The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $987,650.60 Cooperative Agreement to Freedom House, Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) federal grant program. The award will provide short-term emergency financial assistance from October 1, 2022 through February 29, 2024 to allow advocates who are not traditional human rights defenders by profession but are defending human rights at great personal safety...
Freedom House, Inc. was awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will fund Freedom House to provide legal and psychosocial assistance to victims of politically motivated repression in Venezuela and build pressure to combat ongoing human rights violations from September 2022 through January 2024. The...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded $486,110 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program to increase protection of diaspora and exile communities in selected countries from transnational repression and identify effective approaches to preventing and responding to such incidents. Freedom House, Inc. will deliver services from September 2022 to November 2023 in the United States under this Project Grant...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $642,838 Project Grant to Freedom House, Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will strengthen the capacity of independent Cuban civil society organizations to advance civil and political rights in Cuba and increase accountability of Cuban officials for human rights violations. Freedom House will provide capacity building...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $947,123 Project Grant to the Free Russia Foundation through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will fund efforts to strengthen civil societies and activists from target countries by developing their ability to defend civic space domestically and provide comprehensive support to preserve the protection capacity of those forced into...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $740,740 project grant to Human Rights in China Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The two-year project grant will support efforts to enhance the sustainability and effectiveness of independent civil society actors in promoting accountability and democracy. As described under the CFDA program, DRL aims to address human rights abuses and...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $987,654 cooperative agreement to Freedom House, Inc. to promote and protect human rights in the Philippines under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). Through this two-year award beginning in September 2022, Freedom House will directly support civil society and human rights defenders in the Philippines to improve protections against safety and...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $499,960 project grant to the Fundacja Bialoruski Dom to support independent media, the Belarusian diaspora, and local civil society initiatives for democratic and independent Belarus. The grant period runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 under the General Department of State Assistance program (CFDA 19.700). Funds will support the delivery of products and services that strengthen independent media and civic...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded $592,590 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to empower civil society organizations working on issues of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Russia. The Friends of the Helsinki Movement Foundation, operating as Friends of the Helsinki M, will use the two-year project grant funding from Oct. 1, 2022 to Sept. 30, 2024 to protect civil society...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Horizontal under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The two-year grant will fund efforts to improve and strengthen Tella, an online platform, to enable anyone to safely document and expose human rights abuses globally. By supporting targeted democracy and human rights programs where fundamental rights are threatened,...