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SOURCES FOR FUNDING IN NISSources of Funding in the Newly Independent StatesCOMPILED BY WORLD LEARNING INC. -- This information was compiled by Scott Altmann and Margot Mininni who drew on many resources, among them: The CDC Compendium, the Business Information Service for the NIS (BISNIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, USAID, and information sent to World Learning's NIS office.
The PVO/NIS Project realizes there are a lot of worthy projects still unfunded. Therefore, we would like to present a partial list of alternative funding sources. It is important to keep in mind that such data is meant to serve as a point of departure for your own research and is evolving and always subject to change. The sources of funding for activities in the NIS are many and varied. Unless you know where to look and precisely what you are looking for it can be confusing. In fact, in an ever-changing NIS environment, it is hard to know where funding is with any precision. There are many PVOs looking to tap into funds in the sectors of health, the private sector, democratic reform, exchanges and training, and women's health. INTERACTION, an association of U.S. PVOs, is seeking to coordinate and concentrate funding priorities for the NGO community in these sectors. The following provides an overview of some of these groups, their activities, and where available the $ amount of grants they may be distributing.
PRIVATEDemocratization The Eurasia Foundation1527 New Hampshire, NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 234-7370 phone (202) 234-7377 fax NIS Role: Economic and democratic reform. Funding: $16 million per year, $100,000-$125,000 grants to American organizations/ $1,000-$25,000 NIS organizations
The National Endowment for Democracy Cross-SectoralJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationPublic Information Office 5520 N. Magnolia Avenue Chicago, IL 60640-1307 (312) 728-6996 phone (312) 728-6886 fax NIS Role: Support scientific and intellectual communities. Funding: $9 million, 3 years, initiated in 1992; research, work grants, some grants to Russian organizations
Pew Charitable Trusts
Soros Foundation
The Ford Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation Civil Society BuildingCharles Stewart Mott Foundation1200 Mott Foundation Bldg. Flint, MI 48502-1851 (313) 238-5651 phone NIS Role: Quality of life issues; areas of environ- ment, institution building, political and economic reform
Rockefeller Bros. Fund Small Business DevelopmentThe Fund for Democracy and Development2033 M St., NW Ste. 506 Washington, DC 20036 NIS Role: Credit to small businesses and training to commercial banks; assist defense related conversion Human RightsJoyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation218 East 18th Street New York, NY 10003 (212) 475-1137 phone NIS Role: human rights through areas of democratic development, refugee support AdvocacySmith Richardson Foundation60 Jessup Street Westport, CT 06880 (203) 222-6222 phone (203) 222-6282 fax NIS Role: Grants to influence public policy and international affairs
John Merck Fund EnvironmentISAR (formerly the Institute for Soviet-American Relations)1601 Connecticut, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 387-3034 phone (202) 667-3291 fax NIS Role: Environmental protection. Funding: Sowing the Seeds of Democracy, $1 million: small discretionary grants; Joining Forces for the Environment, $1 million: up to $75,000 per grant Women's RightsGlobal Fund for Women2480 Sand Hill Rd., Suite 100 Menlo Park, CA 94025 (415) 854-0420 phone (415) 854-8050 fax NIS Role: Women's Projects. Funding: $500 to $10,000 grants to NIS organizations Economy BuildingThe World Bank GroupRoom H 2007 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433 (202) 473-8261 phone Attn: Mr. Westen NIS Role: Financial and tech. assistance; opportunities for U.S. companies
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) US GovernmentPrivatizationU.S. Dept. of CommerceInternational Trade Administration Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT) Room 3413 Washington, DC 20230 (202) 482-0073 phone (202) 482-2443 fax NIS Role: U.S. market development/business promotion; intern placement in U.S.
ALSO Consortia of American Businesses in the NIS (CABNIS)
U.S. Small Business Administration Economy BuildingOverseas Private Investment Corporation1100 New York Ave. NW Washington, DC 20527 (202) 336-8799 phone 800-424-6742 phone (202) 408-9589 fax NIS Role: Economic growth through U.S. private investment; loans, investment insurance/ services, project development
Export Import Bank
U.S. Trade and Development Agency Civil Society/ Democracy/ Media RelationsU.S. Information AgencyUSIA, Rm. 751 301 4th Street, SW Washington, DC 20547 (202) 619-5057 phone (202) 619-5958 fax NIS Role: Democratic reform via exchanges, internships, training activities, and information projects. Funding: FY '94 figures unavailable at this time, however in FY '93 $97.35 million allotted of which $40 million came from Freedom Support Act National Endowment for the Arts, International Activities Office 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Rm 528 Washington, DC 20506 (202) 682-5422 phone (202) 682-5602 fax NIS Role: Promote U.S. artists and art groups through international exchange
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
U.S. Dept. of Defense
U.S. Agency for International Development USAID NIS TASK FORCE PROJECTS/ OFFICES FOR 1994 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONFor foundations contact: the Citizens Democracy Corps (CDC), (202) 872-0933 or 1-800-394-1945; or The Foundation Center, (202) 331-1400 (DC), (212) 620-4230 (NY)The BISNIS hot line for those interested in area business developments (202) 482-4655. Bids and contracts advertised in Commerce Business Daily (CBD) (202) 783-3238 This information was compiled by Scott Altmann and Margot Mininni who drew on many resources, among them: The CDC Compendium, the Business Information Service for the NIS (BISNIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, USAID, and information sent to World Learning's NIS office.
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