Open Society National Security and Human Rights Campaign
Funds for NGOs
Activities:
Others,Human Rights
The Open Society National Security and Human Rights Campaign provides grants to U.S.-based organizations working to promote progressive national security policies that respect human rights, civil liberties, and the rule of law. The campaign prioritizes promoting new thinking, engaging new voices and constituencies, and strengthening capacity of and collaboration among organizations engaged in national security issues. Eligibility Criteria
The National Security and Human Rights Campaign will consider letters of inquiry from 501(c)(3) organizations such as advocacy groups, community groups, and scholarly or research institutions. The campaign provides funding for projects that address one or more of the above policy goals through at least one of the following strategies: •Policy advocacy •Grassroots organizing and field building •Mobilization of new voices and constituencies •Scholarship and research •Communications •Litigation Ineligibility Criteria
The campaign does NOT provide funding for: •Programs or direct services •Lobbying activities •Start-up costs or seed monies •Annual fundraising drives •Projects undertaken by individuals •General support (for first-time grantees) •Capital costs, including equipment or real estate purchases/renovations Purpose and Priorities The campaign’s grantmaking supports efforts to advance the following five policy goals: •In the case of terrorism suspects, ending indefinite detention, torture, and extraordinary rendition; ensuring fair trials; and maintaining the availability of Article III courts as a forum for criminal trials; •Reforming surveillance policies and practices at the federal, state, and local levels to restore personal privacy; and protecting the right to dissent; •Challenging the profiling of and discrimination against, and building the voices of, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian individuals and communities in the United States; •In matters of national security, curbing excessive government secrecy and expanding government oversight; and holding government officials and private actors to account for abuses committed in the name of national security; and •Promoting national security and counterterrorism policies that respect human rights, civil liberties, and the rule of law. Guidelines .................................. Recent Posts Student Initiative Grants International+Higher+Education+Support+Program Anandana Grants Ravi+Sankaran+Fellowship+Program NATIONAL+INNOVATION+FOUNDATION++Biennial+Competition Inlaks+Scholarships India Youth Fund Saving Lives at Birth A Grand Challenge for Development Young Connectors of the Future Programme YCF IPAF Grants Funds for NGOs India NGO Awards Fellowship Program Open Society Reaching the Moveable Middle Funds for NGOs Diagnostic tools for poverty-related diseases Grant Innovation in Conflict Transformation
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