Millions of children around the world are born into a stark reality: will they work in markets and mines, or go to school? Will they be trafficked into slavery, or be free? Will they be child soldiers, or students? Many children grow up in a daily life marked by violence; the images of war, abuse, persecution and loss of family. These traumatized children suffer depression, nightmares, loss of self-worth and often are the source of future aggression. Each year an estimated 15 million children die of hunger.
All children around the globe, no matter where they come from, have the rights to education, rights to health, rights to nutritive diet, rights to water, rights to care, and all other rights associated to human. The children who have the access to their rights grow as an independent individual who can break through the cycle of poverty be empowered to take their future into their own hands and play an active part in shaping it.
There are 800+ grant giving foundations supporting the projects on Child Rights in our donor database. If you are an organization focusing on any sector of Child Rights, be benefited with this list of 20 Foundations supporting Projects on Children.
Re-published from https://www.fundsforngos.org
The Global Fund for Children
The Global Fund for Children (GFC) invests in undercapitalized organizations that provide critical services to vulnerable children. The Fund finds and supports grassroots organizations worldwide to transform the lives of children on the edges of society – trafficked children, refugees, child laborers – and help them regain their rights and pursue their dreams. Primary goal of the Fund is to invest early, help the partner organizations increase capacity, and leave them bigger and stronger than before. It also provides management assistance, capacity building, networking opportunities, and additional strengthening services for the lasting change.
The Global Fund for Children has supported 9 million children so far. The impact is thousands of children are going to school instead of to work; thousands more protecting themselves from HIV, escaping the bonds of slavery, and getting the childhood they deserve.
Grant applications generally fall between $25,000 and $75,000 range.
Areas of Interest
- Education – primary education, vocational education
- HIV/AIDS
- Disability
- Youth& Adolescents
Focus Regions
East and South East Asia, Europe and Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be in the early stage of development and their annual budget should not exceed $200,000.
- Applicants must work directly with children and youth. Advocacy and Researchprojects are not considered for funding.
- Applicants must be able to ensure a responsible management of fund (must have basic accounting and reporting systems; phone and email access).
- Applicant organization must be led by individuals who live and work in the community. Priority is given to organizations whose leaders were born and raised in the community. Local offices or affiliates of national or international organizations are not supported.
- Applicants must be registered with the local or national government as a nonprofit organization. If the political context makes legal registration unfeasible, the organization must demonstrate nonprofit equivalency.
How to Apply for Grant?
- Submit a Letter of Inquiry (please remember to check the eligibility criteria first)
- GFC will invite full proposal if the project is good
- Submit Full Proposal
- Be selected for the fund and proceed
Link: http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/
United Nations Foundation
The United Nations Foundation is the one international organization with the reach and vision capable of solving global problems. The United Nations Foundation links the UN’s work with others around the world, mobilizing the energy and expertise of business and non-governmental organizations to help the UN tackle issues including climate change, global health, peace and security, women’s empowerment, poverty eradication, energy access, and U.S.-UN relations.
The UN Foundation’s Every Women, Every Child is an unprecedented global effort that mobilizes and intensifies international and national action by governments, multilaterals, the private sector and civil society to address the major health challenges facing women and children around the world.
The ‘girlup’ Program of the Foundation is focused on girl children around the world envisioning a world where all girls, no matter where they live, have the opportunity to become educated, healthy, safe, counted and positioned to be the next generation of leaders.
Areas of Interest
- Children
- Global Health
- Women and Population
- Energy and Climate
Focus Regions – UN Member Countries
Link: http://www.unfoundation.org/
ELMA Group of Foundations
The ELMA Foundation’s mission is to improve the lives of Africa’s children and youth through the support of sustainable efforts to relieve poverty, advance education, and promote health.
