Rapid Response Grantmaking

APPLY FOR A GRANT


Before You Apply for a Grant:

  • Please read UAF’s categories and criteria to make sure that your proposal demonstrates all four criteria.
  • If your proposal is for a development project, natural disaster relief, humanitarian aid, travel to conferences or general support, please do not apply. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide funding for these important activities.
  • Please note that we only provide support to organizations in which women are the primary decision-makers.

 

Things to Know About Applying to UAF:

  • There are no geographic restrictions for UAF grants.
  • All requests from the continent of Africa should be sent to UAF-Africa.
  • UAF-Latin America is responsible for all proposals from Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Please send all correspondence for UAF-Latin America to: info@fondoaccionurgente.org.co

    FAU-AL se hará cargo de todas las solicitudes provenientes de América Latina y el Caribe Hispanohablante; le agradecemos enviar toda la correspondencia posterior a: info@fondoaccionurgente.org.co
  • UAF accepts grant proposals in any language.
  • We will respond to your request within 72 hours; however, proposals in languages other than English, Spanish, Russian or French may require additional time for translation. Once a grant has been approved, funds can usually be delivered within a week.
  • UAF grants are intended to enable short-term interventions in the course of long-term strategies for advancing women’s human rights.
  • You have the option to request that your application remain confidential.
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Urgent Action Fund Makes Grants in Three Categories:

  • Response to armed conflict, escalating violence or politically volatile environments.
  • Potentially precedent-setting legal or legislative actions, or actions that aim to protect a precedent that has already been set.
  • Protection and security of women human rights defenders.

Read some examples of each category.


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OUR CRITERIA

Regardless of the category, grant proposals must demonstrate all of these criteria:

Strategic – the action is related to a pre-determined plan to create structural change that will advance women’s human rights.

Unanticipated and Time Urgent – the situation or opportunity is unanticipated and action must happen quickly to be effective.

Sustainable – the group is able to carry out the proposed action effectively, and can secure funding for future work related to the strategy.

Supported – the group has the support of others involved in women’s human rights or related fields, locally or globally.

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GRANT APPLICATION FORM

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Proposals must include the following information:

    Organization/Individual Information

  1. Name and address of the person making the request (phone/fax/e-mail).
  2. Name and address of the group that will be responsible for the grant (phone/fax/e-mail).
  3. Please describe the organization's mission or main focus of work.
  4. Please provide the number of women working for the group and their respective positions (if applicable).
  5. Please provide names and responsibilities of other groups involved in your proposed intervention (if applicable).
  6. Please provide names and contact information for organizations, funders or colleagues who can endorse your work.
  7. Please list current or previous funders of your organization and their contact information.
  8. How did you learn about Urgent Action Fund?

    9. The Situation

  9. Please describe the event that has prompted your proposed action. When did this event occur?
  10. Was this situation anticipated?
  11. What makes this situation an opportunity for advancing women's human rights?

    12. The Urgent Action

  12. Please describe the proposed response to the situation.
  13. Why is the proposed action time-urgent (Why are the funds needed at this time)?
  14. How will this grant help support a broader strategy for advancing the rights of women in the region or globally?
  15. How can you demonstrate that the groups involved have the capacity to carry out the proposed action and build on this opportunity in future work?
  16. When do you expect your action to occur?
  17. What is the amount of the request? Please indicate the currency that you are using.
  18. How will the money be used? Please provide a budget if possible.
  19. What other sources of support are available for this effort?
  20. Should the information about this request be kept confidential? If so, please explain why.

Where to send your proposal (e-mail preferred)


 

Urgent Action Fund is responsible for all proposals
outside of the African continent and Latin America

URGENT ACTION FUND

urgentact@­urgentactionfund.org

Mailing Address:

Urgent Action Fund
3100 Arapahoe Avenue Suite 201
Boulder, CO 80303

Tel: 303-442-2388
Fax: 303-442-2370

 

 

Urgent Action Fund – Africa is responsible for all proposals from the African continent  

 

URGENT ACTION FUND - AFRICA

proposals@urgentactionfund-africa .or.ke

Mailing Address:

Urgent Action Fund – Africa
PO Box 53841-00200
Nairobi, Kenya

Tel: +254 (020) 2301740
Fax: +254 (020) 2301740

 

 



UAF-Latin America is responsible for all proposals from Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean

FAU-AL se hará cargo de todas las solicitudes provenientes de América Latina y el Caribe Hispanohablante  



 

URGENT ACTION FUND - LATIN AMERICA

Fondo Acción Urgente de América Latina

info@fondoaccionurgente.org.co

Mailing Address:

Fondo Acción Urgente de América Latina
Carrera 27A #40A-68
Bogota D.F.
Colombia

Tel: +57 (1) 368-6155





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