Emergency Assistance for Fundamental Freedom Defenders
Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor
- Funding range
- $0 – $4.9M
- Application window
- Opens: Not listed
- Closes: September 8, 2026
- Applications Status:Closed
- Location
- National
Source & verification
- Original funding source
- www.grants.gov
- Last checked
- October 27, 2026
- Last reviewed by Ryplle
- Not yet recorded
Source checks may be automated. Review dates reflect a recorded staff review. Confirm current requirements with the funder.
Eligibility at a glance
- Listed applicant types
- Nonprofit
- Geographic eligibility
- National
- Matching funds
- Not specified — check with the funder
- Major exclusions
- Not specified — check with the funder
Listed types are not a determination of eligibility. The funder’s full requirements take precedence.
Full eligibility requirements
Eligible applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).
About this grant
The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) seeks to make available on-demand, emergency support for individuals and organizations that face imminent threat due to their work to promote and defend fundamental freedoms, including the freedoms of speech, peaceful assembly, and association articulated in the United States’ founding documents. The program will provide assistance to defenders who are facing threat of attack, arbitrary arrest, detention, prosecution, or are otherwise at imminent risk of harm, through a program that provides short-term emergency funding to enable them to continue their work pressing for democratic government and reform and respect for human rights.
Contact information
- Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor
- 202-890-9795