Grants & Fellowships

Laogai Research Foundation

Humanitarian Program Grant

2023 Application

Issued: July4, 2023
Application deadline: September 1, 2023
Award announcement: October1, 2023

I. Program Outline:

The goal of the Humanitarian Program Grant is to support China’s human rights-related programs, through which to help political and religious victims in China directly.

These grants will be awarded to US registered non-governmental organizations ONLY. The organization must be legally incorporated as a not-for-profit charitable organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code and demonstrate its abilities/experiences for directly supporting and helping individuals who have contributed to and suffered as a result of promoting democracy, freedom and human rights inside China.

Due to our budget constraints, the number of awards this year will be relatively small.

II. Review Process:

A panel including Laogai Research Foundation board directors and some invited experts in the field will review all the applications after the application dead line of October 1, 2023. The award letter will be sent out by October 30, 2023.

III. Submission Guidelines:

Please apply electronically by emailing the following to
thelaogairesearchfoundation@gmail.com

The New Application should include (If you are the organization awarded this grant in the past 2-5 years, you only need to submit “1. Application from”)：

1. Application form
2. Proof of the not-for-profit charitable organization 501(c)(3) status
3. Project Narrative (in the word file)
4. Current year budget plan including the budget plan of requested LRF funding
5. A list of the board of directors
6. A list of the potential individual recipient(s) and each potential recipient’s brief information.
7. Any other supporting materials.

IV. LRF Acknowledgment:

An awarded organization needs to include a line of acknowledgment under the organization’s human rights/humanitarian program as such: “This program was supported in whole or in part by the Laogai Research Foundation.”

Application – English

Laogai Research Foundation

Small Humanitarian Aid Grant

2023 Application

Application start date: January 1, 2023;
Grant deadline: November 1, 2023

I. Project Outline:

The purpose of establishing this new small humanitarian aid grant under the Laogai Research Foundation is to directly support and help individuals who have contributed to and suffered due to promoting democracy, freedom, and human rights inside China.

II. Recipient Conditions:

1) The individual is being jailed or released after his/her detention for not less than one year;

2) The individual or his/her family has financial difficulties because of the suffering above;

3) The reason why the individual was detained was because of his/her pursue freedom of speech publicly;

4) The recipient agrees that the small grants are only used to improve their lives;

5) The recipient has not received other humanitarian assistance recently, or although the recipient has received it, but it is difficult to meet the needs.

III. Application Method and Amount of Aids:

Recipients should apply by themselves, their family members, or their agents, and send an application e-mail directly to this project of the Laogai Research Foundation.

The applicant should state his/her suffering case, provide evidence and contact information in the e-mail. Usually, there should be referees to verify the situation. The applicant who needs to receive assistance has an emergency and needs help as soon as possible.  For any special assistance requirements, the applicant can also explain in the applicable e-mail.

This project is a one-time small grant ranging from US$300-$1500.

IV. Contact Information:

Please use the following e-mail address to directly contact the Small Humanitarian Aid Program of the US Laogai Research Foundation:
laogaiaid@gmail.com