Weiss Asset Management Foundation | Fall 2024 Funding Round

The WAM Foundation seeks to reduce human suffering globally.

Our grants contribute to filling three gaps in global development:

• The knowledge gap - figuring out what works to increase wellbeing

• The implementation gap - funding high-quality operators to apply what we know to improve lives

• The capital gap - working with other funding partners to increase total financing for high-impact global development

2 funding calls in the Fall 2024:

1. Priority Areas: Road Safety, Nutrition and Mental Health

In this round, WAM Foundation solicits proposals in the following priority areas which we believe to be underfunded: road safety, nutrition and mental health. \

2. General Call: Programs and Research to Reduce Suffering: WAM Foundation supports highly cost-effective research and programs which reduce suffering in developing countries.

   
   

Most awards will range from ~$50,000 to ~$1.5mm, but there is no lower bound and, in exceptional circumstances, grants may exceed $1.5mm. They seek to enable work which otherwise would not happen, so we also weigh the likelihood that other funders would support the proposal. Grants may last for up to 3 years. They favor projects that more risk-averse funders won’t support.

Applicants may be researchers, institutes, non-governmental organizations, or government entities. US and non-US entities are eligible to apply. Organizations must be secular in purpose and must not be political or lobbying entities. For-profit entities are not eligible.

Deadline: November 22

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