One of the many foundations under the ELMA group of Foundations, ELMA vaccines & immunization foundation aims to expand vaccine and immunization coverage for children globally. Grant-investments are currently focused on: improving vaccine coverage in complex emergency situations; increasing vaccine coverage through improvements in supply chain management and delivery infrastructure in Africa; and expediting the introduction of new vaccines that have the potential to greatly impact child mortality and morbidity.
Areas of Interest
- Child Health
- Education
- Vaccines and immunization
- Relief
- Growth
- Music
Focus Countries
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Link: http://www.elmaphilanthropies.org/
World Children’s Fund
The World Children’s Fund is a non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to helping children worldwide who are suffering the effects of poverty, disease, natural disaster, famine, abuse, civil strife and war. The Fund is changing the lives of the world’s impoverished and suffering children. The WCF builds and maintains homes and orphanages throughout the world; and provides funding support for projects and programs that provide access to schooling and pay fees that are cost prohibitive for poor children living in slums or other impoverished conditions.
World Children’s Fund is on the front lines of the fight against hunger. It fights hunger worldwide with both emergency food aid, on-going feeding programs in slums and schools that serve impoverished children. WCF also meets basic needs by providing suffering children with clothing, shelter, school supplies & medical relief.
The Fund empowers grassroots movements by assisting established local programs. The WFC believes, every child has seven basic rights that must be met for the objectives of the Fund to achieve. The rights are that No Child –
- Goes hungry
- Goes unschooled
- Remains sick
- Goes homeless
- Goes uncared for
- Goes unprotected
- Suffers violence
Areas of Interest
- Orphan Care
- Community Development
- Disaster, Refugee and Humanitarian Relief
Focus Regions – Global
Link: http://www.worldchildrensfund.org/
Pestalozzi Children’s Foundation
Girl children are the targets of the Pestalozzi Children’s Foundation. The Foundation helps children to attain adequate reading, writing and counting skills. It trains teachers to cope with large classes and show them how to creatively impart knowledge to learners and motivates the children to be curious participants in the classroom and to assert their right to co-determination with self-confidence.
Access to good quality education that is relevant to everyday life is the major concern of the Foundation. The foundation also introduces bilingual classroom teaching and multilingual education. It cooperates with children, parents, teachers and communities to expand the existing curricula to include local knowledge and skills and develop appropriate teaching units.
Projects of PCF help teachers to acquire the necessary subject expertise and improve the access of children in difficult situations to good quality primary school education. Children and adolescents from different ethnic and social groups are helped to assert their right to co-determination at school as well as in their communities.
Areas of Interest
- Quality Education
- Intercultural education
- Strong Girls
- Tolerant Society
Focus Countries
East Africa (Tanzania and Ethiopia), South East Asia (Laos, Thailand and Myanmar/Burma), South East Europe (Moldova, Macedonia and Serbia), Central America (Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador)
Link: http://www.pestalozzi.ch/en/home/
Roger Federer Foundation
The Roger Federer Foundation is a charitable foundation that works with selected local organizations in long-term partnerships. It supports the development of individual skills, searches for innovative possible solutions and acts in a targeted way in order to improve the children’s situation over the long term.
The RF Foundation envisions a world where children living in poverty are able to take control of their future and actively shape it. For this, the foundation provides grants to local organizations working towards the children’s access to high quality early learning and education. The primary aim of the foundation is to maximize individual potential, build capacities of all relevant stakeholders in education and create opportunities.
Areas of Interest
- Child Education
- Youth Sports
- Sustainable Community Development
Focus Regions – Africa (Botswana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa), Switzerland
Link: http://www.rogerfedererfoundation.org/en/home/
Children for Tomorrow
The Children for Tomorrow is a non-profit foundation with the aim of supporting children and families who have become victims of war, persecution and organized violence. The Children for Tomorrow therapists and doctors are specialized in therapeutic treatments to heal the invisible wounds caused by violence, war, abuse, persecution and loss of family.
