Applications Invited for Van Tienhoven Foundation Grant Program

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About the Organization

We are concerned about life on earth, the well-being and maintenance of the variety of living organisms and their living environment. Human beings play a crucial role as actor and factor in biodiversity. We see people as instrumental in mitigating the pressures of global change on the living environment and biodiversity.

• We make small grants available to finance direct actions on species, ecosystem, and community managed nature protection that lead to change in policy and practice.
• We promote knowledge into the causes of threats and pressures on nature, in order to generate concrete actions that halt, counteract or mitigate these causes;
• We strive to influence and collaborate with governmental, non-governmental organisations, communities, individuals, and other relevant stakeholders for the sake of the conservation of nature.

About the Grant

The Van Tienhoven Foundation for International Nature Protection makes small grants available for the protection and conservation of threatened species and ecosystems across the globe.

Grant Size

Projects requesting a maximum budget of €10,000 euros from the Van Tienhoven Foundation and a total project budget of no more than €50,000 euros. Applicants have to indicate co-funding in the budget if applicable. If projects are to be co-sponsored by the Van Tienhoven Foundation, a financing plan has to be added which includes incontestable evidence of subsidies already applied for and awarded by other organizations.

Eligibility

We use the following eligibility criteria and only accept applications:

• From not-for-profit organizations, that are registered as legal bodies (NGOs and scientific institutions). We don't accept applications from government bodies, private companies or individuals.
• Not-for-profit organizations must have a bank account in their organizations name, and able to receive international funds.
• Only one application per organization will be taken into consideration for each call for proposals. If an organization has been given a grant before, a final report must have been submitted for any project previously supported by the Van Tienhoven Foundation. An organization can be supported for a maximum of three times within eight years.
• From organizations with a track record in species protection, ecosystem protection and/or community managed nature protection, that can be demonstrated by background documentation (eg websites, social media, annual and/or final project delivery reports).
• Implemented in developing countries following the most recent  DAC list of ODA Recipients for the continents Asia and Latin America.
• With costs based on local rates. Costs of salaries and consultancy fees based on rates outside the countries of implementation are not covered. Travel costs (from) outside the countries of implementation are not covered. The purchase of vehicles (eg cars, boats) is not supported. We do not support overhead costs.
• Where actions are not part of a study leading to any academic title and/or aimed at delivering a book.

How to Apply

The Van Tienhoven Foundation (co-)sponsors projects with a maximum of €10,000 through an annual call for proposals. For the 2025 project round, only countries on the DAC list from Asia and Latin America will be eligible. We welcome new project applications from these regions between January 1 and January 31, 2025 (midnight, CET).

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