Grant Opportunities

In this article, you will find the list of ongoing you can apply for and their application details and deadlines. This is your chance to apply for those funding opportunities as we go through this list of grant opportunities.

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Grant Opportunities – August Deadline 2024

The following are grant opportunities or funding opportunities with August as their application deadline.

#1. Fondation Mérieux – Small Grants Program 

Type of project: Projects that aim to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases focusing on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, hepatitis, neglected tropical diseases, and other infectious diseases representing significant public health issues.

Projects need to be based on a local needs assessment, propose concrete solutions beyond education and raising awareness and be long-term in nature. Projects should also have a direct impact on the mother and/or child and they must be implemented by local organizations.

Location: Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Haiti, Iraq, Iran, Ivory Coast, Laos, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Tunisia, Tajikistan, Togo, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.

Eligibility: Registered non-profit organizations; Projects must be submitted by the local structure responsible for the project.  

Grant size: up to €5,000

Closing date: 1st August

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#2. PMI Impact Third Funding Round

Type of project: Projects that will foster partnerships and create synergies to enable sustainable solutions in the battle with illegal trade, specifically projects aimed at reducing, preventing, and countering the negative consequences of illegal trade for individuals, their families, and communities. 

Location:  Worldwide

Eligibility: Public, private, or non-profit organizations, including governmental organizations, international organizations, associations, academic institutions, and corporations may apply. 

Grant size: $100,000 – $750,000 over a maximum of 2 years

Closing date: 15th August

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#3. To Do Award for Socially Responsible Tourism

Type of project: The TO DO is awarded for projects which are characterized by the active participation of the local population and fairness in the way the projects interact with all the stakeholders involved in the development of tourism.

Projects criteria include:

  • Strengthening local people's awareness of the opportunities and risks of tourism development.
  • Participation from a broad local population stratum on the positive social and cultural impacts of tourism, minimizing and/or preventing undesirable tourism-related social and cultural impacts.
  • Creating income opportunities in tourism for local people and improving the working conditions.
  • Promoting intercultural encounters and exchange between hosts and guests.
  • Taking environmental and climate-related sustainability criteria and the sustainable use of natural resources into account.

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: The applicants may be tourism businesses and organizations, public institutions, or other legal entities.

Grant size: 5,000 Swiss francs per awardee. 

Closing date: 15th August

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#4. Disability Rights Fund – Round 2

Type of project: The Disability Rights Fund and Disability Rights Advocacy Fund are grant-making collaboratives that support organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) around the world to build diverse movements, ensure inclusive development agendas, and achieve equal rights and opportunity for all.

OPDs are equipped to advocate for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and other relevant mechanisms. At least half of all go to marginalized sectors of the disability community.

There are three grant streams (National Coalition, Mid-Level Coalition, and Small Grants) each with its own priority areas. 

Location: OPDs in Haiti, Nepal, the Pacific Island Countries, Rwanda, and Uganda

Eligibility: To meet the minimum eligibility requirements, applicants must:  

  • Be based in and conduct the majority of activities in a target country.
  • Be a legally registered non-governmental OPD or a group of persons with disabilities acting under the fiscal sponsorship thereof.
  • Be proposing a project that explicitly promotes the CRPD and specifies the relevant Article(s). If addressing the implementation of the SDGs the specific Goals or Commitments should be referenced.

Grant size: National Coalition grants $40,000 – 60,000 per year; Mid-Level Coalition grants $30,000 – 50,000 per year; Small Grants will be $10,000 – $30,000 per year

Closing date: 15th August

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#5. Dierenpark Amersfoort Wildlife Fund

Type of project: The fund supports projects focusing on nature conservation and species preservation. Examples include projects for endangered species, supporting research for veterinary medicine, or helping to shelter animals.

The application should clearly reflect the involvement of the local community, NGOs, and/or Universities. 

Location: Worldwide

Grant size: €1,000 – 5,000 on average with some grants being made up to €10,000. 

Closing date: 31st August.

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#6. Didymus

Type of project: Didymus has five goals: To encourage social inclusion; To advance education; To develop the arts; To advance equality and diversity by creating opportunities for women; To promote religious understanding.

Location: England, Wales, Africa, Central, and South America. 

Eligibility:  charities registered for at least 3 years with annual incomes of less than £1 million may apply. 

Grant size: up to £5,000

Deadline: 31st August

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Funding Opportunities – September Deadline 2024

Grant Opportunities

The following are grant opportunities or funding opportunities with September as their application deadline.

#1. The ISTAT Foundation

Type of project: The Foundation´s Humanitarian Aid Program provides grant funding for humanitarian organizations across the globe that use the power of aviation to help save lives, promote human welfare and alleviate suffering during Natural disasters (drought, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc.); Human-generated disasters (conflict, social, industrial/transport accidents, etc.); or Health-related crises.

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: Organizations registered as a charitable, nongovernmental entities may apply

Grant size: In 2020, the average grant was valued at $7,800

Closing date: 1st September

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#2. Jean Sainsbury Trust

Type of project: General running costs associated with the rescue, rehabilitation, and re-homing or release of domestic, wild, and exotic animals. Costs associated with the direct protection of endangered species.

Location: UK & overseas 

Eligibility: Registered UK charities with independently examined up-to-date annual accounts may apply. We would not normally support an application from overseas charities for funds for capital expenditure.

Grant size: £1,000 – £10,000

Closing date: 1st September

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#3. BBC Radio 4 Appeal

Type of project: The Radio 4 Appeal is a weekly 3-minute program highlighting the work of a charity and appealing for donations to support its activities. The appeal aims to provide an opportunity for raising money and awareness for a variety of charities. 

Location: UK-wide & international

Eligibility: UK charities registered with the Charity Commission whose work has an impact at the UK or international level are eligible. A charity can only have an appeal broadcast on the BBC once every three years and you must have waited 2 years since your last unsuccessful application.

You must also provide audited or independently examined accounts and have up-to-date management accounts within a 3-month period. Charity members of the Disasters Emergency Committee are ineligible. 

Grant size: average of £5,000 to £20,000 

Deadline: 5th September

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#4. The Philip Henman Trust

Type of project: Grants for UK-based charities carrying out long-term overseas development projects which provide a lasting beneficial impact on the people, communities, or environment they seek to help.

The Trust generally accepts two new long-term grantees per year. 

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: UK registered charities with an expenditure of over £100,000 per year may apply. 

Grant size: £3,000 – £5,000 per year up to a maximum of £25,000 over 5 years

Closing date: 10th September

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#5. The Britford Bridge Trust

Type of project: The primary charitable purposes of the Trust are the prevention or relief of poverty; the advancement of education; the advancement of health or the saving of lives; and the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage, or science.

The secondary charitable purposes of the Trust are the advancement of citizenship or community development; the advancement of amateur sport; the advancement of environmental protection or improvement; and the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, or other disadvantages.

Location: UK & Overseas

Eligibility: Applications are invited from any UK registered charity.

Grant size: Up to £30,000. Larger gifts can be made where warranted 

Closing date: 30th September

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Grant Opportunities – October Deadline 2024

The following are grant opportunities or funding opportunities with October as their application deadline.

#1. The Laerdal Foundation

Type of project: Practically oriented projects helping achieve the UN SDG 3 aiming to reduce infant and child mortality by two-thirds from 2010 to 2030.

Projects relating to interventions on the day of birth – including the prevention of stillborn deaths will be prioritized.  Applications that go beyond a local impact and have the potential to document long-term practical value and stimulate developments also in other regions/countries will also be prioritized.

The Foundation welcomes applications that can advance treatment recommendations, education, or implementation within: Resuscitation; Trauma; Maternal, and/or newborn care. Half of the budget is earmarked for projects or programs to save lives at birth in low-resource settings. 

Location: Worldwide. Applications from Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Bangladesh, India, and Nepal are encouraged. 

Grant size: Up to $50,000, with the average grant of $30,000.  20 grants are expected to be awarded. Institutional overhead costs can be covered up to 10%.

Closing date: 1st October

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Grant Opportunities – November Deadline 2024

The following are grant opportunities or funding opportunities with November as their application deadline.

#1. The Beit Trust 

Type of project: This grant is focused on education, health, welfare, and/or the environment.

For education: Focus areas include postgraduate and grants for secondary and tertiary education. In secondary schools, grants are usually restricted to support construction projects and the provision of books.

For health: Grants are mainly given for infrastructure projects and to institutions dealing with the elderly and the physically and mentally disabled people.

For the environment: The focus to date has been the repopulation of black rhinos in Zimbabwe.

Applications must prove sustainability, public benefit, cost-effectiveness, and a serious commitment to the specific focus areas. Favorable consideration is given to organizations that demonstrate a degree of self-help, long-term sustainability, and an ability properly to administer the funds provided.

Location: Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi

Eligibility: Established, independent institutions, in particular schools, hospitals, and health centers may apply. Government organizations and start-ups are rarely funded. 

