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Proposal
Writing for Cultural Heritage and Academic Projects
Internet
Sites about Foundations making Grants in South Africa
Multiple
Foundations
The
Foundation Center Grantmaker Info
Includes links to more than 1,500 foundation Web sites. You can
perform a key word search of annotated descriptions of the programmatic
interests of these foundations.
Search
the extensive Foundation Center website (including the 'Philanthropy
News Digest') at: http://fdncenter.org/searchzone/
'User-Friendly
Guide to Funding Research and Resources' is at:
http://fdncenter.org/learn/ufg/index.html
Fundsnet
Directory of International Funders
List with hyperlinks to foundations that make international grants.
(To search this long list, go to 'Edit' on the toolbar, then 'Find'
and enter the word or phrase for which you want to search.
Directory
to International Funding Sources by TGCI 'The Grantsmanship Center'
Includes hyperlinks to websites of foundations active in Africa.
Grants
and Related Resources
Compiled by Jon Harrision, Michigan State University librarian.
Individual Foundation Websites
Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation
Has made grants in South Africa in such areas as such as higher
education; cultural heritage and preservation; libraries; museum
collections; literacy; ecology; research on poverty and inequality,
demography and migration, and HIV/AIDS.
Carnegie
Corporation
Supports higher education, libraries, and programs aimed at “improving
teaching and national systems of accreditation and student admissions.”
In 2001, made grants to institutions for work in South Africa totaling
$8.4m.
Charles
Stewart Mott Foundation
Civil Society South Africa Program includes work to “strengthen
the nonprofit sector; promote citizen rights and responsibilities;
and improve race and ethnic relations ... with a special interest
in women’s participation”
The
Ford Foundation
Involved in many projects, including support of higher education
in Africa.
Ford Foundation Johannesburg Office supports work on environment
and development; higher education; media, arts and culture; governance,
civil society and philanthropy; and human rights.
Global
Fund for Women
Has made grants to organizations in South Africa working on such
issues as assisting women affected by domestic violence, training
local activists in community-based organizations, advocating equal
rights for lesbians, and starting small businesses.
Henry
J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Program for Health and Development in South Africa includes a focus
on HIV/AIDS and on youth. http://www.kff.org/sections.cgi?section=safrica
LoveLife:
“The Foundation's largest initiative ever aims to curb HIV
infection among South African youth”
The
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Program areas include Human and Community Development and Global
Security and Sustainability. Involved in support of higher education
in Africa.
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation
Program areas include “health; food systems and rural development;
youth and education, and higher education; philanthropy and volunteerism.
When related to these areas, funding is also provided for leadership;
information systems/technology; efforts to capitalize on diversity;
and family, neighborhood, and community development programming.
Grants are made in the southern African countries of Botswana, Lesotho,
Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.”
The
Rockefeller Foundation
Program areas include culture and creativity, food security, health
equity, working communities, and global inclusion. Involved in support
of higher education in Africa.
Rockefeller
Brothers Fund (NY)
South Africa program areas include “the need to improve the
quality and accessibility of basic education for children and adults
and, the need to assist orphans and vulnerable children, as a result
of the HIV/AIDS pandemic”
Soros
Foundations Network (NY)
Open Society Foundation for South Africa supports “programs
that actively promote a culture of democracy, human rights, good
governance, and the rule of law.”
W.
K. Kellogg Foundation
Southern Africa program works to “to assist in the social
and economic transformation of the region” (the countries
of Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.
Has made grants in South Africa concerning higher education, distance
education, cultural heritage, rural economic development and service
delivery, agricultural development, social and economic improvement
for women and youth, primary health care and HIV/AIDS, and other
issues.
South
African Funding Sources
The
National Research Foundation (NRF)
The NRF is a South African government agency that promotes and supports
research and research capacity development in the natural, social
and human sciences, engineering and technology. Grant programs include
the Research Development Initiative for Black Academics (REDIBA),
Women in Research (WIR), Researchers in Training (RIT), Technikon
Research Development Programme (TRDP), University Research Development
Programme (URDP) for historically disadvantaged institutions, and
others. Cultural heritage is one of the possible areas of focus
of the NRF’s Focus Area on “Distinct South African Research
Opportunities,” along with education and the challenges of
change and others.
