Giustra International Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Giustra International Foundation supports global organizations focused on global development, humanitarian and disaster relief, and security and human rights.
IP TAKE: This funder’s giving is pretty concentrated on the six organizations that it steadily supports. And while it does fund globally, it tends to prioritize organizations based in either Europe or the U.S.; Canadian grantseekers will want to contact Giustra’s other foundation.
Overall, new grantseekers will find this an impenetrable grantseeker and are unlikely to receive funding unless you do big work at an established organization that can scale, attracting their attentions. Another in here might be through actors, like George Clooney, that are loosely affiliated with this funder.
PROFILE: The Giustra International Foundation (GIF) was created by Frank Giustra, the Canadian-born founder of Lionsgate Entertainment and Thunderbird Entertainment. Based in Kallenkote, Netherlands, it seeks to “alleviate poverty in general, and provide response, relief and recovery support to areas and people experiencing humanitarian crises and/or natural disasters;” “increase awareness of the critical importance of philanthropy;” “enhance the health, education and wellbeing of children and young adults;” “enhance the democratic order by encouraging all stakeholders in society to advance accountability, transparency, the rule of law and good governance globally;” and “support conflict prevention and conflict resolution.” Its primary funding areas include global development, humanitarian and disaster relief, and security and human rights.
GIF is distinct from Giustra’s other philanthropic organization, the Giustra Foundation, which is focused on philanthropy in British Columbia, Canada.
Grants for Global Development, Humanitarian and Disaster Relief, and Security and Human Rights
Giustra does not have clearly defined grantmaking programs; however, it does focus its philanthropic energies on support for organizations working in areas of armed conflict around the world, as well as supporting those impacted by war, particularly children. It also works to address the root causes of conflict, including economic, social, and political causes and poverty alleviation.
Frank Giustra is co-chair of International Crisis Group, a think tank working to advocate for peaceful resolutions to current conflicts and prevent future wars. He also co-founded Acceso, an organization that works to alleviate poverty around the world. Both Crisis Group and Acceso are recurrent grantees.
Additional grantees include War Child, which supports children living in places of armed conflict, INARA, which works to provide medical care to children impacted by war, The Quincy Institute, which “is an action-oriented think tank that seeks to lay the foundation for an American foreign policy centered on diplomatic engagement and military restraint,” and The Sentry, an investigative and policy team co-founded by George Clooney that works to disrupt the cycle of conflict and corruption in Africa.
Important Grant Details:
The organizations it selects for funding must be working in areas where there is both “demonstrated need” and an “opportunity to make a measurable difference.” GIF states that it is “willing to take risks by providing early-stage, experimental funding to new and existing organizations and projects that are seeking to address global problems in novel, scalable, and, where appropriate, market-driven ways.”
The Giustra International Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals or requests for funding.
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