Grant size: up to £50,000. Applications close to or above this will very rarely succeed.; Running costs are not funded. 

Closing date: 30th November

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Other Ongoing Grant Opportunities

The following are or funding opportunities you can still apply for in 2024 and beyond.

The Abilis Foundation

Type of projects: supporting people with disabilities to implement their own projects in developing countries

Location: Developing countries

Eligibility: Disabled People Organisations from developing countries

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Addax Oryx Foundation 

Type of project:  Their mission is to fight the root causes of poverty by supporting projects focusing on four core areas of work: Health, Education, Community development, and Environment.

The Foundation aims to fund focused, high-impact projects with a clear beginning, end, and exit strategy, run by small organizations that have little or no access to large funders. The Foundation gives preference to concrete projects that cover more than one of our key areas of focus.

Location: Africa and the Middle East

Eligibility: Registered not-for-profit and non-governmental organizations may apply.

APPLY HERE

African Women's Development Fund 

Type of project: young women, women facing multiple discrimination, and approaches that include engaging the arts, culture, , and technology. The fund focuses on the following themes: Body & Health Rights; Economic Security & Justice; Leadership, Participation & Peace.

The fund also awards capacity-building grants that focus on advancing organizational growth and development – for example, strategic planning, developing fundraising and communications strategies, strengthening organizational governance systems and human resources management

Location: Africa 

Eligibility: Applicants must be African women's organizations that are led by a woman and which have a majority of female staff and board. They must also be registered in an African country and have been in existence for at least 3 years. The fund will only consider grants that are less than 50% of an organization's annual income.

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Air Asia Foundation 

Type of project: Helping social enterprises scale up to empower communities and enable them to build sustainable livelihoods. The scope of your proposal should clearly define a new initiative or expansion of an existing initiative based on a set of targets achievable within a 12-month period.

This may include the investment needed to develop and market new products or services, train new community members or purchase new equipment for the planned expansion.

Applications must clearly explain how the investment will enable the organization to improve its income-generating capacity to fund future activities. Their priority is to support smaller social enterprises that face funding constraints through conventional channels.

Location: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. They prioritize social enterprises that are based in a village/town/city that is within reasonable reach of an airport served by AirAsia in these countries. 

Eligibility: Applicants must be registered, be based in an eligible country, and have a minimum two-year business track record. NGOs looking to diversify funding sources through social enterprise are also welcome to apply. They do not accept applications for organizations to finance operating cash flow or to fund the purchase of land or buildings.

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The Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund

Type of project: education and young people's employment and projects which promote freedom of speech or advance peace and reconciliation

Location: sub-Saharan Africa

Eligibility: registered charities may apply

Grant size: £5,000 – £25,000

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The Alborada Trust 

Type of project: medical and veterinary causes, research and education, the welfare of animals and help with relief to disaster areas worldwide.

Location: worldwide.

Eligibility: registered national and international charities may apply

Grant size: the Trust only awards grants of £25,000 or more

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The Alchemy Foundation 

Type of project: WASH, disability, social welfare, personal reform, medical research, and aid especially in areas of blindness and disfigurement, individual enterprise, and respite for carers. The Foundation can also fund the cost of fundraisers

Location: UK and Overseas

Grant size: total granting for 2018 totaled £448,925

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The Al Fayed Foundation 

Type of project: relieving the plight of orphans, refugees, and street children abroad

Location: Worldwide

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The Alice Ellen Cooper-Dean Charitable Foundation 

Type of project:  Relief of poverty, distress, and sickness and the advancement of education, and religion. In addition to supporting local and national charities, the Foundation makes overseas grants to advance education, and relieve poverty, sickness, and suffering some of which have been caused by conflict and disasters.

Location: UK & Overseas

Eligibility: Charitable bodies registered with the Charity Commission or with equivalent status may apply. 

Grant size:  £2,000 – £20,000

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The American Express Foundation 

Type of project: Unsolicited applications can be made under the areas: Developing Leaders within non-profit and social purpose organizations working to solve the world's biggest challenges; and Serving Communities by building the capacity of non-profits to develop, engage and retain community members as volunteers

Location: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Greater China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, UK,

Eligibility: non-profit organizations

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AngloAmerican Group Foundation

Type of projects: environment, education, and training; community development; HIV/AIDS and welfare

Countries: UK, Chile, Peru, India, Mozambique, Brazil, Colombia, China, Mongolia, Zimbabwe

Grant range: unspecified

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The Ashworth Charitable Trust 

Type of project: humanitarian causes operating locally, nationally, and internationally.

The underlying principles are justice; education for all; the need to address the situation of the very poor and of those at the margins of society; that all people everywhere should be able to share the fruits of and be empowered to participate in the construction of a just, prosperous and sustainable society; and that to achieve these aims, it is necessary to build the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions.

Location: worldwide

Eligibility: UK-registered charities whose turnover is under £1 million. 

Grant size: not usually exceeding £3,000 

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The Austin Bailey Foundation

Type of project: the relief of poverty and ill-health, and the fostering of opportunities for young people in the developing world

Location: Developing countries

Eligibility: registered UK charities only

Grant size: grants for new applicants rarely exceed £400. Grants for charities known to the Trust can reach approximately £4,000

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Avast Foundation

Type of project: A Dutch Foundation working in partnership with people and communities to knock down barriers to digital freedom and equity. Our programs deliver meaningful change and help shape a world where technology plays a positive role in building and sustaining communities. 

Eligibility: They have created strong, trust-based networks with partners large and small. From NGOs, charities, and community organizations to government institutions and the commercial sector, we collaborate with those who dare to dream of an equitable and inclusive digital future.

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The Becht Family Trust

Type of project: The Trust's main focus area is the preservation and restoration of biodiversity. It is planning to allocate the largest part of its annual donations to this area.

Also, it supports humanitarian aid including the case of Environmental Disasters as well as efforts to structurally help children with medical, educational, or other programs both in developing and developed countries.

They also supports educational programs within both these key areas.

Location: Worldwide 

Grant size: £2.7m granted in 2018. Both restricted and unrestricted grants can be made. 

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Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation Small Grants 

Type of project: Grants for urgent and effective response to environmental issues thereby creating a healthy environment in which to live, learn and work and for the flourishment of biodiversity.

Projects include conducting small-scale research and piloting new and innovative environment-friendly technologies; creating environmental awareness to realize larger environmental impacts.

Location: Bhutan

Grant size: Up to Nu. 400,000 (c £4,000)

Eligibility: Bhutanese Individuals, agencies, communities, or institutions may apply. 

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The Blackwood Engineering Trust

Type of projects: education or projects which generally benefit children and young people in need due to poverty, bereavement, sickness, or disability which have little funding from statutory bodies are largely run by voluntary organisations

Location: locations where Blackwood Engineering operates, including the UK, China, and around the world

Grant size: £500 – £2000. Larger grants may be considered in exceptional circumstances

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The Bottle Top Foundation 

Type of project: poverty alleviation schemes and grassroots education initiatives that empower young people

Location: current grantees are working in Brazil, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, and South Africa 

Eligibility: local offices or affiliates of national or international organizations cannot apply. In most cases, grantees have budgets in the £5,000 – £50,000 range

Budget: £3,000 and £15,000 

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Bread for the World – Partnership opportunities

Type of project: Bread for the World works with more than 2,000 partner organizations for peace, justice, and the preservation of creation. Partners are expected to share the funders underlying ethical values. Bread for the World needs to examine the organizational capacity of the partner organizations to conduct a project as well as the reasonability of a planned project.

Location: Countries of the Global South, as well as in Germany and across Europe.

Eligibility:  Registered organizations may apply. They must provide proof of registration and a copy of their statutes and a letter of recommendation that shows that actions do not take place in isolation, but that they are integrated into the local development policy or church policy landscape.

Grant size: As a rule, all expenses directly related to the project can be funded.

However, Bread for the World avoids 100 % funding of projects. Partner organizations must secure other sources of financing (.g. own funds, third-party financing). Project proposals that exceed €200,000 are also assessed by the Development Service and Humanitarian Aid Committee of Bread for the World. 

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The Bromley Trust 

Type of project: There are two focus areas:

  1. Human Rights – trafficking & Slavery; Torture & Abuse and Persecution; Within this stream, the Trust does not support international development work, disaster relief, organizations working wholly outside of the UK, domestic abuse, or Female Genital Mutilation
  2. Prison reform – this is for projects working in the UK only. The Trust tends to provide unrestricted support (core funding) to specialist organizations. If your overall work does not entirely fit within the focus areas but you wish to apply for a specific project or element of your work that does fit, contact the Trust to discuss. 

