Private Grants Alert

(UNDERSERVED) United States Institute of Peace Provides Capacity Building Funds

Private Funder: United States Institute of Peace (USIP); Opportunity: 2011 Annual Grant Competition; Funding Focus: Underserved, social justice and peace-building; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: Varies; Deadline: Oct. 3

Summary: The Annual Grant Program increases the breadth and depth of the institute's work by supporting peace-building projects managed by nonprofit organizations including educational institutions, research institutions and civil society organizations.

The Annual Grant Competition supports an extensive range of activities relevant to the mandate of USIP. Focus areas include:

Enriching the theoretical, conceptual, and applied foundations of the field of conflict resolution and peace-building.
Strengthening connections between research, practice and public policy.
Advancing the development, testing and dissemination of tools and resources.
Promoting rigorous evaluation.
Performing and publicizing assessments of lessons learned in areas of the field.

Exclusive PGA Insider's Tip: Competition can be tight, in over 20 years of grantmaking, the Annual Grant Competition and another signature USIP funding program, the Priority Grant Competition, have received nearly 10,000 applications and awarded more than 2,000 grants. Start with an email, staffers tell PGA.

Info: www.usip.org; e-mail,