Getting involved in the field of development in general, and sport for development in particular, requires more than equipment and a football pitch. Building extensive networks in the private, governmental and non-governmental sectors in addition to composing a solid organisational framework and acquiring the appropriate resources is the recipe to success. 

Accordingly, this list should be considered only a foundation for funding and support enquiries. While this resource lists many potential opportunities for partnership, in-kind support and funding, it is in no way exhaustive. 

Consult this list strategically depending on your thematic goal (such as gender equality, fighting HIV/AIDs, promoting peace, reducing drugs, crime and juvenile delinquency), or your region of interest, as the links do not all apply to organisations in the field of sport and development.

1. International

United Nations funds, programmes, and specialized agencies

United Nations funds, programmes, and specialized agencies have been known to support sport for development and peace projects, either financially, in-kind or through partnership.

Foundations

Foundations that offer grants to programmes implemented internationally:

• David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• Foundation Center : Database of international grant sources and helpful information on fundraising
• International Grants and Funders : Database of International grants
• Mama Cash
• Max and Anna Levinson Foundation
• Millennium Challenge Corporation
• National Endowment for Democracy
• Pact
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund
• Rotary International
• Surdna Foundation
• Taking it Global : Database for funding
  
• The Lifebridge Foundation
• The New Earth Foundation
• The Rose and Sherle Wagner Foundation
• Until There’s a Cure
  
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Women’s Organizations

• International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG)
• Women’s Sport Foundation
• Women Win

Other

• Global Fund for Children
• Global Hand (helps match corporations and NGOs to develop partnerships)
  
• Kicking AIDS Out!
• Laureus Sport for Good Foundation

2. Americas

Canada

• Canada Foundations and Grants: Database of Canadian grant offerings
• Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity
• Canadian Heritage
  
• Sport Canada

United States of America

• American Jewish World Service
• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
• Ford Foundation
• Grants.gov: Central information database for all United States federal grants
  
• LA84 Foundation
• Nike Foundation
• Summit Foundation
  
• Tony Hawk Foundation
• United States African Development Foundation
• United States Soccer Foundation
• US Agency for International Development
  
• US Department of Labor
• US Department of State: Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
  
• Women’s Sports Foundation

3. Africa

• African Capacity Building Foundation
• A Glimmer of Hope Foundation (Supports projects in Ethiopia)
  
• EduSport (Zambia)
• Firelight Foundation (HIV/AIDS in SSA)

4. Europe

General

• European Commission - Sport
  
• European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008
• European Youth Foundation

Germany

• EED
  
• German Youth Football Foundation
  

United Kingdom

• Australia and UK Grants: Database of grant opportunities in Australia and UK
  
• Northern Ireland Community Relations Council
• Sport Council Northern Ireland
• Sport England
• UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• UK Department for International Development
• UK Sport
• Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation UK
  
• Young Scot Action Fund
  

Scandinavia

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark
• Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
• Norwegian People’s Aid
  
• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
  

Other

• Austrian Development Cooperation
  
• Hivos
  
• ONCDO
• Open Society Fund Prague
  
• Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

5. Asia-Pacific

Australia

• Australia and UK Grants: Database of grant opportunities in Australia and UK
• Australian Sport Commission
  

Other

• Government of India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sport
• Kadoorie Charitable Foundation
• The Vijay Amritraj Foundation

6. Other Useful Resources

• Fundsnet Services
  
• NonprofitHub.com
• Rotary's ProjectLINK