Round 2 Timeline

Application Available: September 1, 2011

Proposals Due: December 31, 2011

Funding Distribution: by early January 2012

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Round 2 Application Procedures

To apply for the JDRFB grant, please download the grant application document and complete the Cover Summary and the Proposal Narrative in Word format (Download application form).

Please submit the completed documents along with the materials below to info.jdrfb@gmail.com by no later than December 31, 2011. 

 

1.  List of Board of Directors and their affiliations

2.  A copy of the organization’s US IRS determination letter or that of a fiscal agent (If a non-U.S. organization, a letter of agreement from your fiscal agent or intermediary

3.  Budget and funding plan for the project, including a list of other sources of support and an explanation of how the project will likely be financed in the future (1-3 years).

4.  Operating budget and sources of revenue for the organization’s current fiscal year (or the fiscal year for which funding is being requested).

5.  (If available) Copy of the organization’s financial statement or annual report for the most recently completed fiscal year.

 

 

 

Round 2 Funding Guidelines 

The JDRFB will continue to focus on those organizations doing direct work in the affected areas, with a particular interest in those that address education and health needs, housing, and job development. 

The criteria for funding are the following:

• Directly serving victims of the disaster with particular interest in women, children and elderly 
• Addressing a need not being met currently by other efforts or organizations 
• NPO organization or have a fiscal sponsor for the donation
• Ability to evaluate the programs and are accountable for the outcomes 

Follow the instructions under "Round 2 Application Procedures" to apply for Round 2 funding.

Maximum Funding Amount: $50,000 per proposal, however exceptions to exceed maximum amount may be possible depending on committee's decision. 


 

Awarded Grants: Round 1 (March - June 2011)

For the first round of grants, we distributed approximately $400,000 to 9 project proposals through an extensive review process. 

Boston-Japan Medical Relief Initiative (BJMRI): $30,000

BJMRI is a volunteer network of Japanese health professionals from Boston, including 20 physicians, specializing in diverse fields including medicine, public health, child mental health care, hospital administration, shipping and logistics, and management consulting. The grant will support the dispatch of health medical professionals to hospitals and other treatment centers in the affected areas. In particular, public health is still a new area of practice in Japan. BJMRI recently completed an assessment to dispatch MDs specialized in public health to the affected areas. Read more about their work.

 

All Hands Volunteers: $50,000

All Hands Volunteers is a US-based non-profit currently operating in tsunami-affected areas of Iwate prefecture, Japan. Since its founding in 2005 by businessman David Campbell, All Hands Volunteers’ volunteer response model has been deployed 14 times in disasters around the world. The grant from Japanese Disaster Relief Fund- Boston will support their work in Ofunato and Rikuzentaka. In the city of Ofunato, All Hands volunteer team will conduct residential cleanup and restoration, debris removal, and coordinate a sanitization program. In Rikuzentaka, All Hands is partnering with Second Harvest Japan and the government to coordinate distribution of fresh food items. Read more about their work.

 

Volunteer Architects’ Network (VAN): $50,000

VAN was founded by internationally known architect Shigeru Ban, who has been assisting with temporary shelter design and construction since 1995 after the Kobe earthquake in Japan.  Since then, Ban's team of volunteers has done such work in Turkey, India, Sri Lanka, Rwanda and Haiti.  After the earthquake and tsunami hit Tohoku in March, thousands of victims were sent to evacuation shelters - often a school gymnasium or other single, large rooms which are overcrowded and offer the disaster victims no privacy.  Ban came up with a unique design for partitioning the shelters using recycled/reusable paper tubing and curtains; through VAN, over 1,000 units (at a cost of $200 each) have been installed.  JDRFB's grant is being used to support the partitions in the shelters as the need continues.  However, as evacuees are moved out of the shelters, JDRFB's funding will support VAN's work constructing temporary housing.  Ban has designed multi-unit "townhouses" built with steel shipping containers, in much the same way that he was able to successfully use the containers to build the Nomadic Museum.

