The Commonwealth Foundation makes grants for projects in sustainable development that contribute to effective, responsive, and accountable governance with civil society participation. The new call for grants is now open.
The Commonwealth Foundation makes grants for projects in sustainable development that contribute to effective, responsive, and accountable governance with civil society participation. The new call for grants is now open.
With more than 2.3 billion citizens, the Commonwealth provides a potentially huge pool of ideas for advancing societies. The Commonwealth Foundation’s grants help civil society organisations get their ideas across to policymakers.
Specialty of the grant
- Initiatives on participatory governance in Commonwealth Countries from grass roots to national level
- Projects range across sectors and themes from creative expression to community empowerment; from health to human rights.
- Grantees learn from each other and develop the tools to monitor and evaluate their projects through our learning workshops
At a glance
- Open to civil society organisations (CSOs)
- Up to £30,000 per year
- Multi-year funding available (up to three years)
- Delivered in Commonwealth Foundation eligible member countries
Focus areas
Grant projects must focus on one or more of the following:
- Creative expression
- Capacity development
- Constructive engagement
- Learning and sharing
- The SAMOA Pathway
Cross-cutting themes
Applicants are encouraged to integrate the cross cutting theme of gender into the project design.
The application for this opportunity must be completed online.
The deadline for preliminary applications is 05 January 2016.
For more information visit the Commonwealth Foundation official website