Program at a Glance
Mission: To support efforts to assist in democratic institution building, strengthen communities, promote equitable access to resources, and ensure respect of rights and diversity.
Central/Eastern Europe and Russia
Goal: To foster societies in Central/Eastern Europe (CEE) and Russia in which people and communities respect each other’s rights and engage effectively in decisionmaking to influence policies and processes that shape their lives at the local, national and/or international levels.
Objectives
European Union (EU) New Member States: Promote processes that strengthen public participation in the development of communities and societies, and ensure an adequate and responsive flow of resources to support these activities.
Western Balkans: Promote processes that strengthen public participation in the development of communities and societies, and ensure an adequate and responsive flow of resources to support these activities; and promote processes and initiatives to build stable and strong inter-communal relations and reduce the likelihood of violent ethnic conflict.
Western Former Soviet Union: Promote processes that strengthen public participation in the development of communities and societies, and ensure an adequate and responsive flow of resources to support these activities; and strengthen institutions and mechanisms that ensure people’s rights are respected, and that laws and policies to protect these rights are promulgated and implemented.
CEE/Russia Regional: Assist nonprofits from both accession and non-accession countries in maximizing the positive and mitigating the negative impacts of EU enlargement; and build the capacity of CEE/Russia nonprofits through international peer-to-peer learning and information exchange around issues relevant to the overall CEE/Russia program goal.
South Africa
Goal: To support a vibrant, diverse and inclusive civil society in which nonprofit organizations work to deepen democracy, increase participation in decisionmaking, advance socioeconomic and racial equality, and promote justice and reconciliation.
Objectives
Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy: Build a more effective and well-managed nonprofit sector that is engaged with issues of poverty and inequality and that is adequately resourced through public and private funding.
Rights, Responsibilities and Participation: Strengthen people’s engagement with local community structures and increase public participation in decisionmaking processes to ensure that people’s rights are upheld, advanced and fulfilled.
Race and Ethnic Relations: Enhance the ability of nonprofit organizations and local communities to better address racism and discrimination, and to promote justice and reconciliation.
United States
Goal: To support a strong, independent and inclusive nonprofit and philanthropic sector where organizations excel in governance, management and public accountability; partner with the public and private sectors; work to improve race relations and racial equity; and build community assets to address community needs.
Objective
Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy: Strengthen the nonprofit sector and philanthropy by enhancing nonprofit and philanthropic accountability, membership associations, community foundations and diversity in philanthropy.
Special Initiatives – International
Goal: To respond to unique opportunities related to the development of civil society internationally.
Objectives
Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy: Promote a vibrant and independent nonprofit and philanthropic sector in select counties and internationally.
Special Opportunities: To pursue unique and compelling opportunities that fall outside the scope of other areas under this program.