Location: UK and overseas

Eligibility: Any UK-registered charity, including those that undertake work internationally, may apply. Grantees usually have an annual income of between £100,000 and £1.5m

Grant size: between £5,000 and £20,000 per year for up to 3 years

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Britford Bridge Trust

Type of project: poverty relief; education; health and; the arts, culture, heritage or science

Location: UK and overseas

Eligibility: registered charities may apply

Grant size: £4,000 – £170,000. Most grants are for c. £10,000

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The C&A Foundation

Type of projects: accelerating sustainable cotton, improving working conditions, eradicating forced labor, and enabling circular fashion

Location: Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Turkey, Tanzania, Indonesia

Grant size: proposals for under €100,000 can be reviewed by a programme manager. Those that are over €500,000 are reviewed by the Board of Directors who meet twice a year in June and December

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Canada Fund for Local Initiatives 

Type of project: The CFLI provides modest funding for small-scale, high-impact projects in more than 120 countries eligible for official development assistance (ODA).

Projects are planned and implemented mainly by local organizations and are selected and approved by the relevant Canadian Embassy or High Commission.

CFLI projects focus on issues such as: gender equality and empowerment of women and girls 
human rights; democracy and governance; peace and security; climate action ; economic growth- The CFLI also provides modest financing for projects in response to natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies

Location: Countries eligible for ODA. 

Grant size: Eligible organisations include local non-governmental, community and not-for profit organizations. Calls open on a country-by-country basis throughout the year, typically with a two-month deadline. Check the website for open calls.

Eligibility: Average grant: CAD $15,000-30,000. Maximum grant size: CAD $100,000

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Chalk Cliff Trust 

Type of project: education, malnutrition or medical related. The grant need not be specifically tied to funding projects. The funding can be used as seed capital, to help with core administration costs, or to help an organisation through a difficult time

Eligibility: Organisations should be based in East Sussex, UK. Donations will normally be made to registered charities, however organisations pending registration or pressure groups will also be considered

Grant size: most grants are in the region of £3,000 – £5,000

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Charles Hayward Foundation

Type of projects: clean water and sanitation; basic health programmes; self-sustainability through training in farming skills and income generation activities

Countries: Commonwealth countries of Africa

Grant range: up to £15,000

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The Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation for the Progress of Humankind (FPH)

Type of project: addressing the following themes: Good Governance & Regional Cooperation; Shared Ethics & Responsibility, including projects focused on conflict resolution and Sustainable Development, including supporting biodiversity

Location: worldwide

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Charles Steward Mott Foundation

Type of projects: strengthening philanthropy and the nonprofit sector as vital vehicles for increasing civic engagement and improving communities and societies

Countries: South Africa

Grant range: $15,000 to $250,000

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Cisco Foundation Global Impact Cash Grants 

Type of projects: Innovative approaches to critical social challenges. Organizations and programmes must focus on at least one of the following areas: access to education; economic empowerment; critical human needs. Programmes must serve the underserved, and leverage technology to improve the reach and efficiency of services. 

Location: worldwide

Grant size: the maximum request amount for first-time grant recipients is US$75,000

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Civicus Crisis Response Fund 

Type of projects: CSOs facing new restrictions on their work can apply for funding for emergency advocacy actions to defend civic freedoms and democratic values.

The Fund provides grants to mobilize quick, principled and effective advocacy responses to events that threaten fundamental rights to associate and assemble freely.

The fund also supports civil society through resiliency grants, designed to ensure that organisations have greater flexibility and creativity to proactively prevent and mitigate threats against their organizations. Funds are provided where immediate action is required, either to forestall imminent threats or to address new restrictions.

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility:  National CSOs                                                                                               

Grant size: 10,000 USD for projects lasting up to 6 months

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CIVICUS Solidarity Fund (CSF)

Type of project: The CSF is a member-led and member-resourced granting mechanism. The fund is accessible to CIVICUS members that normally struggle to access resources and support due to restrictions in the space where they operate, their organizing characteristics (unregistered, recently established organizations, etc) or simply who they are and what they challenge.

Small CSOs (formal and non-formal), individual activists, movements – particularly from historically oppressed and marginalized groups – and early-stage social advocates and social entrepreneurs are contributing to transformational impact in the communities served.

The objectives of the CIVICUS Solidarity Fund are to enhance solidarity within the alliance, foster a sense of belonging to a global movement for change; support civil society diversity and resilience, especially among smaller, non-formal actors; create opportunities where they do not exist for change-seeking actors to contribute to a more just, inclusive and sustainable world.

Location: For this round, eligible countries are those rated “repressed” or “closed” in the CIVICUS Monitor.

Eligibility: To apply, you must be a CIVICUS voting member or associate member; be both a national and a resident of an eligible country; belong to the same group or community whose issues you are trying to address.

For organizations, this implies that you are constituency-led; be finding it hard to access funds because of government bans, bureaucracy/donor requirements; not have been awarded the CIVICUS Solidarity Fund before.

Grant size:  $1,000 – $10,000

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The Coca-Cola Foundation

Type of project: Areas of focus are Empowering women: economic empowerment and entrepreneurship; Protecting the environment: access to clean water, water conservation, and recycling; Enhancing communities: education, youth development, and other community and civic initiatives.

In addition, the Foundation supports many local community programs such as HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness programs. The Coca-Cola Foundation is also providing additional funding and grants to communities and organizations in response to Coronavirus.

These grants support local organizations and vulnerable communities during these times.

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: Charitable donations are made to non-profit organizations and to foreign organizations that are equivalent to U.S. charities. Charitable donations are not made to individuals, religious, political, legislative, lobbying, or fraternal organizations.

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The Coles Medlock Foundation

Type of project: The Coles-Medlock Foundation is currently only focusing its giving on the empowerment and education of young girls. If your application does not meet these criteria, it is unlikely to be successful.

Location: Worldwide recent projects have taken place in Indonesia, Zambia, India, Tanzania, South Africa, Malawi, Romania, Ghana, Nepal, Mozambique, and Sierra Leone.

Eligibility: UK registered charities may apply.

Grant size: £500 – £50,000

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CS Fund and Warsh-Mott Legacy

Type of project: CSF and WML currently have three grantmaking focuses: Emerging Technologies; Food Sovereignty; Rights and Governance.

Location: Worldwide. The Food Sovereignty grants are focused on applicants in the Global South.

Eligibility: Applicant organizations must be classified as a 501(c)(3) by the US Internal Revenue Service. Foreign applicants with a fiscal sponsorship may apply. Applicants should note that the Fund makes a very limited number of direct grants abroad (i.e. to grantees without fiscal sponsorship by a US-based organization.

Grant size: In 2018, grants ranged from $10,000 – 125,000

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Cumbria Overseas Aid Trust

Type of project: Projects which contribute in some way to the relief of poverty and which will have some long-term and sustainable benefits to a local community. Trustees also prefer a connection to Cumbria either through individuals involved or the origins of the organization.

Location: developing countries

Eligibility: UK NGOs may apply

Grant size: usually under £1,000 but can be up to £2,000

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Danson Foundation 

Type of project: education projects 

Location: developing countries

Eligibility: UK NGOs may apply

Grant size: various grants between £1,000 – £150,000

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Denise Coates Foundation 

Type of project: education and training; disaster recovery/emergency relief; community development; medical research and development

Location: UK and overseas

Eligibility: UK NGOs may apply

Grant size: in the 2016-17 financial year the Foundation committed to providing £5,964,536 of grants and donations to 21 charitable entities, 19 of which totaled more than £20,000

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De la Rue Charitable Trust

Type of projects: educational projects at home and abroad which promote relevant skills, and international understanding and bring relief from suffering

Location: the UK and under-developed communities where De la Rue does business

Eligibility: UK registered charities

Grant size: approximate annual fund value is £60,000 with 10-12 charities supported in 2016/17

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Digital Defenders Partnership – Incident Emergency Fund (IEF)

Type of project: The IEF responds rapidly to urgent cases of digital threats or attacks against human rights defenders, journalists, activists or organizations. The funding provided can be used to cover costs that will directly reduce the risk or impact of a digital attack.

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: Human rights defenders, journalists, activists, or organizations may apply.

Grant size: up to €10,000

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Draper Richards Kaplan 

Type of project:  Innovative strategies, systems changing approaches, and disrupting technologies seeking to dramatically improve the lives of people and the world. Their goal is to find social entrepreneurs with dynamic ideas and nurture them at the early stages with maximum leverage and total commitment.

Selection is concentrated more on the capabilities of the founder, the scalability of the model, and the potential impact of the organization on the world. 

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: Individual leaders, domestic (U.S.) and international organizations, non-profit, for-profit, and hybrid social enterprises may apply. 

Grant size: 3 years of unrestricted capital totaling $300,000 

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Dubai Cares

Type of projects: school infrastructure; school health; nutrition; water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in schools; quality of education

Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cambodia, Chad, Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia

Grant range: unspecified

Overhead recovery: this donor limits overhead recovery to no more than 7% of donations

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Dulverton Charitable Trust 

Covid- 19 update: We have now made the decision that for the immediate future (and including our June and October Board meetings), our grant-making will be focused on:

(a) charities that are well-placed to support vulnerable communities through this crisis (previous grant recipients will be prioritized, but we may consider new charities to us as an exception)

(b) supporting charities with which we have an existing relationship to overcome funding challenges caused by the COVID-19 crisis.

