A.J. Muste Memorial Institute: International Nonviolence Training Fund
Overview
The INTF only supports nonviolence training outside the United States, and within Native nations in the US.
Projects eligible for support include:
- Those which build capacity and leadership among people engaged in nonviolent struggles
- Those which prepare participants for specific nonviolent actions or campaigns
- Those geared to "training the trainers," in order to expand and multiply nonviolence training throughout a targeted community.
Preference is given to:
- Projects which involve trainers from the local area or region, where such trainers are available
- Groups which are small, community-based and have less access to funding from other sources.
They also look seriously at gender balance within the training team and for the projected participants. The maximum grant amount is US $4,000. The INTF cannot be an ongoing funding source for organisations. Groups which receive INTF grants must generally wait two years before applying again to the INTF. This is so they can expand the number of groups they support, and to encourage groups to look elsewhere for funding. The Muste Institute can and does directly fund organizations which do not have their own 501(c)3 nonprofit tax-exempt status, and/or which are not incorporated. The only time they require a fiscal sponsor is if the organization does not have its own bank account; they cannot issue checks to individuals. If you
cannot receive a grant from them directly (with the grant check made out to the name of your organization), please indicate this in your proposal and include information about your fiscal sponsor, including a letter indicating the sponsor's tax-exempt status and some basic information such as a brochure or brief annual report.