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Overview
| Donor: | Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas (MCFA) |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | United States |
| Reference number: | - |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation |
| Deadline: | 31.03.2025 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Medium - up to $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 30.000$ |
| Total available budget: | 300.000$ |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 300.000$ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Environment & Natural Resources
Project Locations
America
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru
Description
1) Objective
Founded in 1992, the mission of the Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas (MCFA) is to promote environmental causes throughout the Americas in the broadest sense, which encompasses both the physical and social environments. In furtherance of their mission is providing support a wide range of projects in the following four categories: (1) Biodiversity Conservation, (2) Sustainable Development, (3) Environmental Justice and (4) Environmental Education.
The Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas carries out these objectives is its grant to The Nature Conservancy to create a manual to evaluate and strengthen coalition building for protected area conservation. Since its inception the MCFA has supported more than 100 projects in 15 countries throughout the Americas.
2) Eligibility
The Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas does not provide financial support for individuals. It does not make gifts for religious, political or lobbying purposes. It does not support any organization that discriminates on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or handicap. It only makes direct grants and donations to 501(c) (3) non-profit organizations in the U.S. or their equivalents overseas.
3) Location
Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas-supported programs are geographically limited to the Americas.
4) Budget
Their average annual budget for grants is app. $300,000 and grants range from $30,000-$300,000. All grants are subject to approval at the annual board meeting held each autumn. MCFA also makes a small number of Program Related Investments (PRIs) (i.e. $300,000 to Root Capital, a non-profit social investment fund that is pioneering finance for grassroots businesses in rural areas in developing countries).
5) Application
All grants are subject to approval at the annual board meeting held each autumn. Most grants are pursuant to proposals solicited by MCFA. Ideal timing for proposals is during the first quarter of the calendar year. The Foundation may give preference to programs where the corporation has a strong presence, or where there is an opportunity for employee volunteerism. Applications may be submitted using the online Grant Application Form.