Grants
Thank you very much for your interest in PARSA Community Foundation. We ask that all organizations interested in applying for a grant carefully read the information provided below and elsewhere on this website about the Foundation's grant making programs and priorities. PARSA Community Foundation provides grants to organizations for work in:
- Preservation and advancement of Iranian/Persian arts and culture;
- Development of leaders; and
- Civic engagement.
PARSA CF is inclusive to the global Iranian and Persian language-speaking community. Grant seekers should ensure that they will comply with our grantmaking requirements and fit our guiding principles. We request that initial requests to the Foundation be made by submitting an inquiry form. Based on a positive review of this inquiry, grant seekers will be requested to submit an application to the Foundation. Applications are reviewed and scored by our independent Grant Advisory Committee and approved by our Board of Directors semiannually during our Norooz and Mehregan grant cycles. Our next grant cycle will be the 2010 Norooz grant cycle: inquiry forms are due on December 4, 2009 and applications are due on January 8, 2010.
PARSA CF encourages grant applicants to register their nonprofit organization with the online NGO directory prior to submiting an inquiry form. Registering with the NGO directory will help increase the organization's visibility to donors, volunteers and other nonprofits.
Please note that PARSA CF does not make grants to individuals and does not award scholarships or fellowships. Please also note that potential funding from PARSA CF may not be used or regranted in Iran.