 

Japanese/US Evidence-Based Mental Health Response Initiative (JEMRI): $50,000

JEMRI is a unique collaboration among the Tokiwa International Victimology Institute (TIVI) in Japan and U.S.-based researchers and clinicians with expertise in post-natural disaster mental health assessment, education and response.  Immediately following the March 11th disasters, medical and mental health personnel in Japan identified a huge need for services and treatment for victims of post-traumatic stress; however, local clinicians lack such expertise.  JEMRI was formed in order to bring such information and expertise directly to local practitioners in Japan.  JEMRI team members, from the Medical University of South Carolina, the Charleston VA Medical Center PTSD Clinical Team and Boston University, are providing on-going training to graduate and undergraduate Tokiwa University students and faculty, the Victim Support Center in Tokyo among others.

 

Health and Development Service (HANDS): $48,750

HANDS is a Tokyo-based NGO that promotes international cooperation in public health and access to basic health services to all individuals.  Following the earthquake and tsuanami in March, HANDS identified an urgent need for services to pregnant women and newborns.  UNICEF is supporting HANDS’ Child Health program for newborns.  With funds from the JDRFB, HANDS will continue its work for pregnant women in Iwate prefecture assessing needs, restarting maternity classes, conducting workshops, and distributing critical information for pregnant women and those with newborns.  Further, they are working to develop a long-term support program for this highly vulnerable population in one of Japan’s hardest hit areas.

 

Oasis for U Refresh Operation - Total Relief (OFURO): $48,000

OFURO is a collaboration among medical, business and technology professionals working to provide immediate relief in the wake of the March 11th disaster.  In addition to offering medical services/support and relief goods (including food, water and other supplies), OFURO is providing psychological care for victims, sanitation services and facilities, and technological equipment and support needed to improve information gathering and dissemination among relief organizations and government agencies in the affected area.

 

Institute for Cultural Affairs (ICA) - Japan: $30,000   

ICA is an international aid organization supporting environmental, AIDS and Sustainable Community Development Programs.  To meet the immediate needs of earthquake and tsunami victims, ICA Japan staff mobilized for delivery of food and supplies.  Following a recently completed needs assessment, ICA Japan found that residents outside the shelters still lacked sufficient food and supplies; they also found that schools in Soma were in need of supplies and materials destroyed by the tsunami.  Working with local staff in Fukushima, and with funds from the JDRFB, ICA Japan will continue its work gathering and delivering food and other supplies, with a particular emphasis on meeting the needs of 23 schools in Soma.

MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative: $40,000

The MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative is a collaboration among MIT and universities and NGOs in Japan, with the cooperation of local governments in Minrami Sanriku, Miyagi Prefecture.  Minrami Sanriku is a coastal town that was one of the hardest hit by the tsunami, leaving literally the entire community destroyed.  The Initiative’s two-pronged approach combines a specific community reconstruction project in the town with comprehensive planning and implementation over five+ years focusing on optimal means of rebuilding the town – addressing alternative strategies for disaster-preparedness, sound ecological community building, and sustainability.  The results of the planning will be applicable to other damaged and destroyed coastal towns.  Because of its existing relationship with local NGOs, the Japanese universities and government agencies, MIT will be able to engage local citizens in all aspects of the work.

 

Habitat for Humanity Japan: $50,000

Habitat for Humanity International has been actively engaged in relief efforts since the March 11th disaster in Tohoku through its Japan office, which for the past 10 years has focused on volunteer mobilization and training.  Working closely with its collaborative partners in Japan, Habitat is conducting a two-phase project over 15 months focusing first on recovery, and then on rehabilitation and rebuilding in areas hardest hit by the earthquake and tsunami.  The JDRFB is supporting Habitat and PeaceBoat’s work in debris removal, cleaning and sanitizing to allow evacuated families to move back into their homes.