Urgent Action Fund
Program support
Source: Urgent Action Fund
Source: Urgent Action Fund
Source: "Blue Veins 830": Blue Veins, Pakistan
Source: Gandhian Unit for Integrated Development Education (GUIDE)-India
Source: El Argatuu, Kyrgystan
Source: Dimitrios & Georgia Kaloidis Parochial School
Source: Lorena Espinoza Rena
Source: Nadia Bazan, Urgent Action Fund - Latin America
Source: Urgent Action Fund-Africa
Source: Urgent Action Fund-Africa
- YEAR OF GRANT
2010 - CATEGORYSOCIAL WELFARE
- ORGANIZATION LOCATIONBoulder, Colorado
- GRANT LOCATIONColorado, U.S.A.
- ORGANIZATION WEBSITEwww.urgentactionfund.org
To support rapid response grantmaking that enables strategic interventions and collaborative advocacy and research. Grant applications are assessed in any language on any day of the year and receive a response within 72 hours, typically receiving funds within a week.
Established in 1997, Urgent Action Fund supports women′s rights defenders worldwide striving to create cultures of justice, equality and peace. In 2001, Urgent Action Fund – Africa was created to invest in the African continent. In 2009, Urgent Action Fund – Latin America began its work to serve Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. All three Funds work to protect: areas affected by armed conflict and violence; human rights defenders; legal or legislative precedents; and natural resources and the environment.