Global Seed Fund Grantees
Since 2004, Lisle has awarded over 95 seed grants to numerous organizations worldwide, particularly those that rarely receive funding from traditional donors or other philanthropic groups. Explore the projects below, listed by year, followed by project name, organization, and location.
2024 Grantees
- Choral Music as a Bridge to Intercultural Understanding in Guatemala
Coro Voces del Lago Panajachel (Voices from the Lake Community Chorus Panajachel) | Panajachel, Solola, and other towns in Guatemala - Kenya Youth Shield Our Peace Initiative
42 Change Makers | Kakamega, Western Province, Kenya - Healing Together: A Cross-Cultural Training to Heal Trauma and Violence
Healing Together | Mbarara, Uganda - Salvadoran Collective Healing Initiative
Nueva Esperanza | Nahuizalco, El Salvador - Global Rhythms: Integrating Cultural Communities through Art and Environment
Green Incubator | Sacramento, California, USA - The Eagle & The Condor: Flying Together in the U.S.
The Tandana Foundation \ Mancos, Colorado, USA and Hotevilla, Arizona, Hopi Nation, USA - Muslim and Christian Summer School
The Center for Muslim & Christian Studies (Bridge Trust USA) | Houston, Texas, USA
- Peace Leaders Program
Georgia Conflict Center | Athens, Georgia, USA - Promoting Interfaith Understanding in Pakistan
The East West Foundation & Florida International University | Lahore, Pakistan - Shirkat (A Place of Cohesion)
Learn Empower Act Promote (LEAP) | Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan - Principle to Practice: Co-Designing the Co-operative Sector of the Future
Ontario Co-operative Association (OCA) | Ontario, Canada - Workshop on Using Social Media to Engage in Intercultural Communication
Inside Development (AU Coeur Du Developpement) | Douala, Cameroon - African Cultural Exchange Through Dance
Education Matters and USAP Community School | Goromonzi, Zimbabwe and Gashora, Rwanda - Promoting Intercultural Understanding through the Rekindle Fellowship
Rekindle | Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Samjho Toh: A Training of Trainers that Promotes Fraternity
ComMutiny Youth Collective | Assam, Sikkim, India - Ventura County Multi-Faith Friendship Project
Peace Catalyst International | Ventura, California, USA - Purple Circle: Global Feminist Citizenship
Fundación Colombia Unida por la Dignidad | Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia - Inspiring Racial Justice Champions through Inclusive Learning Communities
Equity Kids | Austin, Texas, USA - Building Community in Haiti Through Shared Learning and Cultural Understanding
Helping Haitian Angels and the University of Maine Honors College | Orono, Maine, USA and Cap-Haitien, Haiti
- Cross-Cultural Book Clubs Empowering Girls to Change the World
Dynamic Champions of Sisterhood | Minnesota, Togo, India and Afghanistan - Cultural Connections
The Foundation for Community Development and Empowerment (FCDE)| Fayetteville State University, North Carolina, USA and Kasese & Rukungiri, Uganda - Religious minority and Prejudice: Connecting Women Through Interreligious Dialogue in Pakistan
Universal Human Rights Organization (UHRO) | Islamabad & Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- Fandangos Across Borders: Bridging Cultures with Music, Dance and Education
Festival of Texas Fiddling | Mexico, Tennessee & Texas, USA - Building Resilient Neighborhoods
Centre of Dialogue on Human Settlement & Poverty Alleviation | Freetown, Sierra Leone - Change from the Inside Out: Strengthening Women’s Organizations
Crossing Borders Education | Cotacachi, Ecuador - Afghan Girls Exchange Program
Afghans for Progressive Thinking | Afghanistan/Uzbekistan - “Our Birth” – Doula Training for Roma Women
Regina Foundation Miskolc | Hungary - Bridging the Generation Divide
Mountain Children’s Foundation | Uttarakhand, India - Cross-Community Dialogue for Multiracial Collaboration
Tosa Together | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
- B#Side War Academy
Io Deposito | Italy Slovenia Border - Intercultural Economic Development Program
Herchacha Nepal | Kathmandu, Nepal - Young Women, Peace and Development Dialogues
B4P CODEFOUND (Business for Peace Community Development Foundation) | Monrovia, Liberia - Uniting Youth for Intercultural Peace Building and Conflict Resolution
LEAP (Learn, Empower, Act Promote) | Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
- Rethinking Our Future Kenya
42ChangeMakers | Kakamega, Kenya - Peace Building and Stream Restoration in Colombia
Sembrandopaz | Montes de Maria, Colombia - Civic Leadership Academy
Accountability Lab | Multan, South Punjab, Pakistan - Peace Leadership Incubator Program
Sarus | Thailand, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar & Vietnam - Svilojevo and Sonta Learn and Work Together
