Overview Principal Office: USA Key Words: bio-cultural diversity, Central Asia and Turkey, Rift Valley, Melanesia, Mexico Website: Link The Christensen Fund focuses on the interface between natural environments and human cultures. It makes grants that promote the benefits of integrated biological and cultural diversity in selected bio-cultural regions of the world. The Fund supports grant making, capacity building, networking, and other interventions to increase the power of combined biological and cultural diversity. It primarily works with projects that assist peoples and communities labeled as indigenous, tribal, and minority. Grant Programs for Agriculture, Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources 1 -- Regional Programs of Bio-Cultural Diversity. Christensen organizes most of its grant making according to five bio-regions of the world: (i) Central Asia and Turkey; (ii) African Rift Valley (southwestern Ethiopia and northern Kenya); (iii) Melanesia; (iv) Northern Australia; and (v) Greater Southwest (southwestern USA and northern Mexico). Thematic priorities across the regions emphasize the following:
2 -- Global Program. The Global Program aims to complement Christensen’s regional programs by linking grassroots stewards and activists with global institutions in areas of policy, networking, and communications. Areas of interest include indigenous peoples and climate change; resilient bio-cultural landscapes; and agro-biodiversity and food sovereignty. About the global program. -- Link In the bio-regional and global programs, grant-seeking organizations are non-profit organizations that include tax-exempt charities, government units, universities, and museums in the USA and in other countries. Grants within the bio-cultural regions are to organizations based within those regions or, where appropriate, to internationally-based organizations outside those regions working in support of the people and institutions within them. Most grants range from US$50 thousand to US$100 thousand for one or two years. Christensen makes larger grants -- and over longer periods -- by invitation only and to previous grantees. APPLICATION (for 1-2 above): The Fund uses a two-stage application process, beginning with a pre-proposal. Christensen encourages grant seekers to submit pre-proposals and inquiries during the calendar period posted on its website. Pre-proposals are submitted online -- or by email or fax if online is not possible. Following the review of pre-proposals by the Fund’s staff and Board, Christensen invites a limited number of applicants to submit full proposals. Christensen’s website provides answers to frequently asked questions, along with an email address and telephone number for individuals requiring further information. In some programs, Christensen makes grants by invitation only. About how to apply. – Link Geographical Distribution of Grant Activities in Developing Countries The Fund’s bio-cultural regions include all or parts of the developing countries below. Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands: Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu Eurasia and Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey Sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya Latin America and Caribbean: Mexico Note: Sub-regions of Australia and the USA are also among the bio-cultural regions. Comments The Fund posts its grants lists by years and programmatic areas, which can help grant seekers understand the types of grants that Christensen favors. In year 2011, the Fund made 40 grants.-- Link In addition to its international grant-making programs, the Christensen Fund makes grants in the San Francisco Bay Area (USA) to maintain the life of ethnically diverse communities, and to connect youth and wider publics with international environmental issues. – Link The Fund offers the names of its program staff, their positions in the organization, and their email addresses. – Link Last Profile Review January 2012 © Copyright protected. All rights reserved. Return to Foundations, Corporations, and Civil Society |
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