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Overview
| Donor: | Oak Foundation |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | United States |
| Reference number: | - |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation |
| Deadline: | ongoing |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Large - more than $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 25.000$ |
| Total available budget: | 200.000.000$ |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 10.000.000$ |
| Funding ratio: | Co-funding required |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
- Children & Youth
- Climate Change
- Education
- Environment & Natural Resources
- 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
Europe
Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Pacific
Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Description
1) Objective
The grant program supports issues of global social and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged. The sector areas eligible for funding are:
- (1) child abuse: they support initiatives that eliminate the sexual exploitation of children; engage men and boys in combating the sexual abuse of children; and promote the prevention of violence against children;
- (2) environment: they fund climate change mitigation, wildlife conservation, and the conservation of marine resources;
- (3) international human rights: they want to end impunity for the gross violations of human rights, uphold prohibitions on arbitrary detention and torture, protect human rights defenders at risk, and multiply and amplify influential voices on IHRP global priorities;
- (4) women: to end patterns of violence and exploitation that disrupt women’s lives by ensuring that rights-based laws and policies guarantee an environment free from violence;
- (5) learning differences: they support teacher development, student engagement and parental understanding;
- (6) Joint India program as well as the
- (7) Zimbabwe program.
2) Eligibility
Most of the grantees are non-profit organisations (incl. universities, UN-organisations, associations and networks).
3) Location
They work in Bulgaria, Latvia, Moldova, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania for the child abuse program; Balkans, Brazil, Central America, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico, Moldova, Bulgaria, the North Caucasus and India for the women programs; and international for the other programs.
4) Budget
The Foundation has an annual grant budget of around $200,000,000 and gives out 300-400 grants per year (average grant size is $600,000 with grants from $25,000-$10,000,000). Except in special circumstances, they do not fund initiatives under $25,000.
5) Application
Oak Foundation has a continuous approval process so letters of enquiry may be submitted at any time (not more than 2 pages). They will respond within three months, informing the applicant whether there is sufficient interest to pursue a formal proposal. If so, they will request additional information from the organisation. Although they accept unsolicited requests through letters of enquiry, most of their grants are awarded to organisations invited to apply by programme staff. After approval of a project concept through a letter of inquiry, programme staff invites an organisation to submit a full proposal. Applicants should follow their grant application process, which includes an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of a project, a financial review made by their administration team as well as various approvals. Each of these stages could lead to more information or discussion.