Overview
Donor: | Raskob Foundation |
Application procedure: | Online Application |
Donor base: | United States |
Reference number: | - |
Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation |
Deadline: | 15.05.2025 |
Financial details
Grant size: | Small - up to $100,000 |
Minimum grant size: | 1.000$ |
Total available budget: | 2.000.000$ |
Funding type: | Grants |
Maximum grant size: | 100.000$ |
Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Agriculture & Rural Development
- Children & Youth
- Disability
- Economic Development
- Education
- Food Security
- Governance & Democracy
- Health
- Human Rights
- Humanitarian Aid
- Other
- Peace & Conflict Resolution
- Religion & Faith
- Social Inclusion
- Water & Sanitation
- 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 Raskob Foundation is an independent, private family foundation. The mission of the Raskob Foundation is to support domestic and international projects from institutions and organisation identified with Catholic church. Their international program is funding various topics such as education, governance and human rights, health, economic empowerment and business trainings, water and sanitation, income generation and disability.
Sample projects that they have funded in the past include: youth leadership and peacebuilding in Ecuador, income generation activities in Ethiopia, feeding programs in Haiti, women empowerment in India, medical aid to the poor in Gaza, childhood education program in Jordan, ending child labour in Malawi, program for disabled mothers in Palestine, improve water and sanitation in South Sudan.
2) Eligibility
If the requesting organisation is located in the US, it must be tax- exempt 501 (3) with public charity status and be catholic (listed in the P.J. Kenedy Official Catholic Directory). If the requesting organization is located outside the US, it must have a non-profit, non-governmental status equivalent to a public charity as found in the United States and be catholic as verified by Ordinary of the Diocese.
3) Location
They are funding projects in any country in Asia, Africa, America and Europe.
4) Budget
Their yearly grant budget is around $2,000,000 for international programs. Grants range from $1,000-$100,000.
5) Application
The International Program is an annual cycle, comprised of two phases – an abstract phase and an application phase. The abstract phase is open to organizations/projects meeting the outlined requirements. After abstracts are reviewed, the Foundation notifys each organisation whether or not they are invited to the application phase. Abstracts may be submitted from May 1 through May 15. Decisions regarding abstracts will be sent in mid-September. If invited to apply, applications must be submitted by October 31 for decision at the Foundation’s May Board Meeting.