The
Arts and Culture Trust (or e-mail: info@artsculturetrust.co.za)
A private sector initiative, the Arts and Culture Trust aims to
increase the amount of funding available for arts and culture through
means such as corporate donations, fundraising events, and international
donations, capital investment and income-generating affinity products,
and to distribute these funds in support of innovative, sustainable
arts and culture projects.
AFCLIST
African Forum for Children's Literacy in Science & Technology
A small grant programme provides funds and professional support
to innovative projects and supports the development of centres of
excellence. An informal association of African educators, scientists,
technologies, media specialists and international resource persons,
AFCLIST is located at the University of Durban-Westville and is
implemented jointly with Chancellor College, University of Malawi.
Business
and Arts South Africa (BASA)
BASA was launched in February 1997 with President Thabo Mbeki as
its patron. It is a joint initiative between government and the
business sector to stimulate the development of the arts industry.
BASA aims to promote and encourage sustainable and strategic partnerships
between the private sector and the arts, to their mutual benefit
and to that of the community at large. BASA's first initiative is
to encourage sponsorship of the arts by the private sector. With
funding from the National Department of Arts, Culture, Science and
Technology, BASA has introduced the Matching Grant Scheme. Under
this scheme, either a sponsoring business or an arts organisation
with one or more private sector sponsors in place can approach BASA
for additional funding for a particular project, event or organisation.
National
Arts Council (NAC) (or e-mail: info@nac.org.za)
The NAC’s priority is to fund organisations or individuals
for projects that have national importance or are part of nation
building. Projects must deal with the unique artistic wealth of
the nation (or of a particular province with propose benefit outside
its host province); assist in the process of fostering South African
identity; promote the right of any person to freedom in the practice
of the arts; seek to address national priorities and past and present
imbalances; and seek to achieve artistic merit and excellence of
national and international acclaim.
NEDBANK
Arts and Culture Affinity (or e-mail: nedbankarts@nedcor.co.za)
Founded in 1994 by Nedbank and other business, government and cultural
organisations, the Arts & Culture Trust aims to provide support
for skills training and education in the arts, the development of
a cultural infrastructure, the production and dissemination of creative
work, audience development, and bursaries for study in all categories
of arts, skills and training. Grants are made once a year to institutions
which then make awards to deserving individuals.
Kagiso
Trust
Established in 1986, the Kagiso Trust is the largest black-led development
agency in South Africa. It provides funding for education and training;
health and AIDS awareness/training; local economic development;
community development support programmes; rural development programmes;
good governance, democratisation and popular participation. There
is a conscious bias towards rural areas and peri-urban informal
settlements, marginalised and historically disadvantaged communities,
and community based organisations and support NGOs.
The
Competitiveness Fund (CF)
The CF is a cost sharing grant scheme funded by the World Bank and
run by the Department of Trade and Industry. It provides financial
support for improving the competitiveness of private sector South
African firms through greater penetration of both export and domestic
markets. The CF can provide a financial incentive to improve performance
and avail of external services and expertise. NGOs wishing to develop
services to sell to a target group of firms could be eligible for
Service Development Grants.
U.S.
Government Programs
Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. State Department
Includes the various Fulbright programs
Interagency
Working Group on U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges
& Training
Institutional
Partnerships in Higher Education for International Development
A partnership program for U.S. institutions and institutions in
numerous other countries, including South Africa. Applications must
be made by the U.S. institution in the partnership.
Fulbright
Educational Partnerships Program
A partnership program between U.S. higher education institutions
and institutions in other countries administered by the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. Application
must be made by the U.S. institution.
International
Organizations
The
main and Gopher servers available in the U.N. System of Organizations
and other related International Organizations
http://www.undp.org/toppages/unsys/bookmark.htm
International
Government Information (and International Agencies)
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Foreign.html
Prepared by the Libraries of the University of Texas at Austin.
The
United Nations
International
Monetary Fund
The
African Development Bank Group
UNESCO:
Culture and World Heritage
UNESCO
Projects in Africa, Culture Sector
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