Type of projects:  1) Community Development which covers the provision of water and power, the encouragement of farming, enterprise, and wildlife conservation. 2)  Peace & Humanitarian Support including disaster relief. 

Location: Kenya and Uganda

Eligibility: UK charities and charitable incorporated organizations may apply. 

Grant size: between £25,000 and £35,000 per year. 

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Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust

Type of projects: benefit women or orphaned children; demonstrate local involvement in scoping and delivery, except where skills required are not currently available e.g. eye surgeons in remote rural areas; repair damages in post-conflict countries; deliver clean water and sanitation

Location: sub-Saharan Africa, Indian sub-continent including Afghanistan, and projects in Palestine or those supporting Palestinian refugees

Eligibility: UK CSOs may apply

Grant size: £1000 – £3000

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Elton John AIDS Foundation

Type of projects: Projects providing tangible impacts on individuals living with and communities affected by HIV Aids   

Location: Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Myanmar (Burma), , Russian Federation, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, , Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Eligibility: UK and Southern CSOs can apply

Grant range: £10,000 – £15,000

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EU Can Aid

Type of project: Grants are provided for small target groups for concrete projects at a lower level than that which the main fund providers usually provide which are often used as co-financing for larger projects.  Projects must aim to improve the quality of life of local communities or generate income for the beneficiaries.

Focus areas include Income generating activities:

  • Social Projects – e.g. building or improving small social or training infrastructure or schools (roof, equipment, etc.), access to water, access to electricity; Education and training; Water supply; Renewable electricity; Sanitation (latrines).
  • Socio-economic Projects – e.g. vocational training; Support for Reconstruction Following Natural Disasters. 

Location: Priority is given to least developed countries as defined by the United Nations Development Programme, and, secondly, to poor regions in middle-income countries and, exceptionally, emerging countries.

Eligibility: Registered associations and NGOs may apply. Applications can only be considered if supported by three recent international references coming from OECD member countries. 

Grant size: €2,000 – €8,000. A higher award can be considered especially if it can be demonstrated that this will lead to a higher contribution from other providers. 

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EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian crisis

Type of project: Supporting Syrian refugees and host communities in the following areas: Education; Health; Livelihoods; Water & Sanitation; Protection, and Social Cohesion.  

Location:  Various locations including Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq, Armenia, and the Western Balkans.  

Eligibility: Aid organizations interested in applying for funding are advised to first discuss their project ideas with the EU Delegations on the ground and relevant country authorities. The Trust Fund cannot commit to evaluating unsolicited concept notes or proposals 

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The Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders – Urgent Grants

Type of project: Urgent grants are allocated to human rights defenders in difficulty or at risk, for the specific purpose of allowing them to protect their safety and pursue their activities, as well as to small human rights organizations or groups with the aim of strengthening their operational capacities to implement innovative activities in the region.

Location: South-Mediterranean region

Eligibility: Applicants must show that an intervention by the Foundation will help counter threats against their lives and/or those of members of their family and reinforce the visibility and pursuit of their activities at a strategic timing.

Grant size:  Maximum of EUR 5,000.

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Embassy of Japan in Zimbabwe

Type of project:  Japan's Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects provides funding for projects focusing on basic education, health care, food and nutrition, WASH, child protection, and support for disadvantaged people.

Location: Zimbabwe

Eligibility: Be officially recognized as a non-profit organization; be working for socio-economic
development at the grassroots level have been operating for more than two years in the field of the proposed project and with sound finances. 

Grant size:  10,000,000 Japanese yen.

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European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM)

Type of project: EPIM is seeking to support transnational partnerships of civil society organizations active at EU, national, bilateral, regional, and/or local levels to advise European asylum policies and practices.

Projects should aim to: promote feasible, evidence-based alternatives; and/or put forward thought-provoking ideas, and/or react to policy proposals and practices to safeguard the right to asylum and prevent backtracking.

Projects must be advocacy-focused, i.e. seeking to bring about a change in existing and/or future policies and practices.

Supported activities could include, among others: power mapping and analysis, joint transnational civil society strategizing, policy roundtables, bilateral advocacy meetings, legislative lobbying, strategic litigation, and development of advocacy tools.

Location: Projects should be implemented in the European Union. Projects implemented in non-EU countries (e.g. Turkey, and the UK) could also be considered eligible if of EU relevance. 

Eligibility: Non-profit organizations registered in the European Union are eligible. Non-EU-based non-profit organizations can apply as partners. EPIM will only consider applications that are based on a partnership of at least 2 civil society organizations.

Transnational partnerships are encouraged but not required. The involvement of other types of actors, such as international organizations, academic institutions, and/or public bodies is optional. 

Grant size: up to €40,000 over 18 months

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F G CHARITABLE TRUST 

Type of project: supporting groups who are victims of either: breaches of human rights; any public calamity (including famine earthquake or pestilence); war or civil disturbance; the immediate or continuing effects of lack of natural or other resources; or any other cause of poverty distress or suffering.

Location: Any part of the world but with a particular focus on Africa, South America, the Indian sub-continent, and Eastern Europe. 

Eligibility: faith-based organizations only

Grant size: £450,000 worth of grants and legacies were disbursed in 2016/7

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Fondation Chanel 

Type of project: The foundation engages in partnerships with the desire to impact individual women and organizations that benefit women.

It seeks to achieve tangible, sustainable results for women's empowerment and rights in one or multiple areas: Safety and Inclusion and Economic autonomy and Leadership.

The foundation team analyses proposals based on relevance, sustainability, financial viability, and capacity to measure impact.

Location: Worldwide

Grant size: Projects are generally 2-3 years in duration.

Eligibility: Non-profit organizations, women's associations, community organizations, social enterprises, and national or regional pooled funds may apply. 

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Ford Foundation

Type of projects: educational opportunity and ; sustainable development; freedom of expression; gender; sexuality and reproductive justice; human rights; economic fairness

Countries: Worldwide

Grant range: unspecified

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Ford Foundation‘s JustFilms Grant

Type of projects: artist-driven film and new media projects, and other forms of creative visual storytelling, that explore the rich diversity of the human experience. These stories inspire imaginations, disrupt stereotypes, and help transform attitudes that perpetuate injustice.

Location: Worldwide

Grant range: unspecified

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The Foux Foundation

Type of project: The foundation is focused on helping in the areas of health, education, youth opportunity, and poverty. 

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: Registered charities with an income of less than £3m per annum may apply

Grant size: In 2020, the Foundation gave five grants ranging from £25,000 – £130,000

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French Development Agency´s Fund for Innovation in Development

Type of project: FID accepts applications for innovations in any sector, and specifically encourages applications for solutions in education, health, climate change, and gender equality for innovations.

Location: All low- and middle-income countries. FID specifically encourages applications from the priority countries for French aid.

Eligibility: Researchers, governments, NGOs, and for-profit companies may apply

Grant size: €50,000 – €4m depending on grant type

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Frontline Aids Fund Emergency Response Grant

Type of project: Rapid Response Fund grant-making is a funding mechanism to help organisations led by and serving marginalized communities affected by HIV to act quickly in the face of external threats to their HIV-related human rights work, or to respond to urgent opportunities for change in HIV-related human rights.

Grants are for urgent, time-specific work to protect or adapt HIV-related human rights work, or to seize urgent opportunities to advance the human rights of marginalized communities.

Location: Caribbean: Haiti; Jamaica; Dominican Republic; Guyana; St Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago. East Africa: Ethiopia; Rwanda; Sudan; Tanzania. Southeast Asia: Cambodia; Vietnam. Southern Africa: Angola. West and Central Africa: Benin; Cameroon; Chad; Côte d'Ivoire; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Mali; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo. 

Eligibility: organisations led by or working closely with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBT+) people; sex workers; people living with HIV; and people who use drugs based in the aforementioned countries may apply. Organisations must have an annual income of less than $1 million. 

Grant size: up to $15,000

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Front Line Defenders Protection Grants 

Type of projects:  Rapid and practical financial support to improve the security and protection of human rights defenders (HRD) and their organisations improving physical security of an organisation or individual.

Digital security and communication security; supporting legal fees for HRDs who are being judicially harassed; paying for medical fees for HRDs who have been attacked or who have suffered a medical condition as a result of their peaceful human rights activities; providing family assistance for imprisoned HRDs or family members who are at risk because of a HRD's activities.

Location: Worldwide 

Eligibility: local organisations and individuals may apply

Grant range: $7,500

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FP2020 Rapid Response Mechanism

Type of project: Family planning

Eligibility: Registered NGOs, CSOs and INGOs, governments, private and UN organisations are eligible

Grant size: up to US$ 250,000. The vast majority of projects receive less than US$100,000.

