NextWorldNow (NWN) holds that world communities can work together in an informed and personal way, leveraging technology and resources, to improve the well-being of participants in each community.

We invest in and support community development projects requiring modest capital. We fund projects that are owned by the local community, whose social impact and return on investment can be measured, and whose success can be sustained.

What are our target investements?

Consistent with our mission, we are interested in supporting many types of community programs:

• Economic Development

• Environment – Water, Sanitation, Deforestation

• Health Care Access and Treatment

• Human Rights

• Peace and Human Security

• Shelter

• Smallholder Productivity and Food Security

• Sustainable Markets/Livelihood

Approach

We seek community projects  to provide financial support. We look for community leaders who are solving difficult social problems. We will apply our own time, resources, skills, and assets to help plan the projects as needed.

Grants, in addition to interest free loans, are a part of our investment plan. We use a simple approach to the grant-making and work with community leaders on their plans  while allowing them to determine how best to use the resources to achieve them.

NWN works with individuals, communities, and other organizations to make this happen. We invite communities with project ideas to submit their funding requests.  We study the requests and make funding decisions. We welcome scale-able partnerships with other organizations on joint projects. We invest in solutions built to last, looking beyond short-term fixes to address long-standing problems.

Selected organizations meeting basic NWN grant qualifications and priorities will move to phase 2 of the process and receive the full application for completion.