ClearWater Grants

ClearWater Grants will not be available until sufficient donations are collected to support this effort. Check back often or contact us if you have any questions about the grants process!

 

ClearWater Initiative Seed Grants
The purpose of ClearWater Initiative Corporation is twofold: (1) to support water projects in international disasters; and (2) provide small grants for simple, innovative projects in complex humanitarian emergencies. The purpose of these small grants is to provide seed funding for relief professionals looking to develop projects that will advance technical aspects of international disaster response, with an emphasis on provision of essential services for refugees and internally displaced populations. ClearWater hopes that these grants will ease some of the financial and administrative burdens realized by humanitarian relief professionals working to develop innovative response systems and tools.

 

Eligibility
The pool of potential grantees will consist of any humanitarian relief professional who has spent at least two (2) years working overseas with an internationally recognized humanitarian relief organization. Eligible recipients will have documented evidence of participation in at least two (2) distinct international disaster response missions. Under exceptional circumstances, ClearWater may consider candidates who do not satisfy the above requirements.  The availability of grants will be made known to selected humanitarian relief organizations.  ClearWater will also seek recommendations from experienced humanitarian relief professionals as to potential recipients.  Such recommendations cannot include any humanitarian relief professional who is a family member of, or associated in any way with the recommender above and beyond that of an employee of the recommender’s institution.

 

Criteria For Selecting Grantees
Potential grantees will be evaluated on the following criteria that is reasonably related to advancing the technical state of the art in international humanitarian relief and disaster response. The criteria includes the following:

  1. Professional background and experience
  2. Quality of proposal
  3. Proposed methodology
  4. Monitoring and evaluation plan
  5. Cost

To ensure that each potential grantee is evaluated properly on each criterion, potential recipients will be required to submit a written application form containing biographical information, a brief written statement explaining the potential grantee’s commitment to disaster response, and a brief description of the proposed project, methodology, monitoring and evaluation criteria, and budget. 

 

Important Dates and Applications

  • Applications will be available as soon as sufficient funds are raised to support this initiative. Check back soon!

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