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FRIDA – THE YOUNG FEMINIST FUND<br />
email: info@youngfeministfund.org<br />
telephone: N/A<br />
website: www.youngfeministfund.org<br />
countries/regions: Global South (Africa, Asia, the Pacific,<br />
The Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean and<br />
Central, Eastern Europe, Caucuses, and Central Asia)<br />
topics/subjects: women’s human rights, youth,<br />
feminism, activism, collective leadership, organizing. For<br />
FRIDA’s funding priorities: youngfeministfund.org/grantsprogram/funding-priorities<br />
description: FRIDA’s mission is to provide accessible,<br />
strategic and responsive funding for young feministled<br />
initiatives. FRIDA aims to strengthen the capacity<br />
of young feminist organizations to leverage resources<br />
for their work and to increase donors’ and allies’<br />
commitments to resourcing young feminist activism.<br />
FRIDA defines young feminist activists as young people<br />
between 18-30 years old from across the gender spectrum<br />
committed to advancing gender equality and<br />
women’s rights through feminist means. The term<br />
‘feminist’ refers to “individuals working with women’s<br />
movements or in other social movements to advance the<br />
rights of equality, justice, dignity, freedom, and safety of<br />
women, girls and marginalized groups”.<br />
type of grant: Small, flexible, general support grants<br />
determined in partnership with our grant seekers and<br />
other partners to fund initiatives designed and led by<br />
young women and transgender youth. Funds can be used<br />
to cover project and core costs.<br />
grant range: up to $5,000<br />
average grant duration: one-year, with possibility<br />
of renewal<br />
deadline(s): Check the FRIDA website for the<br />
most current Call for Proposals and deadlines:<br />
youngfeministfund.org/grants-program/apply-for-a-grant<br />
how to apply: Each year around March/April, FRIDA<br />
will announce a Call for Proposals on their website.<br />
You should then submit your application via the FRIDA<br />
website, following their directions (applications available<br />
in English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic):<br />
youngfeministfund.org/grants-program/apply-for-a-grant<br />
After the Foundation reviews and screens all applications,<br />
there will be an opportunity open for eligible grant<br />
candidates to vote for the organization they feel is most<br />
deserving of the grant. Read more about the process:<br />
youngfeministfund.org/grants-program/grantmaking-process<br />
FUND FOR GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS<br />
address: 1666 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite. 410,<br />
Washington, DC 20009-1039, USA<br />
email: info@globalhumanrights.org<br />
telephone: +1 202 347 7488<br />
website: www.globalhumanrights.org<br />
countries/regions: Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras,<br />
Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Burundi, Uganda, the<br />
Democratic Republic of Congo, Tunisia, Algeria,<br />
Morocco, Egypt, India, Pakistan, the Philippines,<br />
Thailand, Burma<br />
topics/subjects: human rights<br />
description: The Fund for Global Human Rights works<br />
to secure basic freedoms for people around the world.<br />
Its grants program funds non-governmental, non-profit<br />
organizations working to promote respect for human rights<br />
in the countries and regions in which they are based. The<br />
fund has 17 focus countries in South Asia, West Africa,<br />
African Great Lakes, North Africa, Southeast Asia, and<br />
Latin America. The Fund has crafted specific regional<br />
strategies designed to make the most impact with limited<br />
resources for specific countries and regions where they<br />
believe strategic grant-making can make a difference in<br />
advancing human rights protections over time. The Fund<br />
acts as an ally of activists in strengthening human rights<br />
movements and believes in maintaining a long-term focus<br />
in each of the regions and countries where it operates.<br />
Women-led organizations are strongly encouraged to apply.<br />
type of grant: General/operating support, program<br />
development, seed money, and technical assistance<br />
Does not fund individuals, stand-alone conferences,<br />
businesses, scholarships, fundraising events, universitybased<br />
research, government agencies, micro-credit<br />
programs, construction of roads, bridges, buildings, wells<br />
or medical facilities, or activities directly or indirectly<br />
intended to support political candidates.<br />
grant range: $5,000 to $30,000<br />
average grant duration: multi-year<br />
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