Centre for Culture and Education Sonta | Svilojevo and Sonta, Serbia - Creating Inter-caste Understanding
Deepam Trust | Kumbakonam, Tamilnadu, India
- Intercultural Youth Exchange and Mobile Library Project
Dos Pueblos NY-Tipitapa Sister City Project | New York, New York , USA & Tipitapa, Nicaragua - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Youth Boot Camp
Projekt Inspire | Arusha, Tanzania - Bridging Cultural, Sectarian and Religious Division
LEAP (Learn, Empower, Act, Promote)| Faisalabad, Pakistan - Afrik Festival and Trade Expo African Ukrainian Union | Odessa, Ukraine
- Train the Trainers
Musicians without Borders | Ede, Netherlands
- Building Intercultural Understanding through Shared Experience
African Scholars Program | Amherst, Massachusetts, USA - NYDP Girls Intercultural Leadership Workshop
Nepali Youth Development Project | Chitwan District, Nepal - Pamoja Tujenge Arts Festival 2016
Bukavu Youth Action Center | D.R. Congo - Religious Harmony: “Building Bridges of Understanding in a Slum Community”
Social Action for Value Education | Chennai, India - Intercultural Exchange: Central African and Chadian Women in Yaoundé
Inside Development | Yaounde, Cameroon - Atlantic Impact
Detroit, Michigan, USA and England, UK
- Encountering Our Neighbors A Peace Building Workshop for Students of African Christian Universities
Women’s Voices, Université Chrétienne Bilingue du Congo | D.R. Congo - Gen Peace: I am the Change
Inspiring Development | Makassar, Indonesia - Peace Mural: Bridging Racial, Political, and Religious Divides
Hands of Peace | Chicago, Illinois, USA - Growing Seeds of Transformation
Weaving Bonds Across Borders | Taunggyi, Myanmar - Sharing Challenges, Building Community
Pikin Padi Network | Sierra Leone - Promoting Intercultural Learning and Adoption of Best Agricultural Practices
Agricultural and Enterprise Development Initiatives | Lira, Uganda
- Venture Team Summit
LearnServe International | Washington, DC, USA - Advocating Justice and Reconciliation Through Music in Northern Uganda
Music for Peace | Gulu, Uganda - Building Intercultural Competency across Colleges and Universities
Sustained Dialogue | USA - Global Educator Training
Global Visionaries | Washington, USA - Promoting Peace Building and Cross-Cultural Communication
YouthLEAD | Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
- Empowering Palestinian Teenage Girls |
Bethlehem, Palestine - Project 1991 |
Sierra Leone - Reading Program in Karnataka |
India - Atlantic Impact |
Detroit, Michigan, USA and England, UK - Community Mural Painting
Alliance for Tompotika Conservation | Sulawesi, Indonesia - Youth Peace Corps
Samvenada Trust | India
- Education for Rural Girls in Cambodia
Friendship with Cambodia | Cambodia - Summer Reading Camps in Village Libraries in Burkina Faso
Friends of African Village Libraries (FAVL) | Burkina Faso - Building Capacity in the second Lubuto Library
Ngwerere Basic School in Lusaka | Zambia - Emergency Preparedness Youth Training for Villages in Meghalaya India
Unitarian Union of Northeast India Education Committee | Northeast India
- Empower the Children
India - Uttarakhand Workshop on the Juvinile Justice Act
The Mountain Children’s Foundation | India - Entitled the Bigutar School Book Project
Nepal Charitable Foundation | Nepal
- Beach Clean–Up and Trash Jamboree
Alliance for Tompotika Conservation | Tompotika, Indonesia - Summer Reading Camps in Village Libraries
Lisle and Friends of African Village Libraries | Burkina Faso - Hanover Parish Development Council
Chicago, Illinois, USA - Bridging Cultures for a Healthy Community
Crane Cultural Theater| Sacramento, California, USA - Creating Sahridaya
VR Devika | India
- Improving Cultural Understanding by Formal Development
Expanding Lives | Chicago, Illinois, USA - Strengthening Social Harmony Through Intercultural Dialogue
Hasmush Patel | India - Volunteers For Thailand
Volunthai | Thailand
- Wastepicker Project
Chintan Environmental Research | New Delhi, India - Community Engagement Workshops
Mountain Children’s Forum | Dehradun Uttarakhand, India - Girls Got Goals Soccer Project
Soccer Without Borders | Monze, Zambia
- Regeneration Project
Sarvodaya Kendra | Banaskandtha District in Gujarat, India - Global Visionaries Youth Leadership Program
Seattle, Washington, USA - Jamaican Computer Lab Project
Negril, Jamaica
- Mountain Childrens Forum
Pithoragarh, India - Shunku Llacta
Guayabillas and Santa Rosa, Ecuador - Teen as Coach
Service for Peace | Portland, Oregon, USA - Educational Resources Center
New Delhi, India
- Crane Culture Theatre
Sacramento, California, USA - Medica Mondiale Unganda Project
Lira, Northern Uganda - Human Rights Across Borders
Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC) | Caracas, Venezuala - Connecting Myanmar Students
Myanmar Foundation for Analytic Education | Myanmar Burma - Shunku Llacta
Guayabillas and Santa Rosa, Ecuador