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The ExxonMobil Foundation has announced that in 2007 it will award $10 million in grants for front-line healthcare workers and researchers combating malaria and other diseases in Africa. The commitment will be part of ExxonMobil's Africa Health Initiative. The company — the largest non-pharmaceutical corporate donor to malaria research and development efforts — is also one of two private sector representatives on the board of Roll Back Malaria, an international partnership of the major global multilateral organizations. View the Press Release

Having received nearly $400,000 in long-term support from the Ford Foundation, the Brazil Human Rights Fund has been established to support human rights work in local communities throughout the country. The fund will lead a national fundraising campaign to ask for new support from the corporate sector, government agencies, and prominent citizens. In addition, it will award grants to strengthen promising grassroots initiatives, support training and create opportunities to share new ideas and learning with human rights organizations in other countries. View the Press Release

Nothing But Nets has announced a challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and new commitments from the National Basketball Association and the VH1 television network.
To help fight malaria in Africa with insecticide-treated bed nets, the foundation will match up to $3 million in individual contributions to the campaign, which will procure and distribute the nets through the United Nations-led Measles Initiative.
VH1 will generate awareness of the campaign by creating and broadcasting a Nothing But Nets public service announcement airing on its stations and VH1.com. And the NBA will host more than twenty in-arena awareness nights at NBA and WNBA games during 2007. View the Press Release

Starr International Foundation is set to become one of the largest charitable foundations in the world in terms of assets with a possible endowment of USD20bn, according to the Financial Times. This puts it the same league as the Wellcome Trust, UK, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which have endowments of about EUR18bn and USD32bn respectively.
The new foundation is dedicated to supporting a broad range of educational, environmental, artistic, cultural, medical, humanitarian and other charitable institutions in Switzerland and around the world. Starr International Foundation intends to be a significant influence on the international scene. Sources familiar with the thinking of the foundation's leadership said it is open to coordinating its programmes with the efforts of the Gates Foundation and other big donors to tackle poverty and disease.
Source: EFC News Digest

To kick off International Human Rights Day on December 10th, Mama Cash, an international foundation that funds women’s organisations and groups worldwide, launched a campaign of its own to keep the focus sharply on women’s rights. Spanning 88 days - from December 10th 2006 to March 8th 2007, International Women’s Day - the campaign aims to raise awareness and funds for women’s groups which globally, are receiving significantly less funding than they did 5 years ago.
Source: EFC News Digest

Four grantmakers including The Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (UK), Comic Relief and the Elton John AIDS Foundation, have set up a new “Funder Collaborative for Children” aimed at helping children in Malawi to grow up free from the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The new collaborative will begin making grants to Malawi based organisations that are already working with communities affected by HIV and AIDS. The programme will focus on four target districts: Lilongwe Rural, Mzimba, Salima, and Thyolo; over the next five years the programme aims to reach 65% of all orphaned and vulnerable children in each district.
Source: EFC News Digest

The JPMorgan Chase Foundation welcomes grant inquiries from non-governmental organizations working internationally in the Foundation's three focus areas: community development; youth education; and arts and culture. All requests will be reviewed by the JPMorgan Chase office in the country where the project will be implemented. International organizations based outside the U.S. will apply using a paper application. To request an application, please submit a short preliminary proposal via e-mail to the person coordinating grants for the region in which you are based:
Asia, Pacific: john.knight@jpmorgan.com
Europe, Middle East, Africa: duncan.grant@jpmorganfleming.com
Latin America and Canada: brooke.d.harlow@jpmorgan.com
Dealine: Rolling
For full grant guidelines click here

The Project AWARE Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to conserving the underwater environments through education, advocacy and action. Offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland and Japan combine efforts to protect aquatic resources in 175 countries around the world.
Project AWARE Foundation provides grants to a variety of nonprofit organizations, institutions and individuals involved in activities directly related to the conservation of underwater environments - both marine and freshwater.
To apply for a Project AWARE Foundation (International) grant, submit a completed Grant Application Form (available in MsWord or PDF), along with a proposal no longer than three pages.
Deadline: 15 March for the April meeting, 15 June for the July meeting, 15 September for the October meeting, 15 December for the January meeting. http://www.projectaware.org/americas/english/grants.asp

