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.
Democratization The Eurasia Foundation 1527 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 1101 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 (202) 293-9072 phone (202) 223-6042 fax NIS Role: Strengthen free/democratic institutions through U.S. private institutions
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Public 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 2005 Market Street Suite 1700 Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 575-9050 phone NIS Role: Improve quality of life; educational, advocacy, and research activities Soros Foundation 888 7th Avenue, Ste 1901 New York, NY 10106 (212) 757-2323 phone (212) 974-0367 fax NIS Role: Improve quality of life; work in media, government, legal environment, and education The Ford Foundation 320 E. 43rd Street New York, NY 10017 (212) 573-5000 phone (212) 599-4584 fax NIS Role: Contribute to well-being of the public with funding for women's issues Rockefeller Foundation 1133 Ave. of the Americas New York, NY 10036 (212) 869-8500 phone NIS Role: Confront causes of human suffering; past grants for both environ- mental research and conference/workshop attenders
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation 1200 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 1290 Avenue of Americas New York, NY 10104 (212) 373-4200 phone (212) 315-0996 fax NIS Role: Improve quality of life; promote global interdependence
The Fund for Democracy and Development 2033 M St., NW Ste. 506 Washington, DC 20036 NIS Role: Credit to small businesses and training to commercial banks; assist defense related conversion
Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation 218 East 18th Street New York, NY 10003 (212) 475-1137 phone NIS Role: human rights through areas of democratic development, refugee support
Smith Richardson Foundation 60 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 11 Beacon Street Suite 1230 Boston, MA 02108 (617) 723-2932 phone NIS Role: promote disarmament, support Helsinki watch. Funding: grants from $500 to $775,000
ISAR (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
Global Fund for Women 2480 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
The World Bank Group Room 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) (44) 71-338-6569 phone (44) 71-338-6487 fax NIS Role: Democracy building; advice, loans, debt guarantees
U.S. Dept. of Commerce International 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) 200 Daingerfield Road Alexandria, VA 22314 (703) 684-1080 phone (301) 652-0141 phone NIS Role: Foster U.S. commercial presence through business consortia Funding: $500,000 grants U.S. Small Business Administration Office of International Trade, Room 6114 409 3rd Street, SW Washington, DC 20416 800 827-5722 phone (202) 205-7064 fax NIS Role: Assistance to U.S. businesses to develop export markets
Overseas Private Investment Corporation 1100 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 ExImbank of the US 811 Vermont Ave., NW Washington, DC 20571 (202) 535-9664 phone (202) 566-7524 fax (Insurance) (202) 566-8208 phone (202) 566-7524 fax (Guarantees and loans) NIS Role: Insurance and loans to banks and enterprises to promote U.S. exports U.S. Trade and Development Agency SA-16, Rm. 309 Washington, DC 20523 (703) 875-4357 phone (703) 875-4009 fax NIS Role: Grants for U.S. exports which promote major development projects Sectors: oil and gas, transportation, defense conversion, health, power plants and distribution systems, electronics
U.S. Information Agency
USIA, 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
Rm 4079 SUSDA/FAS/EC
Washington, DC 20250
(202) 720-4274 phone
(202) 690-0727 fax
NIS Role: Commercial export and food aid programs through loan guarantees, some
monetization programs, etc; promote agriculture
U.S. Dept. of Defense
(202) 783-3238 (CBD for contracts announcements)
NIS Role: nuclear dis- mantlement; aid to demobilized soldiers/ families,
housing, defense conversion, job retraining. Funding: $979 million (FY '93
supplemental)
U.S. Agency for International Development
A.I.D./NIS Task Force
320 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20523
(202) 647-9950 phone
NIS Role: React to political/ econ. change in developing democracies. Funding:
$2.5 billion total of which $704 million FY '94 and $1.8 billion FY '93
(supplemental)
USAID NIS TASK FORCE PROJECTS/ OFFICES FOR 1994
Office of Emergency and Humanitarian Assistance (A.I.D.)
Don Eller (202) 736-6481
Alan Silva (202) 647-7614
Office of Energy, Environment, and Technology (A.I.D.)
Energy $254 million Contact: Edvard Markset (202) 736-4405
Environment $73 million Contact: James Bever (202) 736-4407, Energy-
Environment, Commodity Import Program $125 million
Office of Economic Restructuring (A.I.D.)
Economic Restructuring $50 million, Contact: Jane Barden (202)
647-2808
Housing $190 million
Trade and Investment $365 million, Contact: Raghawendra Dwivdey (202)
647-2809
Office of Private Sector Initiatives (A.I.D.)
Private Sector $425 million Contact: Greg Huger (202) 736-4410
Privatization $125 million Hans Shrader (202) 736-4806
Enterprise Fund $250 million, Contact: Jean Hacken (202) 736-4414
Office of Democratic Initiatives, Health, and Human Resources(A.I.D.)
Special Initiatives $151 million, Contacts: Regina Coleman, (202)
647-5876 Bryant George (202)736-4264
Health $109 million
Women's Health Initiative $10 million, Contact: Lee Hougen (202)
736-7760
Democratic Reform $82 million, Contact: Kris Loken (202) 736-4267
Exchanges and Training (A.I.D.) $225 million Contact: Thomas Chapman
(202) 647-7751
Food Systems (A.I.D.) $48 million Contact: Loretta Williams (202)
736-4418
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.