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Aga Khan Foundation -
Asia and Africa
Objectives: To promote social development through philanthropic activities in the
developing world. AKF is non-communal and is committed by charter to assisting in the
struggle against hunger, disease and illiteracy throughout the world. Seeks to use its
human, financial and physical resources to innovate with new ideas, "grassroots"
development concepts, organizational and managerial structures and practical technologies
and cost-effective techniques that have broad value and utility in resolving generic
problems of development primarily in developing countries of Asia and Africa.
A Glimmer of Hope
A Glimmer of Hope is a global, private charitable foundation. We seek to offer a Glimmer
of Hope where it is needed most, and to help relieve some of the pain and suffering on the
planet.
Alcohol Education
and Research Council (AERC)
Allavida
- Central & Eastern Europe
Allavida is a new international non-profit organisation that brings
together grant-making, training and capacity building, and research and
publishing. Our goal is to provide the resources - funding, skills and
information - that people and organisations working for the development of
their communities need in order to achieve their own objectives.
American
Himalayan Foundation (AHF)
Supports education, health care, cultural and environmental preservation throughout the
Himalayan region.
The American -
Scandinavian Foundation
The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) promotes international understanding through
educational and cultural exchange between the United States and Denmark, Finland, Iceland,
Norway, and Sweden.
The Asia
Foundation
Program areas: Governance and Law, Women's Political Participation, Regional Relations,
Economic Reform and Development.
Australia Council
- for the Arts
The Australia Council's primary responsibility is to help create an environment which
encourages the creativity and development of Australian artists, and which provides
greater access to arts and cultural activities for all Australians. It supports Australian
artists and arts organisations to pursue artistic excellence in creating and presenting
their work, to take advantage of opportunities to improve and develop their skills, and to
tour and promote their work to wider audiences. It directly supports young, emerging,
developing and established artists through a range of grant programs offered across all
artforms, and it encourages arts and non-arts organisations to support and present
artists' work, thereby expanding employment opportunities for all artists.
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Stefan Batory
Foundation - Poland
The aim of the Foundation is support for the wide ranging advancement of Polish society,
particularly in the fields of public, informational; cultural; scientific and educational
activities addressed to the development of a free market and democracy in Poland, as well
as the bringing together of the nations and states of Central and Eastern Europe.
Barclays - United Kingdom
Funding interests include Schools, Theater, Environment and Society.
Barnardos
Australia - The Children
Charity
Barnardos Australia, The Children's Charity, is the leading child welfare practice agency
and child welfare advocate working with children who have been abused, are at risk of
abuse or homeless in Australia.
Bridge Foundation
Bridge Foundation is a nonprofit humanitarian aid and development
organization that promotes and supports the improvement of human health
and nutrition worldwide. Founded in founded in 2002 the Foundation has
provided emergency aid to Darfur (Sudan), Chad, Afghanistan, Iraq,
Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica and Lebanon and
many others. Bridge Foundation has also assisted domestically in response
to Hurricane Katrina and others in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama,
Texas, Louisiana and Kentucky.
Dorothea Haus
Ross Foundation
The Foundation mission is to advance the well being of children in all
parts of the world regardless of national, cultural, religious or ethnic
heritage; to aid and assist in providing the basic needs of food, shelter,
health and education to such children, and to relieve the suffering of
children with mental and physical handicaps. Proposals are being
considered on a regular basis.
International Theos Foundation
The International Theos Foundation provides resources, financial and
material, to organizations making a difference in providing unique and/or
critical services to humankind throughout the world. Resources are
provided to local organizations helping the "poorest of the poor" to
improve food, shelter, health, cultural, and education opportunities, as
well as other critical services required to support democratic societies.
Resource allocation will be based on availability and local needs.
May and Stanley
Smith Charitable Trust
The May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust was created in 1989 by May
Smith to provide grants to organizations that serve the needs of children,
the elderly, the disabled, and the disadvantaged. The Trust makes grants
internationally, but is particularly interested in projects that serve
people in the countries that May and her husband Stanley enjoyed visiting
during their lifetimes: the United States, the Bahamas, the
United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. The Charitable
Trust provides support in the following areas: General operating support,
Capacity building, Program support, Equipment Tuition assistance. Areas
of Interest: Arts & Culture, Children & Youth, Community Development,
Education, Health, Human Services, International Development. The
Charitable Trust has no proposal submission deadline, and proposals are
accepted on a rolling basis. It is recommended that requests for summer
programs be submitted between November 30 and March 1.
May and Stanley Smith Trust
The Trust makes grants to organizations that are recognized as 501(c)(3)
public charities by the United States Internal Revenue Service, and to
non-U.S. organizations that can demonstrate that they would meet the
requirements for such status. The grant award limit is $6,000. The Trust
generally funds smaller nonprofit organizations, to which such an amount
would make a significant difference. The Trust provides support in the
following areas: General operating support, Capacity building, Program
support, Equipment, Tuition assistance. Areas of Interest: Arts &
Culture, Children & Youth, Education, Health, Human Services.
UPS Foundation
As UPS begins its second century of service, The UPS Foundation has
realigned its global strategy to strengthen its impact and better leverage
the intellectual and physical assets of the company. The following new
focus areas are built upon our rich experience and align with UPS's vision
for the future: Economic and Global Literacy, Environmental
Sustainability, Nonprofit Effectiveness, Diversity, and Community Safety.
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