From: DesignbyMH@cs.com
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:00:56 EDT
Subject: Fwd: Economic and Business Development Program (EBDP)
To: artcamp@myrealbox.com
See forwarded...
Melis
Return-Path: <MChowdhary@sorosny.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 17:16:52 -0400
From: "Monisha Chowdhary" <MChowdhary@sorosny.org>
To: <DesignbyMH@cs.com>
Dear Sir/Madam:
Thank you for your interest in the Open Society Institute. The volume of
grant and other requests directed to George Soros and his foundations
dictates that we require information in a prescribed format and review
it systematically on his behalf. I invite you to read on and submit an
inquiry via our web site.
The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grantmaking
foundation based in New York City, implements a range of initiatives to
promote open society by shaping government policy and supporting
education, media, public health, and human and women's rights, as well
as social, legal, and economic reform. To foster open society on a
global level, OSI aims to bring together a larger Open Society Network
of other nongovernmental organizations, international institutions, and
government agencies. OSI was created in 1993 by investor and
philanthropist George Soros to support his foundations in Central and
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Those foundations were
established, starting in 1984, to help former communist countries in
their transition to democracy. OSI has expanded the activities of the
Soros foundations network to other areas of the world where the
transition to democracy is of particular concern. The network
encompasses more than 50 countries with initiatives in Africa, Central
Asia and the Caucasus, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, as well as in
Haiti, Mongolia, and Turkey. OSI also supports programs in the United
States and selected projects elsewhere in the world.
Please direct your inquiry to OSI's Online Grant Inquiry System, located
on our website at http://www.soros.org. To access the system, you must
select the Grants icon from our homepage.
Based on the information you provide, the Online Grant Inquiry System
will identify programs for which you, or your organization may be
eligible. The inquiry system will allow you to view each program's
recent grant activity and link to their respective websites for more
information. If you maintain interest in a specific program, you will be
able to send a grant inquiry to OSI for review and response. If there
are no programs of interest, the system will check whether a sister
organization of OSI exists in your country, which may help your funding
needs.
Best Regards,
Monisha Chowdhary
Grants Associate
Office of Grants Management
Open Society Institute
-----Original Message-----
From: DesignbyMH@cs.com [mailto:DesignbyMH@cs.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 10:41 PM
To: Grants
Subject: Economic and Business Development Program (EBDP)
Dear Sir/Madam:
My name is Melissa Hand. I am completing volunteer research on foundations
for a women's craft nonprofit cooperative in Mexico called Artcamp. Does your
Economic and Business Development Program (EBDP) span to Latin America.
If so, where should the cooperative direct the letter of inquiry?
Where can I find the grant guidelines for this program on your web site?
Thank you for your kind attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Melissa Hand
1809 East Main Street
New Iberia, Louisiana 70560
Phone: 337-519-5495
