The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a private, non-profit organization created in 1983 to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts. The Endowment is governed by an independent, nonpartisan board of directors. With its annual congressional appropriation, it makes hundreds of grants each year to support prodemocracy groups in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union.

GRANTS

The NED supports projects that promote political and economic freedom, a strong civil society, independent media, human rights, and the rule of law. The Endowment's flexible and efficient grants program is able to assist democratic activists 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.

Core Institutes Grants:

Programs in the areas of labor, business, and political party development are funded through four core institutes: American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS), Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), International Republican Institute (IRI), National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI).

To apply for a Core Institute Grant, please review Core Institute Proposal Guidelines and Procedures clicking on this link:

http://www.ned.org/grants/coreGrants.html

Discretionary Grants:

Additional areas of work are supported through hundreds of direct grants to NGO's abroad.

To apply for a Discretionary Grant, please review Discretionary Application Guidelines and Procedures on this link:
http://www.ned.org/grants/discretionaryGrants.html

Grant Cycle:

In 2009, the Board of Directors will meet on the following dates:

January 16, 2009
April 3, 2009
June 19, 2009
September 11, 2009
Further Research:

To identify additional funding opportunities, visit the Democracy Resource Center's Sources of Funding in International Democratic Development Database:

http://geniehost25.inmagic.com/dbtw-wpd/searchFunding.html