Connect US Fund announces 2007 Grant Opportunities

Tides Foundation Now Accepting Proposals for Work on Policy Issues Critical To U.S. Global Engagement

The new Global Security and Cooperation Initiative of the Connect US Fund will include $5-$6 million in grant making and operational activities, and focuses on three funding pools: Policy Action Grants, Bridge-Building Grants and Rapid Response Grants. 

• Policy Action Grants are large grants designed to support advocacy, broadly defined, in specific policy areas. 
• Bridge-Building Grants will support projects that foster connections between regional and local advocacy efforts, on the one hand, and work being done in the traditional foreign policy corridor of Washington and New York.  
• Rapid Response Grants are designed to enable organizations to respond to unique, time-sensitive, and unforeseen opportunities for policy change.  Rapid Response Grant proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis, and will be considered promptly, beginning July 2007.

HOW TO APPLY

The Connect US grantmaking fund is managed by Tides Foundation. For detailed information about grants offered through the Connect US Global Security and Cooperation Initiative, or for the complete Request for Letters of Inquiry, visit the Connect US web site at http://www.connect.us. Instructions for the submission of letters of inquiry can be found on the Tides Foundation web site, here.