Human Rights: Funds initiatives to protect and promote the human rights of individuals and communities that are… Grant
In context
This call is open to non-profits, registered charities and social enterprises and 2 others. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: any country. The funder accepts early-stage applicants.
This grant funds initiatives that protect and promote human rights for disadvantaged and threatened individuals and communities. While human rights work can intersect with environmental justice and climate adaptation, the grant's primary focus is human rights rather than climate or sustainability outcomes.
About this grant
The BUCHI Foundation, established in 2012 by Swiss company BÜCHI Labortechnik AG, commits resources to support disadvantaged people worldwide through three thematically related focus areas: emergency and disaster relief, human rights, and development cooperation. The foundation addresses crises, conflicts, natural disasters, and systemic inequalities affecting vulnerable populations. Within the human rights focus area, the foundation funds initiatives to protect and promote the human rights of individuals and communities that are disadvantaged and threatened. The foundation operates based on core values of being essential, dynamic, competent, and pragmatic. Rather than implementing projects directly, the BUCHI Foundation partners with established non-profit organizations to ensure transparency, accountability, and demonstrable positive and sustainable results from funded activities.
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Eligibility
The foundation works with non-profit organizations on projects aligned with its three focus areas: emergency and disaster relief, human rights, and development cooperation. For development cooperation specifically, there is a geographical focus on South and Southeast Asia. Applications are evaluated by the foundation board, which is characterized by high expertise, interdisciplinarity, and diversity. The foundation prioritizes projects from established non-profit organizations with demonstrated capacity to achieve transparent, measurable, and sustainable results.
How it's scored
Applications are checked competently, fairly, and swiftly by the foundation board. The board evaluates projects based on alignment with BUCHI Foundation values (essential, dynamic, competent, pragmatic) and the three focus areas. Key evaluation considerations include the organization's capacity to demonstrate positive and sustainable results, transparency in project implementation and impact measurement, and the project's demonstrable benefit to disadvantaged communities. The board discusses funding decisions in an uncomplicated manner.
Key requirements
- ✓Initiative must protect and promote human rights
- ✓Target disadvantaged and threatened individuals and communities
- ✓Alignment with BUCHI Foundation's human rights mission
Recent past awardees
Knowing who's won the last rounds tells you whether you're in the strike zone.
- Doctors Without Borders
- Amnesty International
- CO-OPERAID
- Helvetas
- Swiss Red Cross
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Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Human Rights: Funds initiatives to protect and promote the human rights of individuals and communities that are…?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; nonprofit, charity, social-enterprise, community-group, indigenous-community. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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Environmental justice funding supports communities most exposed to pollution and climate harm, with an emphasis on local leadership. It is offered by public programmes and foundations, often as grants to community organisations and partnerships. Calls typically ask how residents are involved in decisions and how benefits stay in the community.
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