International Nonviolence Training Fund Grant Guidelines

Nonviolence training seeks to help people develop and improve the skills they need to confront systemic injustice through organized, principled, nonviolent action. Training promotes the exchange of ideas, information, and strategies, through which activists can become more effective at using nonviolent action in their struggles.

The INTF supports nonviolence training projects 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; and those geared to "training the trainers," in order to expand and multiply nonviolence training throughout a targeted community. Preference is given to those projects which involve trainers from the local area or region, where such trainers are available.

The Muste Institute does not fund trainings which are geared primarily toward resolving conflicts between individuals, building life skills or job skills, or achieving personal empowerment or economic independence. We do not provide scholarships or other funding for people to travel abroad to attend courses or training sessions.

Decisions on INTF grants are guided by the INTF Advisory Committee--composed of several experienced trainers associated with the Muste Institute--and are ratified by the Muste Institute Board of Directors. The maximum grant amount is US$3,000. Priority is given to groups which are small, community-based and have less access to funding from other sources. The expense budget for the proposed training should not be more than US$50,000.

The next deadlines for proposals for the International Nonviolence Training Fund are September 8 and December 1, 2006.

They prefer to receive application by email. More details are available from:

http://ajmuste.org/guidintf.htm