For Grantseekers
About the Grants Program
Each year NED makes direct grants to hundreds of nongovernmental groups abroad working to ensure human rights, an independent media, the rule of law and to advance other democratic goals.
We encourage applications for financial support from activist organizations in diverse situations, such as transitional countries where the goal is democratic consolidation, authoritarian countries where the goals are liberalization, and the protection of human rights.
NED Core Institutes
NED also makes grants to four American partners, commonly known as the “Core Institutes,” for work abroad to foster the growth of political parties, electoral processes and institutions, free trade unions, and free markets and business organizations.
- Solidarity Center :: VISIT
- Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) :: VISIT
- International Republican Institute (IRI) :: VISIT
- National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) :: VISIT
Grant Cycle:
In 2010, the Board of Directors will meet on the following dates:
- January 15, 2010
- March 26, 2010
- June 11, 2010
- September 14, 2010