Deadline is for Letter of Inquiry; Full Proposals are by invitation only and are due 6/30/2024. While Needmor embraces the opportunity to fund emerging organizations, our commitment remains to fund strong, effective community organizing. We thus seek to support groups that:  Organize primarily low- and moderate-income people, as evidenced by demographic/ statistical data indicating social and economic distress. Have a multi-issue agenda that reflects an intersectional approach to addressing issues associated with race, economic justice, and equality. Demonstrate a commitment to long-term base building and effectively link issue work to building organizational power. Are democratically run and consist of a dues-paying membership base, with deep member engagement and a process for both developing and regenerating a strong cadre of leaders over time. Have developed a power analysis and a clearly defined plan for challenging/altering the dynamics of power within their communities. Engage in direct action and have demonstrated the ability to win concrete victories on an increasingly larger scale. Have a vision to continually build and aggregate power, enabling it to take on bigger policy issues and expand its base of allies to increase its impact over time. Are well managed, engage in strategic planning, and have a sound budget and diversified fundraising plan.

Online Application: https://www.needmorfund.org/grant-instructions

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth seeks to deepen our understanding of how inequality affects economic growth and stability. Through our grantmaking, we aim to support research that will generate actionable insights for policymakers. We are currently requesting research proposals that will equip federal policymakers with evidence of the effectiveness of the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession in generating better macroeconomic outcomes and in generating better and more equitable outcomes for working-age individuals in the United States.

We are primarily interested in research focused on policy interventions from March 2020 to March 2021, such as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, or CARES, Act and the American Rescue Plan Act. The research should provide policymakers with actionable insights to inform effective policies to address future recessions.

Only economic policies are of interest. Policies aimed at addressing the pandemic are outside the scope of this request. We are primarily interested in economic outcomes—such as labor force participation, wages, job match and quality, productivity, consumption, and household finances. We will consider proposals that explore other outcomes alongside economic outcomes to the extent that they might aid or hinder people’s ability to participate in the labor market, for example. Analyses can examine impacts during the pandemic period and longer-term effects in the years following the pandemic.

Online Application: https://equitablegrowth.org/research-paper/request-for-proposals-how-effective-was-the-fiscal-response-to-the-covid-19-recession-for-workers/

The average grant lasts 12 months and is around $50,000. Each year the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) makes direct grants to hundreds of nongovernmental organizations worldwide working to advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions.  NED is interested in proposals from local, independent organizations for nonpartisan programs that seek to: Promote and defend human rights and the rule of law Support freedom of information and independent media Strengthen democratic ideas and values Promote accountability and transparency Strengthen civil society organizations Strengthen democratic political processes and institutions Promote civic education Support democratic conflict resolution Promote freedom of association Strengthen a broad-based market economy

Emailed Application: https://www.ned.org/apply-for-grant/en/

Applicants may request up to a total of $350,000 in direct costs and up to 15 percent in Facilities and administration costs for a period not to exceed 36 months. Total requests may not exceed $402,500. One grant will be awarded. The International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) invites investigators to apply for a three-year grant to study the impact of safer gambling messaging including its impact on gambling behavior and use of responsible gambling tools. The field of addictions has long recognized the power of language in treatment, public discourse and public health policy and has advocated for the removal of negative, stigmatizing messaging to people struggling with addiction. At the same time, messages promoting safer gambling must have the intended impact of reducing gambling-related harm.

Online Application: https://www.icrg.org/information/apply-for-icrg-funding

Deadline is for Letter of Intent; Full Proposals are by invitation only and are due 8/6/2024. The Herb Block Foundation seeks to help ensure a responsible, responsive democratic government through citizen involvement. Proposals may focus on citizen education and greater voter participation in the electoral process. All projects must be nonpartisan and may not involve lobbying for specific legislation or candidates. In addition to providing grants in this area, The Herb Block Foundation has initiated an annual public policy lecture program featuring prominent speakers on issues of national importance.

Online Application: http://www.herbblockfoundation.org/programs/citizen-involvement

Applicants may request up to $75,000 per year in direct costs and up to 15 percent in Facilities; Administration costs for a period not to exceed 24. Total requests may not exceed $172,500. One grant will be awarded. The International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) invites investigators to apply for a two-year Large Grant to study the relationship between sex, gender identities, gender roles and/or sexual orientation as factors in gambling and problematic gambling.  Topics of interest include but are not limited to sex, gender identities, gender roles and/or sexual orientation as factors in Game choice (including modality) and motives Vulnerability to gambling-related harms and gambling disorder Use of protective behavioral strategies, including responsible gambling tools Treatment seeking, experience and outcomes.

Online Application: https://www.icrg.org/information/apply-for-icrg-funding

Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. First step in the Application is a Letter of Inquiry emailed to the Program Director; full applications are by invitation only. Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Arnold Ventures’ (AV) Moving the Needle initiative seeks to spur expanded implementation of such programs to make significant headway against U.S. social problems. Specifically, the initiative is designed to encourage state or local jurisdictions, or other entities, to:

• (i) Adopt social programs shown in well-conducted randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to produce large, sustained effects on important life outcomes (see attachment 1 for the list of eligible programs);
• (ii) Implement these programs on a sizable scale with close adherence to their key features; and
• (iii) Determine, through a replication RCT, whether the large effects found in prior research are successfully reproduced to move the needle on important social problems.

Emailed Application: https://www.arnoldventures.org/grantees

Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. First step in the Application is a Letter of Inquiry emailed to the Program Director; full applications are by invitation only. Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Arnold Ventures’ (AV) Evidence-Based Policy team invites grant applications to conduct randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of social programs in any area of U.S. policy in which:

• (i) AV will fund the RCT, and the government or another entity will fund the program’s delivery; and
• (ii) The RCT meets the additional selection criteria set out below.

Our main goal in funding such RCTs is to build the body of programs rigorously shown to produce sizable, sustained effects on important life outcomes. We recognize how challenging this is: Surprisingly few programs are found to produce the hoped-for improvements in participants’ lives when evaluated in a well-conducted RCT. This Request for Proposals seeks to optimize the chances of success by prioritizing RCTs of programs with highly promising prior evidence or other compelling policy reasons for a rigorous evaluation.
Emailed Application: https://www.arnoldventures.org/grantees

Letters of Intent may be submitted at any time and are reviewed on a rolling basis. Full Proposals by invitation only. The goal of this program is to build a more secure, peaceful, and prosperous world through independent analysis and action addressing critical global challenges.

The focus areas are as follows:

• Nuclear Security: to reduce the risks posed by nuclear weapons;
• Global Dynamics: to reduce the risks to global stability;
• Transnational Movements and the Arab Region: with the overarching goal of bringing Arab-region expertise to bear on transnational issues;
• Peacebuilding in Africa: to bolster Africa’s peacebuilding efforts;
• Cross-cutting challenges and Special Initiatives: to foster more informed policymaking.

Online Application: https://www.carnegie.org/programs/international-peace-and-security/