The Big Lottery Fund invites applications for projects that aim to deliver improvements in mother and child health; primary education, with a specific focus on girls; and measures to prevent HIV/AIDS and lessen its impact. Projects must be based in sub-Saharan Africa, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and/or a selection of states in India. Applicants must be lead organisations working with a range of partners within the UK and overseas.
Deadline for submission of applications: January 26th 2007 www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Source: EFC News Digest

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust http://www.jrct.org.uk is an independent, progressive organisation committed to funding radical change towards a better world. The JRCT makes grants to individuals and to projects seeking the creation of a peaceful world, political equality and social justice. They chiefly support work undertaken in the UK, Ireland and South Africa.
Deadlines: South Africa and Ireland: 
19 March 2007
20 August 2007
All other applications: 
2 April 2007
3 September 2007
A more detailed grants policy is available at http://www.jrct.org.uk/text.asp?section=00010004

A philanthropic initiative of Nike, Inc., the Bowerman Track Renovation Program provides matching cash grants to community-based, youth-oriented organizations that seek to refurbish or construct running tracks.
Administered by Nike's Community Affairs department, this ten-year, $2 million program provides matching funds of up to $50,000 to youth-oriented nonprofit organizations anywhere in the world. The program distributes approximately $200,000 in matching grants each year.
Deadline: Rolling http://www.nike.com/nikebiz/nikebiz.jhtml?page=26&item=bowerman

The Charity Awards recognise and honour outstanding performance in the leadership and management of charities. By highlighting the achievements of charities striving for excellence, the awards also promote best practice throughout the sector. Visit www.charityawards.co.uk to download your nomination form. The closing date for entries is Friday 16 March 2007.

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14-15 April, 2007 at Stanford University School of Medicine, California
Unite For Sight Fourth Annual International Health Conference
More Than 300 Renowned Speakers from North America, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe
Join over 1,500 leaders, doctors, professionals, and students from 5 continents for an engaging exchange of ideas and best practices.
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in eye care, international health, medicine, health education, health promotion, public health, international service, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, or microenterprise
EARLY BIRD RATE INCREASES AFTER 20 JANUARY : Current Rate is $65 Students/$85 All Others.
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2007

When & Where: 22nd - 23rd March 2007, Lisbon, Portugal
Governments and Foundations Learning to Work Together
Organised by: EFC, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Government of Portugal, OECD
* This is an invitation only event. For more information, please email international
Source: EFC News Digest

Two years after the tsunami struck, billions of pounds donated by governments and individuals around the world has still not been spent on reconstruction.
Tens of thousands of people have still received nothing, major infrastructure repairs have not yet begun and fewer than 35% of people have been rehoused. Bureaucracy, poor planning and the cynical withholding of money by some governments and charities are believed to have caused the inordinate delays in the four countries most affected - Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the Maldives.
According to UN data report, about $6.7bn (£3.4bn) was committed by governments and charities to the four countries in the aftermath of the Boxing Day 2004 tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people and left millions homeless. However, more than $3.5bn has not been spent. Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, Iceland, Ireland, Malaysia and New Zealand have spent all they promised in Sri Lanka, but the United Arab Emirates has spent nothing, the World Bank only about 25% of its money, the US government about 50% and the Asian Development Bank less than 20%. China promised $305m in reconstruction aid but has spent $5m. Spain pledged $60m but has spent less than $1m. More info

The Google Grants program is designed to help nonprofit organizations further their goals and objectives through targeted, online advertising on Google.com. Past Google Grant recipients have used their grants to publicize services and awareness, recruit staff and volunteers, promote special events, sell merchandise related to their organization or cause, and much more. To learn more about the Google Grants program and apply, please visit http://services.google.com/googlegrants/application