The Other Foundation invite applications for grants from individuals or organizations
in thirteen eligible southern African countries to support work that advances
or defends the freedom, equality, and social inclusion of homosexual and
bisexual women and men, and transgender and intersex people.
In addition, a small number of grants will be made available to
prevent the reversal of gains in LGBTI organizing, visibility, and advocacy as
a result of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. The thirteen eligible countries
from which grant applications will be accepted are Angola, Botswana, Lesotho,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa,
Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Focus Areas
Although proposals for innovative work in
general will be considered, activities that focus on the following areas will
be given priority consideration, as a result of funds having been ring-fenced
for these focus areas:
- Supporting parents of LGBTI
people to become public advocacy champions for freedom, equality, and
social inclusion of LGBTI people.
- Engaging religious
organizations about the equal human dignity, safety and social inclusion
of LGBTI people.
- Directly and indirectly engaging
traditional cultural leaders about the equal human dignity, safety, and
social inclusion of LGBTI people.
- Initiatives that advance the
economic empowerment of LGBTI people through the development and inclusion
of LGBTI-owned small businesses in corporate supply chains, the
development of workplace LGBTI affinity groups as advocacy champions for
workplace inclusion and supply chain diversity, work with labor unions to
promote diversity and inclusion, and research that helps to improve
company practices on diversity and inclusion from an LGBTI perspective.
- Advocacy campaigns focused on
harmful social attitudes or national public policies that discriminate
against LGBTI people.
- Philanthropy development to
support activism for LGBTI equality and social inclusion.
- Initiatives that address
discrimination and violence specifically towards lesbian women and
transgender and intersex people.
The specific focus areas for COVID-19 response grants are:
- Implementation of
organizational adaptation, innovation, and sustainability strategies and
practices for longer-term resilience, including but not limited to support
for remote work, virtual gatherings, and digital security.
- Documentation of human rights
abuses as a result of COVID-19 restrictions and referral of cases to the
relevant authorities or advocacy groups.
- Limited support for the
procurement of masks, sanitizers, temperature measurement devices, and
other equipment necessary to combating the spread of COVID-19 to grantee
staff and volunteers to enable them to continue working where they can.
Funding Groups
The Foundation has a particular interest in
funding groups that:
- Start new initiatives or
develop new alliances with other LGBTI organizations and/or allies outside
the LGBTI movement, especially in campaign-type advocacy;
- Demonstrates collaboration with
other non-LGBTI civil society organizations and/or direct engagement with
policymakers and private businesses; and
- Develop new knowledge by doing
primary research or using data that has already been generated.
Funding Information
The Foundation will have
about ZAR9 Million for grant allocations in this round of grant-making.
Criteria
- Grant applications will only be
accepted in the Namaqualand Daisy, Inyosi / Honey Bee, and Hungwe / Fish
Eagle grant categories.
- Applications for Mosu /
Umbrella Tree grants will not be accepted through this open call for
proposals.
Post Date - 20-Nov-2020