How can a foundation without foreign offices or resources for site visits make grants to groups around the world and ensure due diligence?
It can contribute to a pooled fund. Or it can work in partnership with a larger organization it trusts, be it funder or NGO, who will find worthy organizations on the ground and guide funding to them. Valentine Doyle, Program Officer Lawson Valentine Foundation There are good options available to funders for supporting organizations doing important work affecting human rights outside of the US without having to develop and fund an expensive infrastructure. Regranting organizations such as the new Fund for Global Human Rights, the Global Fund for Women, Global Greengrants Fund and Ploughshares Fund all support grassroots organizations working on theses problems and have developed effective and efficient methods for performing the necessary due diligence and monitoring to ensure that funds are well used. Heather Ryan, Associate Director Chet Tchozewski, Executive Director Global Greengrants Fund Foundations and individuals wanting to support human rights groups around the world can take
