Address: Raamweg 16, The Hague 2596 (The Netherlands)
Mailing Address: PO Box 85565, 2508 CG The Hague (Netherlands)
e-mail: info@hivos.nl
Telephone: +31 0 70 376 5500
Website: www.hivos.org (English); www.hivos.nl (Dutch)
Type of grant: project-specific
AQverage grant duration: Grant duration range is 1-4 years. Average is three years, first time grants do not usually exceed two years, maximum duration is 10 years
Deadline(s): applications accepted throughout the year
How to apply:
For General information: www.hivos.org/grant-opportunities
Review grant criteria: www.hivos.org/grant-criteria
Requiring fundee organizations to fall within one of Hivos’ programs and to support general principles of diversity, equality, and sustainability.
Ensure that you fall within one of Hivos’ programs: hivos.org/what-we-do
Review, compile, and send all documents listed under Hivos General Application Material: www.hivos.org/sites/default/files/general_application_data.p
Send grant application to appropriate address depending on your region and program: www.hivos.org/where-apply
Mailing Address: PO Box 85565, 2508 CG The Hague (Netherlands)
e-mail: info@hivos.nl
Telephone: +31 0 70 376 5500
Website: www.hivos.org (English); www.hivos.nl (Dutch)
Countries/Regions: Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Peru, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tanzania, Timor Leste, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Topics/Subjects: finance, sustainable production, human rights, democracy, health, arts and culture, women, development, ICT, media, HIV/AIDS, LGBT rights, internet freedom, ending child labor, increasing transparency and accountability
Description: Hivos is a Dutch non-governmental organization that works toward alleviating poverty, building civil society, and creating sustainable economic development. Apart from awarding grants to organizations dedicated to Hivos’ goals, the organization itself is involved in advocacy work around the world. Hivos’ General Fund awards small and regular grants throughout the year to any of its regions where grantee projects fall within the Fund’s programs: Expression & Engagement, Green Entrepreneurship, Rights & Citizenship, and Action for Change. Within these themes, Hivos also offers thematic funds specific to different regions. Hivos does not fund religious groups or governmental entities or organizations receiving financial support from any other Dutch or European development agencies.
Grant range: Hivos will fund small grants up to €15,000. Funding for regular grants will vary depending on the quality of the quality of the program and the group’s capacities – there is not minimum or maximum
AQverage grant duration: Grant duration range is 1-4 years. Average is three years, first time grants do not usually exceed two years, maximum duration is 10 years
Deadline(s): applications accepted throughout the year
How to apply:
For General information: www.hivos.org/grant-opportunities
Review grant criteria: www.hivos.org/grant-criteria
Requiring fundee organizations to fall within one of Hivos’ programs and to support general principles of diversity, equality, and sustainability.
Ensure that you fall within one of Hivos’ programs: hivos.org/what-we-do
Review, compile, and send all documents listed under Hivos General Application Material: www.hivos.org/sites/default/files/general_application_data.p
Send grant application to appropriate address depending on your region and program: www.hivos.org/where-apply
