy, education, equitable economies, happiness and well-being, health and social care, new frontiers, and refugees and cohesion. The Accelerator is open to nonprofit and for-profit impact-first organizations with a clear social or environmental mission, including registered charities, nonprofit organizations, or social enterprises, which are currently scaling social impact in one of the eight impact areas.

Application deadline: January 31, 2025
Grant amount: An award of €1,000,000 is made.
Description: The Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, an initiative of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, recognizes outstanding contributions to climate action and climate solutions that inspire hope and possibility. The Prize recognizes individuals, organizations, and groups leading society’s efforts to tackle climate change. Nominations are sought that demonstrate evidence of transformative solutions and the potential for long-term change; clear, scalable solutions with real impact and proven environmental and social benefits; work that inspires and demonstrates active leadership; and ideas that meet today’s needs and anticipate tomorrow’s challenges. Nominations must come from a third party. Self-nominations are not permitted. Please read the Call Conditions (PDF) and Frequently Asked Questions before submitting. 

Application deadline: January 31, 2025
Grant amount: Ten grants of $10,000 will be awarded.
Description: The Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship, an initiative of the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, aims to establish and nurture a new generation of journalists covering the frontlines of the rapidly changing field of psychedelic journalism. The Fellowship offers ten $10,000 reporting grants per year to journalists reporting in-depth print and audio stories on the science, policy, business, and culture of this new era of psychedelics. The Fellowship is looking for big, underreported, narratively compelling stories placed in rich political, economic, scientific, and cultural contexts. Journalists residing both inside and outside the U.S. are eligible to apply. 

Application deadline: December 30, 2024
Geographic scope: Brazil and Mexico
Grant amount: Unrestricted grants starting at USD $25,000 will be awarded.
Description: Latimpacto is a network of capital providers committed to increasing the flow of human, intellectual, and financial capital to generate impact in Latin America and the Caribbean. Latinimpacto’s STEM Fund is currently supporting efforts in Brazil and Mexico to expand and improve access to STEM education for marginalized and historically excluded populations. Support is provided to non-governmental organizations working to increase access to STEM learning methodologies, resources, and products for students in their last year of basic secondary education in Brazil and Mexico; early-stage social enterprises with proven products and business models that seek to scale and replicate their products and services related to STEM in vulnerable communities; and nonprofit organizations that develop extracurricular programs to teach STEM capabilities and tools. The terms of reference for this call are available in Spanish on the Latimpacto website. 

Application deadline: None
Geographic scope: Developing countries
Grant amount: $30,000 to $100,000 annually for up to three years
Description: The Arisaig Partners Foundation supports charitable organizations in developing countries. The Foundation’s current focus is on gender equality with a strong emphasis on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), and microfinance via subsidized loans to female entrepreneurs. Priority is given to local organizations that have an on-the-ground presence. Visit the Foundation’s website to learn more about the application process. 

Application deadline: None for inquiries
Geographic scope: Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, and Vietnam
Grant amount: Grants generally range from €3,500 to €15,000.
Description: The Abilis Foundation is a Finnish non-governmental organization founded by persons with disabilities that works in fragile contexts of developing countries. Current program countries include Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda, and Vietnam. Support is provided for projects planned and implemented by persons with disabilities that aim to advance their human rights, participation, and independent living, with a special focus on improving the status of women and girls with disabilities. Organizations run by individuals with disabilities in the target countries are eligible to apply. Applicants must contact the country coordinators for each focus country for application guidelines and forms.

Application deadline: None
Geographic scope: Company communities in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania
Description: The Roche Corporate Giving Program seeks to enhance the quality of life for the employees and residents in company communities around the world. The company provides support in the areas of humanitarian and social development; science and education, including literacy; arts and culture, including activities that explore the parallels between innovation in art and science; and community and the environment, including initiatives that build stronger communities and respond to natural disasters sustainably. Application procedures vary according to the geographic scope of the project. Visit the criteria and requests page on the company’s website for details on how to apply.

Application deadline: January 28, 2025
Geographic scope: Developing countries (Applicants may be based in any country.)
Description: The Just Rural Transition Support program aims to create and support a global community of practice of non-state actors to engage on issues related to sustainable agriculture and the food systems transition. This is a £65 million five-year program that will support the design and implementation of public policies and support that scale sustainable agriculture approaches in developing countries to benefit people (healthy diets, incomes), climate (mitigation, adaptation), and nature (protect and restore biodiversity). Support will be provided over four years to deliver a well-organized, non-state-actor community that can influence policy reform processes and contribute to driving positive food systems change. This will focus on convening and curating a community of practice, knowledge sharing and communications on food systems transformation, and collaborating to develop key political and policy messages to take to government and to global convenings and platforms. Nonprofit organizations based in any country are eligible to apply. 

Application deadline: January 3, 2025
Geographic scope: Morocco
Grant amount: One award of $10,000 to $500,000 will be made.
Description: The U.S. Mission to Morocco has issued a call for proposals for the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation aimed at advancing the U.S.-Morocco bilateral goal of promoting economic growth and preserving cultural heritage. The program supports the preservation of archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, museum collections, and forms of traditional cultural expression, such as indigenous languages and crafts. Eligible applicants consist of Moroccan nonprofit and non-governmental organizations, Moroccan public entities, and U.S. nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions.

Have you recently been awarded a grant? Are you curious as to how to best manage it? If so, you should read “Getting Started With Post-Award Grant Management,” published by Foundant Technologies. This article discusses important practices for managing grants once they have been awarded, covering compliance, reporting, financial management, and communication with stakeholders.

As the end of the year quickly approaches, you may want to set aside some time to evaluate this past year. Were there any grant opportunities you missed due to timing issues? Get those on your calendar early. Are there any other timelines you need to adjust? For example, starting your grant searches and then applications earlier to give more time for review before submitting? We hope you've had a successful year and that next year brings additional opportunities.

Webinar date: December 9, 2024, 2:00 to 2:45 PM Eastern Time
Description: For a nonprofit organization, having clear and comprehensive grant-related policies is crucial to ensure effective management and compliance. If you don’t have these documents when tensions or problems occur, your nonprofit will need to scramble to put something into place. That’s why creating your grant policies and procedures before any challenges arise is vital. This TargetED session will discuss some key policies covering topics such as grant proposal submission, grant acceptance and compliance, grant financial management, grant reporting and closeout, conflict of interest, and grant record retention.

Webinar date: December 10, 2024, 2:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern Time
Description: Nonprofits often struggle to secure sustainable funding, which is essential for long-term growth. Building strong partnerships with funders can address these challenges by providing consistent support and aligning the goals of both parties. During this interactive session, Alice Ruhnke will help you explore the world of funders and master the art of engagement! This session will delve into the process of building partnerships with funders, from researching potential grantmakers to effective outreach and communication.

Webinar date: December 11, 2024, 2:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern Time
Description: Finding the funds needed to fulfill your mission is a never-ending challenge for all nonprofits. Whether you’re part of an established nonprofit or you’re a one-person development office, GrantStation can work for you because it is designed to help nonprofit organizations of all sizes get funded. During this live demo and Q&A session, Jeremy Smith, Director of Communications Technology, and Kerry Glauser, Director of Research, will show you how you can use GrantStation to complete your grant research quickly and get high-quality results. You’ll see how you can find and vet funding opportunities in a quick, streamlined fashion, so you and your staff can focus on what's most important—serving your community.

GrantStation shares database profiles of local, national, Canadian, and international grantmakers with upcoming deadlines each week. Check out the current Funding Spotlights for more grant opportunities!