Please note grants cannot be used to fund: Purchase of contraceptives; Government staff salaries or honorariums; Scholarships to individuals; Fees to attend a conference; Basic research, academic studies or surveys; Capital equipment (such as machinery, vehicles, IT equipment, and office furniture)

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The Gibbs Trust

Type of project: Focus is given to international causes, the arts, and Methodist churches.

Location: UK & overseas including Ghana, Kenya, Sierra Leone, South Sudan Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Eligibility: Only UK-registered charities can apply.

Grant size: During the 2020/1 FY, £93,500 of grants were awarded of which £59,500 was granted to international causes.

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Gilead Giving in Africa

Type of project: Grantmaking in Africa focuses on HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis.

Within these therapeutic areas, they provide support for a broad range of activities, including disease awareness; disease prevention; professional education; improving patient access to care; improving quality of care; increasing scientific capacity; strengthening healthcare systems.

Across the continent, Gilead works with a number of local partners to help ensure that our medicines reach the people that need them. Our pioneering generic licensing agreements have played a central role in expanding access to high-quality, low-cost HIV treatment throughout Africa.

Location: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Pr., Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Eligibility: Tax-exempt registration is required to be considered for funding, and if you are a non-profit organization, proof of status (e.g., a 501(c)(3) IRS letter in the U.S. or a tax certification letter (W8-BEN) if your organization is based outside the U.S.) is also required.

Grant size: There are no minimum or maximum request amounts. Applicants should request the level of funding that is required based on programmatic needs. Gilead generally does not provide grant support for indirect costs of an organization or activity.

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Gilead Giving in Asia

Type of project: Grantmaking in Asia with a focus on HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis. Within these therapeutic areas, we provide support for a broad range of activities, including disease awareness; disease prevention; professional education; improving patient access to care; improving quality of care; increasing scientific capacity; strengthening healthcare systems. 

Location: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam.

Eligibility: Tax-exempt registration is required to be considered for funding, and if you are a non-profit organization, proof of status (e.g., a 501(c)(3) IRS letter in the U.S. or a tax certification letter (W8-BEN) if your organization is based outside the U.S.) is also required.

Grant size: There are no minimum or maximum request amounts. Applicants should request the level of funding that is required based on programmatic needs. Gilead generally does not provide grant support for indirect costs of an organization or activity.

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Gilead Giving in Latin America & Caribbean 

Type of project:  They support organizations that seek to improve access to healthcare; reduce disparities for disadvantaged groups; advance education among patients and healthcare professionals; support local communities.

Priority is given to projects within Gilead's therapeutic areas of HIV and liver diseases. Gilead will also consider proposals outside of these therapeutic areas, provided they conform to our eligibility restrictions.

These proposals may include (but are not limited to) access and education surrounding antifungal treatments; social services (homeless shelters, food banks, etc.); community vibrancy projects (STEM education, arts support, community beautification, etc.)

Location: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Maarten, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Eligibility: Tax exempt registration is required to be considered for funding, and if you are a non-profit organization, proof of status (e.g., a 501(c)(3) IRS letter in the U.S. or a tax certification letter (W8-BEN) if your organization is based outside the U.S.) is also required.

Grant size: There are no minimum or maximum request amounts. Applicants should request the level of funding that is required based on programmatic needs. Gilead generally does not provide grant support for indirect costs of an organization or activity.

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The Girl Generation's End FGM Grassroots Fund 

Type of project: supporting local, grassroots organizations in some of the countries most affected by FGM.

Projects funded include: educating people about the harmful effects of FGM; promoting community dialogue on and offline; training teachers and healthcare workers, or building a new generation of youth activists to tackle FGM

Location: current grantees are working in Nigeria, Kenya, Somaliland, Sudan, The Gambia, Senegal, Mali, and Burkina Faso

Eligibility: local, grassroots organizations in some of the countries most affected by FGM

Grant size: an average of $10,500 per grant

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Gisela Graham Foundation 

Type of project: alleviating poverty and deprivation among children in less developed countries through care, education, and family support

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: corporate bodies and registered charities

Grant size: grants awarded are normally for sums under £10,000, but most donations are for less than £5,000

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Global Fund for Children

Type of projects: innovative, locally-led projects where all children and young people enjoy equal resources and opportunities in society and can live to their full potential

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: legally registered as a local organization in the country where you operate with youth or child-focused programs. Most new partners have budgets under $100,000

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Global Fund for Community Foundations 

Type of project: strengthening community foundations and other local philanthropic institutions, including women's funds, human rights funds, and other grassroots grantmakers

Location: Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, East, and Central Europe, and Central Asia. Applications from community philanthropy organizations representing disadvantaged communities in the global north will also be considered on a case-by-case basis

Eligibility: community philanthropy organizations, including community foundations, women's funds, environmental funds, national public foundations, and other grassroots grantmakers

Budget: US $7,000–$15,000

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Global Fund for Women

Type of projects: gender equality and human rights

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: local organizations working directly in their communities, which are led by historically marginalized groups such as women, girls, or trans people.

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Global Innovation Fund 

Type of project: social innovations that aim to improve the lives and opportunities of millions of people. There are three stages applicants can apply for:

  1. Pilot: Your innovation is still in an early phase. You are testing core assumptions around operational, social and financial viability. 
  2. Test and Transition: Your innovation has completed initial testing and is now transitioning to a larger scale. You have some information on your operational, social and financial viability. You want to solidify this before you scale.
  3. Scale: Your innovation has solid operational, social and financial viability. You have strong evidence that my innovation improves the lives of those living on less than $5 PPP per day. Now you want to replicate your innovation in new countries and contexts, reaching millions of people. 

Location: developing countries. 

Eligibility: for-profit firms, non-profit organizations, researchers, and government agencies may apply. Less than 10% of applicants are invited to submit full proposals.

Global Innovation Grant size: 

  1. Pilot projects: The maximum per project is $230,000 USD. 
  2. Test and Transition: The maximum per project is $2.3 million, although the average investment size is smaller
  3. Scale: The maximum per project is $15 million, although the average investment size is much smaller

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Global security challenges

Type of projects: combatting global security challenges, with particular focus on countries affected by conflict and fragility and to support relevant analyses and the development of situational awareness.

Location: regions in North Africa, the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and South East Asia

Eligibility: NGOs (Norwegian, international and local, including non-commercial foundations), the UN system, and other multinational organizations.

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Green Climate Fund

Project:  The Green Climate Fund is a global fund created to support the efforts of developing countries to respond to the challenge of climate change. GCF helps developing countries limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change.  

Location: Developing countries

Eligibility: To implement projects funded by GCF, applicants must become Accredited Entities. These entities can be private, public, non-governmental, sub-national, national, regional, or international bodies and are responsible for presenting funding applications to GCF, and then overseeing, supervising, managing, and monitoring approved projects and programs.

Non-Accredited Entities can also engage with the fund via partnering with an Accredited Entity on implementing its approved GCF project; co-financing projects with an already Accredited Entity; and as a readiness delivery partner, provided that the entity can demonstrate relevant expertise, experience, and ability to implement projects.

Grant size: The Fund utilizes a variety of financial instruments to realize projects. These include grants, concessional debt financing, equity, and guarantees. 

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Hadley Trust 

Type of project:  the main focus has been on helping people who are disadvantaged to improve their situation, either by involvement in project and support work or research into the causes of, and means to alleviate, hardship. the trust does not take on many new funding commitments.

However, the trustees will always consider and respond to proposals that might enhance the effectiveness of the trust. 4% grants made for international projects.

Location: UK and overseas. The Trust´s overseas grant-making made up 4% of total grants in 2019/20. 

Eligibility: Registered charities may apply. Occasionally the trust will grants to organizations that are not registered charities provided the activity being funded supports the trust's charitable purposes.

Grant size:  £3.6m was dispersed in 2019/20

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Hazel's Footprints Trust 

Type of project: improving the quality of education. Funding can be requested for capital expenditure and/or project running costs

Location: developing countries

Eligibility: Only UK-registered charities may apply. Applications must be submitted by mid-February to be considered at the May meeting or by mid-August to be considered at the November meeting 

Grant size: £1,000 – £10,000

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The Headley Trust 

Type of project: access to safe water, promoting better use of water resources and sanitation projects; sustainable farming and livelihood development; helping girls to continue their education beyond primary school, students' access to secondary and tertiary education, and projects to improve the quality of teaching.

Trachoma prevention and treatment programs in Ethiopia and care for mothers and infants in sub-Saharan Anglophone Africa; projects tackling the aftermath of conflict.

Location: sub-Saharan Africa

Eligibility: registered charities may apply

Grant size: small grants of c £1,000 or larger grants of £20,000 – £60,000

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The Hemraj Goyal Foundation

Type of project: promoting education, women and children's rights, and putting an end to human trafficking

Location: UK and overseas with a focus on Asia

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Her Voice

Type of projects: meaningful engagement of adolescent girls and young women in national youth-related policy and program processes supported by or linked to the Global Fund

Location: Botswana, Cameroon, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Eligibility: registered or unregistered group, network or community-based organization of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) or young people; or a community-based organization implementing programs for AGYW and/or youth

Grant size: £2000

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Het Actie Fonds

Type of project: Grassroots activist groups that strive for a sustainable and socially just world in which people and the environment are valued above economic interests. 