In addition to financing projects in Uganda, Eritrea and Kosovo, Children for Tomorrow also funds the Outpatient Clinic for Refugee Children and their Families at the University of Hamburg Medical Center, where traumatized children from crisis ridden areas receive psychological and psychiatric treatment.
Areas of Interest
Children, Immigration, Narcotics, Drugs & Crime, Violence Prevention
Focus Countries
Afghanistan, Congo DR, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Hamburg, Kosovo, Eritrea, Uganda
Link: http://www.children-for-tomorrow.com/
Action for the Support of Deprived Children
The Action for the Support of Deprived Children, committed to defending the right to education worldwide disseminates grants for projects targeted towards the education of disadvantaged children and adolescents. The strategic goal of the foundation is to promote access to education and training to give future generations the means to support a sustainable manner so that they can contribute to the development of their families, their region and their country.
The foundation helps children and adolescents receive training that will enable them to eventually escape poverty.
Areas of Interest
- Children and Adolescents Education
- Vocational Training
- Educational Environment– construction of sanitation, water supply, boarding etc.
Focus Regions : Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe.
Link: http://www.asedswiss.org/index.php/en
BBC World Service Trust
The BBC World Service Trust is a international development charity which mainly focuses to promote human rights in over 43 countries. The major purpose of this trust is to support the rights of children and women.
Areas of interest:
- Children
- Economic Development
- Human Rights
- Women & Gender
Focus countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tajikistan, United Kingdom, Viet Nam
Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/us/annual_review/2007/world-service-trust.shtml
Bernard van Leer Foundation
The Bernard van Leer Foundation is an international grant making foundation which focuses to improve opportunities for children up to age 8 who are growing up in socially and economically difficult circumstances.
You can examples of how they support young children to develop to their full potential:
- Giving children a voice at the World Bank
- Braziland Peru commit billions to young children
Areas of Interest:
- Children
- Narcotics
- Drugs & Crime
- Youth& Adolescents
- Violence Prevention
- Early Child Development
- Education
Focus Countries: Brazil, Cambodia, India, Israel, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Yemen
Link: https://bernardvanleer.org/
Children in Africa Foundation
Children’s Foundation in Africa mission is to raise responsibility to needy and vulnerable children and youth in Africa and help to relieve the suffering.
Objectives:
- Improvements in medical care and healtheducation for children and adolescents
- Promotion of measures to alleviate the suffering of children and young people on the run from crisis areas
- Establishment and funding of kindergartens, orphanages, preschools, schools, vocational training centers and similar facilities
- Training of care and education workers and the promotion of measures to improve the qualifications of vocational training, employment and the care and upbringing of children and adolescents
- Promote measures for care, education and training of children and young people in appropriate facilities that will lead to possible completion of vocational training
- Aid to start for the livelihoodof young people
- Support of orphans and half-orphans in homes and families
Current Projects:
- Construction of primary schools in Uganda
- Construction of secondary schools in Uganda
- Support of primary schools in the refugee camp
- Training aid for orphans
Areas of Interest:
- Children
- Health
- Youth & Adolescents
Link: http://www.africanchildfoundation.org/
Bel Corporate Foundation
Bel Corporate Foundation (Fondation d’entreprise Bel) was established in 2008 by Bel and its reference shareholder Unibel, aims to serve the children and their well-being, with a particular focus on food and dietary issues.
