What we support

The Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation supports people affected by war and armed conflict. Our aim is to protect the lives, safety, dignity and physical and mental well-being of such people. The projects we support deal primarily with the circumstances and consequences of armed conflict and violence, and include:

• protection for civilians, especially displaced persons and refugees
• psychosocial assistance and rehabilitation of victims of war and conflict
• the foundation gives preference to projects supporting (unaccompanied) children and young people

Priority countries for support

We support projects for people affected in the following countries:

• Afghanistan
• Central African Republic
• Democratic Republic of Kongo
• Somalia
• Sudan
• South Sudan
• Syria
• Yemen

In addition we support projects in Switzerland and the UK benefiting people affected by conflict in their countries of origin (regardless of the priority countries mentioned above).

Criteria for Organisations

We support recognized civil non-profit organisations with headquarters registered in Switzerland or the UK. These organisations have years of established experience, well-qualified staff and professional management structures. The organisations are capable of evaluating their projects in accordance with accepted scientific standards and manage them as follows:

• they are based on a standardised hierarchy of objectives (for example, impact/outcomes/outputs). This applies especially to larger international projects.
• they are registered as non-profit, tax-exempt legal entities
• they apply internationally recognised, issue-based quality criteria for humanitarian work
• they cooperate with professional, nationally recognised partner organisations in the priority countries

Projects we do not support

• projects that do not meet the foundation’s aims 
• applications that do not meet the selection criteria
• very small or one-off events
• projects that are about gaining prestige
• purely commercial projects or projects carried out by private institutions or government offices 
• projects carried out by groups or organisations that are not registered with a national or regional authority (e.g. not recognised as charities)

How we select our project partners

The foundation approaches organisations with headquarters in Switzerland or the UK which it considers most in accordance with the support strategies and criteria defined by the foundation, and which are capable of planning and executing relevant projects.

Applications outside of this process are no longer accepted.