Funded projects include Direct actions, such as demonstrations, blockades, occupations, strikes, revolts, revolutions, and other creative forms of (non-violent) confrontational protest; Protests that pressure authoritarian and oppressive regimes, aiming for political change; Politically controversial and radical projects that have difficulty finding funding elsewhere; Protests that are part of a long-term strategy aimed at systemic change.

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: Registered and unregistered organisations may apply. Projects with a total project budget of more than €20,000 are ineligible. 

Grant size: The maximum grant size is €3,000 per project for applications from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. For all other regions, the maximum grant size is €2,000. Emergency grants are available for up to €250. 

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Inclusive Peace Rapid Response Window 

Type of project: The participation of women peacebuilders and women's civil society organizations in national, subnational, and international formal peace processes and the monitoring and implementation of peace agreements.

The Rapid Response Window supports urgent services and initiatives that facilitate women's access and influence on peace processes and the implementation of peace agreements.

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: This Rapid Response Window is open to peace processes in all ODA-eligible countries. Organizations applying for support do not require legal registration.

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The International HIV/Aids Alliance Challenge Response Grant 

Type of project: projects impacting both of the following:

1) the people/person you intend to help is/are experiencing discrimination or threats to their health, life, or security that impact their access to HIV services.

2) it is critical that activities take place within the next few months to address barriers that prevent them from accessing HIV services

Location: various countries in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Eligibility: Civil society organizations that are led by, or work with, LGBT people or MSM. Organizations can apply to support individuals whose situation meets the criteria stated above

Grant size: up to $20,000

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The International HIV/Aids Alliance Emergency Response Grant 

Type of project: urgent situations where lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people (LGBT) and men who have sex with men (MSM) are facing stigma, discrimination, and threats of violence that impact their access to HIV services

Location: various countries in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. 

Eligibility: Civil society organizations that are led by, or work with, LGBT people or MSM. Organizations can apply to support individuals whose situation meets the criteria stated above

Grant size: up to $20,000

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IUCN's Save Our Species Rapid Action Grants

Type of project: Projects which enable and support the conservation of threatened species across Africa require urgent measures and rapid action at the local level to protect the species and their habitat.

Location: Sub-Saharan continental Africa, not including South Africa

Eligibility: Legally registered non-profit making organizations may apply, including local or international non-governmental organizations. Local and national CSOs, including indigenous or community-based organizations, will be favorably considered.

International NGOs will be required to work closely with national stakeholders, and local communities and with the consent and all required authorizations from the government.

Grant size: €25,000

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IUCN´s Rapid Action Grants

Type of project: Rapid Action Grants are designed to enable immediate responses to new and emerging threats. Rapid Action Grants are currently open to projects responding to threats linked to the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences, targeting terrestrial and freshwater threatened species.

Location: South Africa

Eligibility: Civil Society Organizations and public entities may apply.

Grant size: €100,000

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Izumi Foundation 

Type of project:  The Foundation only considers Letters of Inquiry (LOI) within its current geographic focus or five health areas: Maternal & Neonatal Health, Nutrition, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Infectious diseases, and Healthcare System Infrastructure.

Please note: only a small handful of organizations will be invited to submit a full proposal. The time between LOI submission and a possible invitation to submit a full proposal varies between 6 to 12+ months. 

Location: Africa and Latin America & the Caribbean. A full list can be seen here.

Eligibility:  All organizations must be legally registered for at least one year in order to be eligible for funding. Organizations within the United States must have IRS-designated tax-exempt status.

Organizations and agencies outside of the United States must have legally recognized non-profit status; All organizations must be able to provide their most recent audited or reviewed financial statements as well as the amount of their overall operating budget.

Grant size: $50,000 – $100,000 over 2 years. New partners often start with a $50,000 grant over two years. Grants rarely exceed 50% of the organization's overall operating budget. 

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James Percy Foundation

Type of project: Health – projects that address one or more of the main causes of child mortality: Newborn health, Pneumonia, Diarrhoeal diseases, Malaria, Malnutrition, and WASH. Education: we will consider education-related proposals backed by evidence of the approach's effect on learning outcomes.

Location: Ethiopia (new applications temporarily suspended), India, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.

Eligibility: To be eligible for funding potential partners must:

  • Be registered as a charity
  • Have an annual income of over £1 million
  • Have a proven 3-year track record in addressing the relevant issue
  • Have an established in-country presence in the relevant country
  • Work in collaboration with, rather than in parallel to, the national government of the Priority Country.

Grant size: New partners may apply for grants of between £100,000 and £200,000 per grant year. We are happy to consider applications for a contribution towards the total cost of a project, rather than the full project budget.

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James Tudor Foundation 

Type of project: Overseas funding for the relief of human sickness. We will usually support project costs. Core costs are only considered for charitable organizations with whom The Foundation has an existing relationship

Location: Africa and Asia

Grant size: £1,000 – £15,000

Eligibility:  Your organization must be a UK registered charity or charitable incorporated organization (CIO); with at least two years of audited or independently certified accounts.

If you are a UK-registered charitable organization working overseas, you must demonstrate compliance with Charity Commission guidance and any legal requirements for overseas work as well as having reciprocal safeguarding policies in place.

All policies must also be mirrored by the partner organizations with whom you work.

If your application is successful, you will be required to provide due diligence on the partner organization. 

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The Jephcott Charitable Trust 

Type of project: four main areas of funding: population control, the natural environment, education, and health.

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: a registered charity or properly constituted organization whose administrative expenses do not form more than 15% of their annual income

Grant size: £2,000 to £10,000, and in exceptional cases only, up to £20,000

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The JJ Charitable Trust 

Type of project: environmental projects, especially community-based agriculture initiatives, which aim to help people help themselves in an environmentally sustainable way

Location: sub-Saharan Africa

Eligibility: registered charities may apply

Grant size: in 2017, the trust made 4 grants totaling £179,000 in this category

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The Joffe Charitable Trust 

Type of project: They support civil society leaders to build a fairer world, with opportunity for all. We particularly focus on tackling the systematic causes of inequality and poverty in lower-income countries.

Focus areas:

  • Support work to strengthen integrity in the UK's international financial services.
  • Support work to strengthen high-potential non-profit organizations.

The objective in this area is to support civil society leaders to build effective non-profit organizations that have strong partnerships between the UK and lower-income countries.

Location: UK & low-income countries

Eligibility: Organisations with an annual income of less than £5 million in Focus Area 1, and less than £1.5 million in Focus Area 2 may apply. We do not normally fund organizations that have entirely white male leadership at both board & executive levels.

Grant size: £5,000 to £30,000 per year for up to three years (i.e. a total grant of between £5,000 and £90,000). We are willing to provide unrestricted funding for organizations that meet our criteria. This includes core costs.

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John Ellerman Foundation

Type of projects: advancing the wellbeing of people, society, and the natural world by focusing on the arts, environment, and social action. The fund is willing to be flexible and may venture outside it funding criteria if a different approach would be more effective

Location: UK and UK Overseas Territories

Eligibility: UK CSOs with an income between £100,000 and £10m

Grant size: up to £100,000

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JTI Foundation 

Type of project: The Foundation's main focus area is disaster risk reduction. It helps less privileged people and victims of natural or artificial disasters improve their quality of life by supporting organizations that implement programs it believes are relevant and appropriate. If your organization meets this mission you may apply. 

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: Registered organizations may apply. 

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Just Trust 

Type of projects: addressing the difficulties of some of the most disadvantaged sections of society in some of the least advantaged parts of the world

Location: worldwide (not UK)

Eligibility: UK-registered charities

Grant size: in 2017, the trust made 45 grants ranging from £300 to £5,000 and totaling £62,800

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Kitchen Table Charities

Type of project: primary education; health, sanitation, and clean drinking water; child and mother care, including street children and maternity services; poverty alleviation, especially revenue-generating projects

Location: Africa

Eligibility: UK or locally registered CSOs may apply. No part of any grant should be spent in Britain on administration – including salaries and advertising campaigns.

Grant size: grants rarely exceed £10,000 

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Lacoste Foundation 

Type of project: The Foundation helps with the social and professional integration of underprivileged young people and those with disabilities, working in partnership with local charities whose work supports:

  • Financial support in developing sports and education programmes; Moral support by fostering the sharing of good practices between the Foundation's partner charities.
  • Skills mentoring to encourage young people to find fulfillment, with the participation of Lacoste employees who work as volunteers and mentors.

Since 2021, the Foundation has also supported the improvement of living conditions in local communities in the fields of education, the environment and health.

