Overview
| Donor: | RAJA Danièle Marcovici Foundation |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | France |
| Reference number: | - |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation |
| Deadline: | 21.11.2025 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Small - up to $100,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 10.000€ |
| Total available budget: | - |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 20.000€ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Economic Development
- Education
- Governance & Democracy
- Health
- Human Rights
- Social Inclusion
- Women & Gender
Project Locations
Africa
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
America
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Asia
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen
Description
1) Objective
Created in 2006, the RAJA-Danièle Marcovici foundation supports programs and actions in favour of women in France and around the world. They support projects in the areas of (1) women’s rights and fight against violence (e.g. prevention, psychological and psychiatric care, emergency shelter, fight againt domestic violence); (2) vocational training and professional integration (e.g. vocational training, coaching, welfare-to-work program, micro-entrepreneurship, creation of social enterprise); and (3) education and social action (e.g. access to education, prevention, medical, or psychiatric and psychological care). They also reward exceptional initiatives in their areas of intervention with the RAJA Foundation’s Women’s Award.
Projects must fall within at least one of the Foundation’s four strategic areas:
- Defending women’s and girls’ rights and combating gender-based violence: Support, prevention, and recovery programs for women who have experienced physical, sexual, or psychological violence.
- Education and equal opportunities: Facilitating girls’ access to education and supporting women’s leadership to reduce exclusion and discrimination.
- Professional inclusion and economic rights: Promoting women’s financial independence through training, employment, or entrepreneurship.
- Women’s action for the environment: Supporting agroecological and environmental initiatives led by women, with a focus on innovation and sustainability.
2) Eligibility
Eligible for funding are only French non-profit organisations (international organisations with a branch in France may apply through their French structure). The RAJA-Danièle Marcovici Foundation supports projects in favour of women in France and around the world. Grants requests are accepted for projects within the framework of action of the Foundation.
3) Location
They fund projects in Africa (most projects are currently funded in West Africa), Asia (e.g. Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Vietnam, and China), Europe (outside France they currently fund a project in Romania), and Latin America (e.g. Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil).
4) Budget
Grant sizes are on average €15,000.
5) Application
Through this call for projects, the RAJA-Danièle Marcovici Foundation reaffirms its commitment to supporting transformative initiatives and invites all eligible organizations to apply before November 21, 2025.

