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The Great Civil Society Choke-out
Around the world, governments are doing their best to strangle funding for the civilian groups that dare to challenge their power and hold them to...

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The Great Civil Society Choke-out Around the world, governments are doing their best to strangle funding for the civilian groups that dare to challenge their power and hold them to…

GPP Seeks Consultant for Trans* Funding Working Group
Global Philanthropy Project seeks to engage a Consultant(s) who will work with the GPP Trans* Funding Working Group to develop and then implement, a targeted funder outreach strategy. The aim of the strategy would be to provide specific funders with compelling information and arguments for why they should to start to fund, or increase their funding, in the field of trans* rights.

About GPP
The Global Philanthropy Project was established in 2009 to increase funding for human rights of LGBTI people globally. GPP focuses on building the knowledge, skills and capacity of GPP members and other funders to enhance their effectiveness as grantmakers, and to increase the number of funders and amount of funding available across sectors to support LGBTI issues globally. The Astraea Le***an Foundation for Justice serves as the host and fiscal sponsor of GPP and co-chairs the executive committee.

Timeline
Please submit proposals to GPP Coordinator Matthew Hart ([email protected]) by no later than Monday, December 28th, 2015 (CET). The Consultancy will run from January-June 2016.

To Apply
Interested consultants should submit their CV, a cover letter outlining your process for the project (please include an overview of relevant previous research experience and knowledge of the field of international Trans* funding), plus a brief writing sample (no more than 3 pages).

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We invite applications for grants from any individual or organization in thirteen eligible southern African countries to support work that addresses discrimination against le***an women or transgender people.
To be eligible for a grant you must be:
A le***an woman or a transgender person, or an organization that is led by le***an women or transgender people; or
A general LGBTI organization that addresses discrimination against transgender people or le***an women.
Grant applications will be accepted in all four grant categories listed above. However, the grant period will be a maximum of one year only, ending on 30 September 2016.
The maximum amount for Hungwe / Fish Eagle grants will therefore be R150,000 over 12 months and the maximum amount for Mosu / Umbrella Tree grants will be R300,000 over 12 months.
The thirteen eligible countries from which grant applications will be accepted are Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Grant allocations will be made in a two-step process.
The first step to apply for a grant is to read the guidelines for the submission of grant concept notes (Guideline G3) that you can download on this page, and then submit a concept proposal. Your concept proposal must be submitted in the format provided by the Other Foundation (Form G1), which you can also download on this page.
All the concept proposals received will be assessed by an independent panel made up of peers of grant applicants. These peer reviewers will recommend the concept proposals that will be taken to the second stage of the grant making process.
In the second stage, the recommended applicants will be invited to develop a full grant proposal for submission to the Other Foundation’s board of trustees for funding. The board of trustees will make the final decision about grant allocations.
The Foundation has ZAR 1.5 million for grant allocations in this round of grant making. Decisions about which concept proposals will be taken to the second stage of the process, will be made within three weeks of the closing date for the submission of concept proposals.
The closing date for submission of grant concept proposals is Wednesday, 18 November 2015.

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