By 2025, the Foundation plans to intensify its commitment and broaden its scope of action by supporting 100 new projects for youth and 50 projects dedicated to local communities in 15 additional countries.

Location: Regions where the business and brand are present including Central and South America, North Africa and parts of Asia. See here for a map. 

Eligibility: Community-service and non-profit organisations may apply. 

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Laudes Foundation (Previously C&A Foundation)

Type of project: The Foundation was created to respond to the convergence of two global crises – inequality and climate breakdown and supports brave, innovative efforts that inspire and challenge industry to harness its power for good.

It has two focus areas: Fashion and the Built Environment and one cross-cutting programme: New Economy. The latter will work with financial actors as well as with industry actors to foster a shift in the global financial system.

It will also influence investments in fashion and the built environment, to explore how finance can be used to encourage or foster innovation and good business practice.

Location: The Foundation has offices in Europe, India, Brazil, Hong Kong, and Bangladesh. The organization is global in nature, as is the New Economy programme. Their work in the built environment will focus mainly on Europe initially, while fashion focuses on the most relevant producing countries.

The Foundation does not usually accept unsolicited applications. However, if you have an idea you can get in touch.

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Lennox Hannay Foundation

Type of project: health or the saving of lives; arts, culture or science; education; religion

Location: UK and overseas

Eligibility: only UK-registered charities may apply

Grant size: most grants do not exceed £20,000 

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LGBTI Assistance Program

Type of project: A consortium of eight leading human rights and LGBTI organizations provides emergency assistance, advocacy funding, and security support to human rights defenders and civil society organizations under threat or attack due to their work for LGBTI rights.

The Program also supports targeted, time-bound advocacy campaigns to respond to threats or attacks on LGBTI human rights and human rights work, as well as assistance for individual victims or communities connected to funded advocacy campaigns. Security training is available to proactively assist organizations to continue their work more safely.

Location: Since 2012, Dignity for All has provided grants in 95 countries and territories

Eligibility: To qualify for emergency assistance, applicants must be under attack because of their work for LGBTI people or communities. Civil society organizations do not have to be officially registered to receive assistance but must be able to document at least six months of activism.

Applications can be submitted in English, Arabic, French, Portuguese, Russian, Kiswahili, Turkish, Farsi, and Spanish.

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LinkedIn Foundation 

Type of project: We provide grants and resources to non-profits that support job seekers facing barriers to economic opportunity such as limited professional networks, low-income backgrounds, and a transitional period of life. Groups supported include youth, veterans, refugees, and formerly incarcerated job seekers. 

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: Not-for-profit organizations may apply. Priority partnerships and grants go to organizations that: Operate with clear objectives and can measure the value of work;  Employ leadership teams or board members that represent the communities they serve; Have demonstrated impact and the ability to scale.

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L'Oreal Fund for Women

Type of project: Projects which help women; out of poverty; achieve social and professional integration; provide emergency assistance to refugee women; provide emergency assistance to women with disability; prevent domestic/sexual violence against women and support survivors; overcome obstacles to women and girls' access to education.

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: Local charities and on-the-ground organizations working to support highly vulnerable women are eligible.

Deadline: Rolling until 2024

Grant size: Not stated. Please note that requests under €5,000 are not eligible

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Lush Charity Pot 

Type of project:  Grants to groups working in the areas of Animal Protection, Environment, and Human Rights (incl. social justice, peace & equality).

Grants prioritize projects that aim to create long-term change – because it's crucially important to fund projects that aim to prevent and address the root cause of the problem.  That's why, for example, priority would be given to a project that aims to stop deforestation (e.g. by challenging the palm oil industry) over one that aims to plant trees to restore an area that's already deforested. 

Location:  UK & overseas 

Eligibility: To apply, your group should have an annual income of less than £250,000 and be run entirely or predominantly by volunteers.   You don't have to be UK based, but, in the case of overseas projects, these should be run by local people and under their direction.

Grants support ‘non-violent direct action groups, i.e. those which have no intention of physically harming others or threatening to do so. Social enterprises are not eligible. 

Grant size: Average grants range from £2,000 – £4,000. Charity Pot grants are generally directed towards campaigning project costs; however, core costs are occasionally considered where a detailed budget and explanation is provided.  However, salary costs cannot be funded. 

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The Marr Manning Trust

Type of projects: two focus areas: 1) education, including access to education by marginalized groups; Quality of teaching; equality for female and students with disability and; 2) Livelihood projects including secure employment; Access to finance, support to entrepreneurs; market access.

Location: sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian Sub-Continent, and South East Asia

Eligibility: registered, independent charitable organizations and NGOs with an annual income of between £25,000 and £1m

Grant size: 14 grants were supported in 2017/8 with a total value of £372,888

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Mathew Good Foundation

Type of project: Every three months, the Foundation shares £10,000 between 5 shortlisted projects that have a positive impact on communities, people, or the environment.

The project that receives the most votes from employees of the John Good Group will receive a grant of £3,500, second place £2,500, third place £2,000 and fourth and fifth place will both receive £1,000.

Location: UK & overseas

Eligibility: Your application must be on behalf of a local community group, charity, voluntary group or social enterprise that has a positive impact on communities, people, or the environment and has an average income of less than £50,000 in the last 12 months.

We actively encourage applications from UK-registered charities that operate overseas.

Grant size: Up to 3,500

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Medica Mondiale 

Type of project: combating and preventing sexualized and gender-based violence against women in war and conflict zones

Location: south-eastern Europe; the African Great Lakes Region; Iraq, especially Central Iraq; West Africa

Eligibility: women-led organizations working in collaboration with other human and women's rights movements who are formally registered as non-governmental and non-profit organizations

Budget: €10,000 – €15,000 per year

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Medical Missionary News 

Type of project: A faith-based funder, MMN works with local organizations that communicate the love of God through the provision of sustainable healthcare services, education and training, and prayer in the following medical settings: Mission hospitals and clinics, community health care, care for the disabled people and orphaned, health education programs and disaster relief and support. 

Location: Worldwide 

Eligibility: The Trustees welcome proposals from any registered organization (either from the UK or overseas) which has a project that meets their funding priorities. The Trustees will not usually award grants to an applicant that is not known or who has failed MMN's due diligence checks. 

Grant size: Varying amounts. A 10-15% contribution to overheads can be included provided that the applicant is able to demonstrate costs are essential for, and directly linked to, the project

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Medicor Foundation

Type of project: The Foundation focuses on international development. We select convincing projects in the fields of education, health, and social care which contribute to the sustainable improvement of the wellbeing and empowerment of vulnerable and disadvantaged people. 

Location: Africa (45% of funding allocation), Latin America and The Caribbean (30% of funding allocation), and Eastern Europe (25%). Project activities should be implemented in one country only. 

Eligibility: National and international NGOs may apply. International partners are based in Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Austria, and Germany.

Preferably, they are active in several countries and have implemented many successful projects. National partners are based in and active in the countries where we already support projects. They are registered locally.

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The Mercury Phoenix Trust 

Type of project: The Trust's work concentrates on fighting HIV/AIDS in the developing world by funding programs that focus on education and awareness.

Location: Worldwide. A list of existing program locations can be seen here. 

Eligibility: We only fund registered charities and do not fund individuals or give travel grants.

Grant size: In 2019/20 grants ranged from c £1,000 – 30.000

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Michael and Susan Dell Foundation 

Type of project: serving children living in urban poverty, particularly in the areas of education, family economic stability (including microfinance), and childhood health.

Location: USA, India, South Africa

Eligibility: Generally, the foundation does not provide grants to support: individuals, medical research projects, event fundraisers or sponsorships, lobbying of any kind, or endowments

Grant size: the foundation generally will not fund more than 25 percent of a project's budget or more than 10 percent of an organization's total annual operating expenses

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The Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe & Asia

Type of project:  (1) conservation of the environment, (2) education of the public in environmental conservation, and (3) relief of poverty in any part of the world.

Within these broad objectives, the Fund gives particular consideration to any grants for projects that also support the economic and social development of local communities in an environmentally sustainable manner.

Location:  Europe and Africa especially where the Fund has a presence. 

Eligibility: The Fund does not make grants to individuals or for religious, political or lobbying purposes. It does not support any organization that discriminates based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or disability, and only makes direct grants and donations to charitable or non-profit organizations or academic institutions.

Grant size: Total grant funding of between £200,000 – £300,000 per annum

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MoneyGram Foundation

Type of project: Grant-seeking organizations with a focus on and/or workforce development/job readiness may submit an inquiry.

Please make sure to provide a valid email, contact name, link to your organization's website, and a brief description of the project or program for which you are seeking funding. The Foundation staff reviews all inquiries on a quarterly basis.

If your organization is selected to apply, you will be contacted and provided with instructions regarding submit a formal proposal.

Location: Worldwide 

Eligibility: Grant-seeking organizations are eligible for consideration if they meet the following requirements: The proposal addresses a community needs related to financial literacy or workforce development/job readiness; Organizations must qualify as tax-exempt public charities.