Areas of Interest:
- Children
- HIV/AIDS
- Youth& Adolescents
Focus Countries: Germany, Guadeloupe, Oman, South Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Netherlands, Albania, French, Guiana, Poland, Algeria, Haiti, French Polynesia, Angola, Hong Kong, Portugal,Saudi Arabia, Hungary, Qatar, Argentina, Caribbean Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo, Australia, Iran, Czech Republic, Austria, Ireland, Romania, Bahrain, Italy, Russia, Belgium, Japan, Saint, Pierre and Miquelon, Benin, Jordan, St. Lucia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Senegal, Brazil, Kenya, Serbia, Bulgaria, Kuwait, Seychelles, Burkina Faso, Latvia, Sierra Leone, Canada, Lebanon, Singapore, China, Liberia, Slovakia, Comoros, Lithuania, Slovenia, Congo, Libyan, Sweden, South Korea, Macedonia, Switzerland, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Syria, Croatia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Denmark, Mali, Chad, Djibouti, Morocco, Turkey, Egypt, Martinique, UK, United Arab Emirates, Mauritius and Reunion, Ukraine, Spain, Mayotte, USA, Estonia, Mexico, Vietnam, Finland, Moldova, Yemen, France, Montenegro, Zimbabwe, Gabon, Nigeria, Georgia, Norway, Ghana, New Caledonia, Greece New Zealand
Link: http://www.fondation-bel.org/index-en.html
Children International
Children International is a non-profit children’s organization founded in 1936. The major purpose of this organization is to raise support for the world’s poorest children by creating a unique sponsorship program capable of forming personal and lasting connections between one needy child and one compassionate sponsor.
Areas of Interest:
- Children
- Agriculture
- Food & Nutrition
- Education
- Health
- Poverty Alleviation
- Nutrition
In 1980, first projects in India, the Philippines and Guatemala were launched. By the end of that year, more than 2,300 children were benefiting from sponsorship.
Focus Countries: Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Mexico, Philippines, United States, Zambia
Link: https://www.children.org/
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) is philanthropic organisation which aims to improve the lives of children in developing countries by achieving large-scale, sustainable impact. CIFF invests where the evidence indicates that there is the potential to make the greatest difference.
CIFF believes that every child deserves to survive, thrive and mature into adulthood in a supportive and safe environment.
Areas of Interest:
- Child survival
- Hunger Alleviation and Nutrition
- Educational Attainment
- Climate
Focus Countries: Bangladesh, China, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Link: https://ciff.org/
Conrad Hilton Foundation
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation was founded by Conrad N. Hilton in 1944. This foundations funds to nonprofit organizations working to improve the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people throughout the world.
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation supports leading nonprofit organizations, and it partners with foundations, philanthropists, governments, and corporations to solve social problems in the United States and around the world. Currently, more than half of our annual grants are international.
Objectives:
- Relieve the suffering, the distressed, and the destitute
- Shelter little childrenwith the umbrella of your charity
- Support the Catholic Sisters, who devote their love and life’s work for the good of mankind
- Let there be no territorial, religious, or other color restrictions on your benefactions
Areas of Interest:
- Children affected by HIVand AIDS
- Catholic Sisters
- Foster youth
- Homelessness
- Substance abuse
- Water
- Blindness
- Catholic education
- Disasterrelief and recovery
- Hospitality education
- Multiple sclerosis
Focus Countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo DR, Cote DIvoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India, Kenya, Lesotho,Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome And Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, United States, Western Sahara, Zambia
Link: https://www.hiltonfoundation.org/
Warrior-Lions Foundation
Warrior-Lions Foundation (Fondation Guerrier-Lions) mission is to focus on African children suffering from maltreatment and abandonned, the young french adults in precarity and rejected by society due to their marginality.
Areas of Interest:
- Children
- HIV/AIDS
- Narcotics
- Drugs & Crime
- Youth& Adolescents
- Mental Health& Crisis Support
- Health
Focus Countries:
Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo DR, Cote DIvoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo, Tunisia
Link: http://www.guerrier-lion.fr/foundation-lion-warrior/
Eastern Europe Mission Foundation
Eastern Europe Mission Foundation (Stiftung Osteuropamission) major purpose is to promote Sponsorship Program, care for disabled, children camp and food aid.
Areas of Interest:
- Children
- Food and Nutrition
- Agriculture
- Disability
- Health
Focus countries: Albania, China, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kosovo, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Switzerland, Tanzania, Ukraine, Viet Nam
Link: https://www.eem.org/