Global Seed Fund Grantees

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
2024 Lisle Grants, Funding Opportunities, Global Seed Fund Grantees

2023 Grantees

  • 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

2022 Grantees

  • 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

2021 Grantees

  • 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

2020 Grantees

  • 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

2019 Grantees

  • 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

2018 Grantees

  • 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

2017 Grantees

  • 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

2016 Grantees

  • 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

2015 Grantees

  • 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

2014 Grantees

  • 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

2013 Grantees

  • 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

2012 Grantees

  • 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

2011 Grantees

  • 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

2010 Grantees

  • 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

2009 Grantees

  • 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

2008 Grantees

  • 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

2007 Grantees

  • Regeneration Project
    Sarvodaya Kendra | Banaskandtha District in Gujarat, India
  • Global Visionaries Youth Leadership Program
    Seattle, Washington, USA
  • Jamaican Computer Lab Project
    Negril, Jamaica

2005 Grantees

  • 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

2006 Grantees

  • 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