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    19 local organizations to watch: Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust

    This is Sri Lanka's only local grantmaker.

    By Devex Editor // 13 November 2024

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    Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust is an independent, indigenous grantmaker (between $15,000-$50,000) with six focus areas:

    • Democracy, good governance, and institution building.
    • Social justice.
    • Women's rights.
    • Pluralistic values.
    • Youth in social transformation.
    • Arts and culture to further the understanding of rights/peace.

    NTT is the only local grantmaker in Sri Lanka, where every other grantmaker is a bilateral or multilateral agency, an international NGO, or an intergovernmental organization.

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