"Funding for Civil Society: A Guide to U.S. Grantmakers Giving in
Central/Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States."

Funding for Civil Society is a user-friendly, up to date, detailed guide to U.S. foundations and grantmaking organizations which directly fund civil society in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States. The directory will enable nongovernmental organizations in the region to increase their chances of finding funding, allowing them to enhance their programs and develop direct ties with U.S. funding organizations.

The directory will also serve as a useful tool for embassies, U.S. non-profits, government agencies, multilateral institutions, plus funders themselves that are working within the region.

Funding for Civil Society features:

• Current information - all research was completed between June and December of 1997
• 56 easy to skim entries highlighting program areas, country/regional focuses, and types of funding available
• Contact information including contact person, web site, and email addresses
• Detailed program guidelines and grant application information included to save time and money when communicating with potential funders
• Information confirmed by the funding organizations
• Convenient index by country
• Appendices on proposal writing and corporate funding

Ordering Information

The guide is available from VOICE International for US$30 (shipping and handling included). For orders of 2-5 copies we offer a 10% discount; for 5 or more copies we offer a 15% discount. Please forward your pre-paid order to VOICE International at the address above.

New! Russian Language Version:
A Russian language version of the guide is now available. The Russian version of VOICE's funding guide was developed by the Siberian Civic Initiatives Support Center in Novosibirsk and covers only those funders from the original guide that give in Russia. (For a listing of sources of country-specific versions of the guide for 15 other countries see our web site: www.voiceinternational.org. Also see the web site for text of region-wide Funding Guide from which Russian version was adapted.. ) The cost of the Funding Guide for Russia is $35 which includes postage and handling.

The Center for Siberian Civic Initiatives is distributing the Guide in Russia to libraries and the NGO centers funded by the Eurasia Foundation. VOICE International will distribute the guide to U.S. groups to supply to their field offices, Russians who come to this country on exchange programs, or other uses.. A percentage of proceeds from the sales will be returned to the Siberian Center.

To order copies of the Guide for Russia, in Russian, please send a check drawn on a U.S. bank made payable in U.S. dollars to VOICE International at 1115 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Suite 222, Washington, DC 20005. Or by wire transfer at Routing/ABA, Citibank, 1000 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036, #254070116, Branch 904.

In order to make the guide as freely available as possible to indigenous groups in the region, we are placing it on our web site at: www.voiceinternational.org/ beginning in March of 1998. We ask that all U.S. and other out of region groups honor our request and pay the U.S.$30 fee for downloading this guide. Please send notification that you have downloaded the guide with your payment to VOICE International at the above address.

We also request that all indigenous groups send notification of downloading the guide with any comments that may be useful to VOICE and other organizations. VOICE welcomes all comments and suggestions regarding Funding for Civil Society. Please send your comments to VOICE at the address above.

VOICE International is a clearinghouse and technical assistance network whose mission is to facilitate the exchange of U.S. and other country information and experience to facilitate the formation, diversity, and independence of civic organizations in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States.

If you would like to learn more about Funding for Civil Society or about VOICE International's programs in the region, please contact Bethany Mancuso at the address above.

Last updated:    February 1998

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