| Grants
The Muste Institute supports several active grantmaking programs promoting
nonviolent action for social justice in the United States and around the
world:
General Grants
Counter Recruitment Fund
International Nonviolence Training Fund (INTF)
NOVA Fund
NOVA Travel Fund
/ Fondo NOVA
Viajes
Freeman Internship Endowment
Other Funds
General Grants
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From our general grant program, the Muste Institute makes about
25 to 35 grants annually of up to $2,000 for grassroots activist projects in
the US and around the world, giving priority to those with small budgets and
little access to more mainstream funding sources. We are especially interested
in funding efforts to:
- stop
war and militarism
- abolish the death penalty
- support labor organizing
- defend immigrant rights
- oppose prison injustice
- expose the dangers of nuclear weapons and nuclear power
Grant Guidelines
En español: Guía para solicitar un aporte general (guidelines
in Spanish)
Past general grants: 2007, 2006, 2005 ,
2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994
Counter Recruitment Fund
Created in 2006, this fund makes 30 to 50 grants annually of up to $1,500
to support grassroots efforts in the US to inform young people about the realities
of war and military service and alternative non-military work and study options.
Grant recommendations are made by a committee of counter-recruitment activists.
CR Fund Guidelines
Past CR Fund grants: 2008, 2007, 2006
International Nonviolence Training Fund (INTF)
Created in
1994, this fund makes grants of up to $3,000 for trainings which help people
learn how to collectively use the theory and practice of nonviolent action
as part of ongoing campaigns or programs for social justice. Projects must
be located outside the United States, or within Native nations in the US.
INTF
Guidelines
INTF
grants
NOVA Fund
Originally called Sheilah's Fund East to honor the
donor whose gifts sustain it, this fund has supported active nonviolence work
in Latin America since 1999. NOVA is the acronym used in Latin America for “No-Violencia
Activa” (Active
Nonviolence). The NOVA Fund does not accept unsolicited proposals; grant
recommendations are made by an associate of the Muste Institute with years
of experience supporting Latin American nonviolence efforts.
Past NOVA Fund
grants: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
NOVA Travel Fund
Launched in 2007, the NOVA Travel Fund (Fondo NOVA-Viajes) makes grants of
up to $1,500 to help base-level activists from Latin America and the Caribbean
attend regional conferences and meetings. Grant recommendations are made
by a committee of advisors representing different regions of Latin America. NOVA
Travel Fund Roster 2007
Lanzado en 2007, el Fondo NOVA-Viajes da aportes de hasta
US$1.500 para ayudar a que activistas de base de América Latina y
el Caribe pueda asistir a conferencias y reuniones regionales. Los aportes
son recomendados por un comité de asesores representando a diferentes
regiones de América
Latina. Aportes del Fondo NOVA Viajes en 2007
Información en español acerca del Fondo
NOVA Viajes: http://ajmuste.org/novaintro.html
Formulario de Solicitud en español para el Fondo
NOVA-Viajes: http://ajmuste.org/novaform.doc
Information in English about the NOVA Travel Fund: http://ajmuste.org/novaintro-eng.html
NOVA Travel Fund application form in English: http://ajmuste.org/novaform-eng.doc
Freeman Internship Endowment
The Harrop A. and Ruth S. Freeman
Peace Internship Endowment was created in 1996 by a bequest from life-long
peace activists Ruth and Harrop Freeman to provide stipends to interns in the
War Resisters League’s national
office. The Freemans were close personal associates of A.J. Muste, and Harrop
— a radical lawyer and World War II conscientious objector — was one of the
founding board members of the Muste Institute. Information about how to apply
to the internship program is on the War Resisters League website at www.warresisters.org/jobsandinternships
Other Funds
The Muste Institute also makes grants from donor-suggested
funds. We are happy to work with donors to build our existing funds or establish
new ones: contact us to find out how you can extend your support for nonviolent
groups and projects within a convenient and flexible framework. Grants can
be made to groups located anywhere in the world, whether or not they have a
fiscal sponsor or tax-exempt charitable status. We look forward to hearing
from you.
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