Emergency Assistance Program

Standing emergency assistance for human rights defenders and civil society organisations under threat, including rapid response advocacy and opportunity grants and resiliency grants for security training and threat mitigation.

Indicative award

Amount not published (varies by call)No grant amounts published on this page. The page states the program supports more than 1,500 defenders, organisations and survivors on a yearly basis.

Timing

Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The page does not state application turnaround or whether applications are rolling versus periodic. Confirm current intake with Freedom House before relying on this entry for timing.

Who can apply

Community organisation, Practitioner

Eligibility

Serves human rights defenders, civil society organisations, non-traditional advocates, and survivors of severe religious persecution. Support is directed to individuals and organisations at risk rather than to research institutions; a researcher would engage as a partner to a supported organisation. The page does not publish a formal application route, so contact the program directly.

SSWR clusters

Topics

emergency assistance · human rights defenders · advocacy grants · resiliency · relocation

Apply at

https://freedomhouse.org/programs/emergency-assistance-and-thematic-programs

This entry

Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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Emergency Assistance Program

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