TFish Grant

Description

1) Objective

Transparent Fish Fund is a 501(c)(3) US nonprofit organization founded in 2011 in Palo Alto, California. They partner with hand-selected NGOs that effectively focus on poverty alleviation in East Asia. With financial support from their board members, who cover all our administrative costs, they are able to provide these NGOs with financial aid, capacity building resources, and reporting requirements to increase transparency and sustainability.

They identify the most promising NGOs to partner with and develop them by:

• Providing capacity building resources and fundraising support from the West
• Facilitating financial accountability and transparency, even to the level of ensuring the recipient uses the contributions properly
• Serving programs run by members of the Asian American community and/or focus on work in Asia or the Asian American community
• Focus areas: basic needs, direct needs, poverty relief, medical intervention, health, education in underserved areas of rural China and Southeast Asia

2) Eligibility

Eligibility is limited to

3) Location

Actions must take place in East Asia (Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand).

4) Budget

Total available funding is $1,500,000. They fund around 15 projects per year.

5) Application

Each year the deadline for applications is March 31st. All applications are reviewed together in April and the results will be announced the end of April.