Emergency Response Fund Grant
In context
This call is open to non-profits, community groups and local authorities. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: any country. The funder accepts early-stage applicants.
Supports grassroots relief and recovery efforts in communities affected by human-caused crises and natural disasters, helping restore lives and build community power. Eligible applicants are community-based organizations responding to emergency situations.
About this grant
UUSC's Emergency Response Fund is a restricted donor fund that supports people affected by natural or human-made disasters whose access to aid is most limited. It lets UUSC and its grassroots partners respond quickly when a crisis occurs and support recovery over the longer term. The page describes the fund as a vehicle for donations rather than an open grant programme for external applicants. UUSC applies a Disaster Justice framework, developed with its partners and allies. Alongside immediate humanitarian response (clean water, food, shelter, medical care, legal assistance, mental health support), the approach acknowledges that disaster impacts are unevenly distributed, follows the expertise of affected communities, works to transform unjust policies, and supports proactive disaster planning. The fund also supports protections for women and girls at risk of gender-based violence and efforts to counter the displacement of Black, People of Color, and LGBTQI+ migrants and refugees. The page cites current and past uses: support in Haiti following the August 2021 earthquake, including advocacy and grantmaking aimed at political autonomy and grassroots movements; support for displaced communities in Ukraine and Poland through roughly 10 grassroots partners, with a grant to a partner in Hungary and an allied organisation in Poland after the 2022 invasion; and pre-positioned supplies in Louisiana through partner Lowlander Center ahead of Hurricane Ida in 2021.
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Eligibility
The page does not describe an application process or eligibility rules for external organisations. The Emergency Response Fund is a restricted donation fund that UUSC uses to fund its own responses and its existing grassroots partners. It is not presented as an open call for proposals, so organisation type, geography and stage eligibility cannot be determined from this page.
Key requirements
- ✓Grassroots relief efforts in response to major human-caused crises or natural disasters
- ✓Focus on community restoration and recovery
- ✓Organizing for community power and resilience
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- Lowlander Center · 2021
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Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Emergency Response Fund?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; nonprofit, community-group, local-authority. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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