Regarding requests for support of international projects, what are funding intermediaries?
A funding intermediary is an organization (including another foundation) that raises funds and re-grants them. Usually, these intermediaries have specific expertise in the subject area in which they re-grant and have the capacity to work closely with individual grantees. In the case of the Arcus Foundation’s international LGBT human rights program, we identify funding intermediaries with expertise in LGBT rights in Africa, Southeast Asia and/or the Middle East, experience in making grants to grassroots organizations in those regions and the capacity to work cooperatively with grantees in a manner that facilitates their ongoing organizational development and effectiveness.
