Grants for Community Groups and NGOs in Mongolia

Grants for Community Groups and NGOs in Mongolia

Deadline: 6-Oct-23

The New Zealand Embassy in China is currently accepting applications to support small, short-term social projects that contribute to the welfare development of the wider community.

The New Zealand Embassy Fund (Mongolia) is a fund managed by the New Zealand Embassy in China primarily for community groups and NGOs in Mongolia.

The projects must be in line with New Zealand Aid Programme’s mission of Sustainable development in developing countries, in order to reduce poverty and contribute to a more secure, equitable and prosperous world.

Facing the challenges presented by COVID-19, the embassy will consider prioritising projects that address social and health issues related to or arising from the pandemic.

Funding Information

• The maximum application fund for each project is USD5,000.
• No individual project will be supported for longer than two years.  Supporting different projects by the same partner over a longer duration is possible.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Fund is aimed primarily at community groups and NGOs but other types of organisations e.g.  schools, business associations may apply.

What will not be Funded?

• political, religious or evangelical activities N.B. faith-based groups are not excluded where the proposed project is consistent with the purpose of the Fund, does not exclude followers of other religions, and the funds are not used to support proselytising
• site visits
• unsolicited donations
• individual student scholarships
• international airfares/overseas conference attendance
• on-going (recurrent) funding of recipients’ operational/organisational costs such as wages and salaries, office items and communications

For more information, visit New Zealand Embassy in China.