ABILIS Foundation

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ABILIS Foundation gives small grants ranging from 500 to 10.000 Euros to projects initiated by disabled persons.

If you live in one of the following countries
◾India
◾Uganda
◾Tanzania
◾Ethiopia
◾Kambodzha
◾Mosambik
◾Tadzhikistan
◾Kyrgyzstan

please contact our Partner orgaanisations  for an application form.

If you live in a country not mentioned above, please contact our office at  abilis@abilis.fi

Who can apply for a grant by Abilis

We support organizations that include persons with disabilities in their leadership. We support organisations of people with mobility, visual, hearing or any other type of disability. We can also support organisations that are run by parents of children with disabilities.

You can apply for a grant from Abilis if the following is true for you:
◾You live in a country which the United Nations and the OECD have defined as qualifying for Official Development Assistance. See list of countries
◾Your organisation has a certificate of registration. (If your group is not registered, please contact our office as sometimes we are able to make exceptions to this rule.)

 How can we apply for a grant by Abilis?

ABILIS Foundation judges the applications according to the involvement of persons with disabilities, including their role in developing the project and in committing their own resources to the project (including time). The project must be realistic in its scope and expected results. The application must show how the project will continue to benefit the community once the project’s funding term has been completed.

A minimum of 10 % of the project budget should be a contribution of time, money or other resources from the applicant group.

For every project, two reference persons are required to provide an independent evaluation of the project’s feasibility. The reference persons should have thorough knowledge of the applicant organisation, of the project plan and of the general conditions existing in the project area. However, they should not personally directly benefit from the project. In other words, they should not be members or employees of the applicant organisation. There is a special form to be completed by reference persons.

If you wish to apply for funding, call a meeting of your friends and colleagues. Then think carefully about your current priorities and take time to make a good plan. We encourage you to use the Abilis manual designed to assist you in this process.

Contact us and we can send you the Abilis application form and guidelines for letters of recommendation. Please read them through carefully before applying.

Please note that we can start analysing your application only after we receive all the following documents:

1.application form with signatures
2.work plan
3.budget
4.two reference forms
5.a copy of your certificate of registration (or an explanation why one is not available)

 How are funding decisions made?

 The Abilis board of directors determines which projects will receive support. Who are we?

The applications are first analysed by the office team who may ask the applicant to provide more information if necessary. Then they are discussed at the next meeting of the board of directors. The board may decide to accept or reject a project for funding, or possibly to request more information. In any case, the applicant is informed of the decision

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