Public Foundations/INGOs
Public Foundations/International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) are non-profit organizations, which are publicly supported by a combination of contributions from individuals, governments, private foundations and/or public foundations. Unlike private foundations, they do not grow out of an endowment, but they may build one. Public Foundations/INGOs draw on available funding from individuals and governments based in the Global North to provide services and implement programs—especially emergency humanitarian assistance programs—in the Global South.1
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ActionAid
ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide. ActionAid work with local partners to fight poverty and injustice worldwide, reaching over 13 million of the world's poorest and most disadvantaged people in 42 countries worldwide. ActionAid helps them fight for and gain their rights to food, shelter, work, education, healthcare and a voice in the decisions that affect their lives. The Women's Rights Theme operates both independently through its own projects and across every ActionAid project and programme, ensuring that women's rights issues are front and centre of ActionAid's work.
Cordaid
Based in the Netherlands, Cordaid is an international development organization with a network of about 1,000 partner organizations in 36 countries in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America. Cordaid works to support the most vulnerable groups in society—including minorities, slum dwellers, and women—and concentrates its strategic funding on four sectors: Participation, Emergency Aid and Reconstruction, Health and Well-being, and Entrepreneurship.
Hivos
Hivos is a Dutch non-governmental organization that provides financial and political support for local NGOs. Besides offering finance and advice, Hivos is also active in networking, lobbying and in exchanging knowledge and expertise, not only at international level, but also in the Netherlands. In its policy in the field of Gender, Women & Development, Hivos opts to support women's organizations that center their efforts on strengthening women's participation in decision-making processes. Hivos aims to improve the operational capacity of women's organizations in order to facilitate the achievement of their goals. Apply for a grant.
Interchurch Organisation for Development Co-operation (ICCO)
In co-operation with partner-organisations all over the world, the Interchurch Organisation for Development Co-operation (ICCO) supports the under-privileged in their fight for a more dignified existence, focusing its work on structural poverty alleviation. With money from the Dutch and European governments in particular, ICCO finances development projects in in Africa, the Middle-East, Latin America, the Caribbean, in Asia and the Pacific, in Central and Eastern Europe and in Central Asia. The three main themes ICCO works with are: (Access to) Basic Social Services; Fair Economic Development (FED); and Democratisation and Peace Building. Apply for a grant.
Oxfam Novib
Oxfam Novib, the Dutch affiliate of the international Oxfam organization, takes a rights-based approach to fight poverty structurally. Oxfam Novib divides its work up into five rights that reflect the various poverty dimensions, including: the right to a sustainable existence; the right to basic social services; the right to life and safety; the right to social and political participation; and the right to identity. Oxfam Novib cooperates with local organizations in developing countries, providing them with financial and technical support and linking them with other counterpart organizations.
Three Guineas Fund
Three Guineas Fund is a publicly supported, grantmaking foundation. Three Guineas Fund creates social change by investing in economic opportunity for women and girls. The Fund's philanthropic program and strategies are designed to enable women and girls to earn an independent living, participate fully in the economy, and give back to their communities.
End Notes
1. An Action-Research Project of The Association for Women's Rights in Development, "Where is the money for women's rights? Assessing the resources and the role of donors in the promotion of women's rights and the support of women's rights organizations," February 2006.