If invited to apply, the MoneyGram Foundation will request documentation to verify U.S. tax-exempt status or its international equivalent.

Grant size: $10,000 USD to $60,000 

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The National Lottery Community Fund's Digital Fund 

Type of project: the Fund is looking at how it can enable digital specialists to offer free assistance to small organisations

Location: the UK 

Eligibility: small voluntary sector organizations can get in touch to find out more about this initiative

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Nestle Foundation 

Type of project: The Foundation's work is primarily concerned with human nutrition research issues dealing with

1) maternal and child nutrition, including breastfeeding and complementary feeding;

2) macro- and micronutrient deficiencies and imbalances;

3) interactions between infection and nutrition, and

4) nutrition education and health promotion.

Projects which have strong capacity-building elements and the implementation of the results of a research project will be considered favorably. 

Location: The developing world 

Eligibility: Eligible institutions are departments or institutes from universities, hospitals other institutions of higher education in low- or lower-middle-income countries.

Joint applications from more than one institution (especially South-South) are welcomed.

Joint applications from more than one institution involving a North-South collaboration may also be considered.

For project applications demonstrating North-South collaboration, it is important that the following criteria are fulfilled:

(i) the Principal Investigator is from the South and the proposal has relevance to the nutritional problems of the South, and

(ii) the majority of the budget is earmarked for the South and

(iii) demonstration of the completion of the project of institution and capacity building in a sustainable manner in the South.

Grant size: up to US$100,000 per year or up to US$300,000 over 3 years.

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Network for Empowered Aid Response (NEAR)´s The Change Fund 

Type of project: The Change Fund is a funding mechanism created to provide quick, flexible, and focused emergency response funding to community-based local organizations in 27 priority countries in the Global South.

With localization as its core pillar, an essential criterion is that beneficiary organizations are embedded within their communities; that is, woven into the social fabric of the communities they serve.

There are currently no restrictions on what activities can be implemented with the funds as long as they contribute to alleviating the challenges faced by a community in crisis.

Location:  Latin America, Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

Eligibility: Applicants must be made by NEAR members when a crisis is declared. The two most essential requirements for grant approval are:

1. an active registration or license from a government authority confirming non-governmental or non-profit status; 

2. a copy of the organization's most recent financial report.

Grant size: more than US$ 1 million has been disbursed to eight organizations to date.

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The Noel Buxton Trust's African Grants

Type of projects: hard-to-fund community-led organizations working to build local sustainable livelihoods, such as small business support and training and microfinance in both urban and rural settings

Location: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Sudan, and South Sudan

Eligibility: trustees tend to offer grants to smaller, grassroots organisations. The trustees welcome applications from diaspora-led organizations based and registered in the UK. The trust also considers direct applications from registered civil society organizations in Africa

Grant size: maximum grant is £5000 per year for up to three years

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The Oak Foundation

Type of projects: there are six main programs are: Environment, Child Abuse, Housing and Homelessness, International Human Rights, Issues Affecting Women, and Learning Differences.

There are four national programs: Brazil, Denmark, India, and Zimbabwe

Location: worldwide

Grant size: there is an annual grant-making budget of more than $200m. Except in special circumstances or in Zimbabwe, the foundation generally does not provide program grants under US$25,000

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OCHA Fund for investigations into sexual exploitation, abuse, and sexual harassment

Type of projects: contract investigative staff or commission an investigation by a qualified company; reimburse a provider of investigative services where an investigation is provided by a partner organization; fund auxiliary investigation costs including travel, translation services in the country of investigation

Location: worldwide

Eligibility: IASC organizations and affiliated partners that do not have dedicated investigations capacity, or have limited investigations capacity

Grant size: expected between $30,000 and $60,000

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The Old Dart Foundation 

Type of project: initiatives to improve health, literacy, education, and employment opportunities among impoverished women, children and young people

Location: Peru, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Chile

Grant size: grants ranged from £5,000 – £500,000

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The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)

Type of projects: those which enhance livelihoods by addressing challenges in areas such as education, energy poverty, food security, public health, water supply, and sanitation, which may not be directly funded through other financing windows.

Projects supported include technical assistance for small-scale social schemes, research, and humanitarian aid. In addition, OFID runs special programs for health, Palestine, and energy poverty

Location: priority is given to low-income, least-developed countries

Eligibility: intergovernmental organizations such as UN agencies and international, national, regional, and non-governmental organizations. Individuals, private entities, and the OFID Member States -Algeria, Ecuador, Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela – are not eligible to apply for assistance. 

Grant size: unspecified. In 2016, OFID funded to US$11.7m over 42 projects. Half of all its commitments went to African countries in 2016

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Open Society Initiative for East Africa

Type of projects: health and rights; freedom of expression and information; justice and human rights

Countries: East African countries

Grant range: $10,000 to $200,000

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The Open Technology Fund's Internet Freedom Fund

Type of project: Projects and people working on open and accessible technology-focused projects that promote human rights, Internet freedom, and open societies.

The fund focused on four key areas:

  • Technology Development – development of innovative Internet freedom technology, prototypes, and projects as well as core infrastructure projects that serve the Internet freedom and human rights communities.
  • Applied Research – this research may include identifying how, why, or where censorship is happening, studying specific Internet freedom tools and ways to improve them, advancing knowledge around what types of content censors target, or assessing threats to Internet freedom in a specific geographic context.
  • Digital Security – OTF aims to fill missing digital security capacity needs for on-the-ground organizations promoting human rights, focusing on those fighting to increase free expression and Internet freedom.
  • Community Convenings – funding that empowers Internet freedom communities to become stronger and vibrant by focusing on cultivating deeper trust relationships, improving knowledge share and collaboration, and supporting and diversifying the next generation of leaders.

Location: communities from the Global South living in repressive environments.

Eligibility: Non-profit organization/non-government organization, including U.S.-based NGO, PIO, or foreign NGO; Non-profit university or research institution in any country; for-profit organization or business in any country

Grant size: $50,000 – $200,000. Please note this is a performance-based contract with payment issued on completion of stated objectives, activities, and deliverables.

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Open Technology Fund – Rapid Response Fund 

Type of project:  The Rapid Response Fund aims to facilitate the digital emergency response community to resolve threats in a timely and comprehensive manner for individuals, communities, and organizations whose free expression has recently been repressed.

To resolve digital emergencies, OTF offers both direct financial support as well as technical services from trusted partners to high-risk people and organizations, such as bloggers, cyber activists, journalists, and human rights defenders. 

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: Any organization or person within OTF's remit who requires urgent assistance related to a digital emergency can apply

Grant size:   Average grants are between US$5,000 and $25,000. Grants cannot exceed $50,000 

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Patagonia world trout grants programme

Type of projects: working to restore and protect wild, self-sustainable trout, salmon, and other fish species within their native range. This includes both indigenous freshwater and saltwater fish

Location: United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, Australia, Chile, Argentina, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, Germany, France, Denmark, Belgium, Austria, and the Czech Republic

Eligibility: small, grassroots, activist organizations with charitable status (or with a fiscal sponsor with such status)

Grant range: $5000 – $15,000

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Paul Hamlyn Trust Open Grants Fund, India

Type of projects: health, education, governance, livelihoods, and empowerment. The fund assists NGOs in consciously designing and developing programmes that assist communities to build on their strengths, ensure that their rights and entitlements are not usurped and help them deal with the critical factors that make them vulnerable.

Such groups might include: Ultra poor families in mixed communities; Dalit communities; Tribal communities fighting for or dispossessed of their land and resources; Women; Disabled people, particularly children; Communities with little or no access to health services or education; Unorganised labor

Location: Only in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal & Assam

Eligibility: organizations supported must be local Indian NGOs with Foreign Contribution Regulation Act registration. Non-Indian organizations or locally registered branches of non-Indian organizations are not supported

Grant size: There is no minimum or maximum grant size. The funder does not usually fund 100% of the amount requested. They can support overheads and running costs; applicants must be able to explain how these costs are calculated

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Paung Sie Facility

Type of project: responsive financial and technical support to demand-driven, catalytic initiatives which promote social cohesion in Myanmar

Location: Myanmar

Eligibility: local, national, and international organizations are eligible but applications from local initiatives and organizations are particularly encouraged

Budget: $5,000 – $200,000

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PLR Trust

Type of project: The Trust´s vision is to: Improve human livelihoods through viable and sustainable projects; Prioritise projects that support people in need; Support activities that have positive and sustainable outcomes; Fund pivotal change rather than ongoing operational activity.

They have particular but not exclusive interest in working with organizations that support the elderly, those in financial difficulties, disabled people, children, and refugees. We are also committed to building a rapport with the charities that we support and would be willing to engage with developing their projects.

Location: UK & overseas 

Grant size: £10,000 on average. Smaller and larger grants are considered on the merits of the proposed project.

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Pollination Project and Levi Strauss Company

Type of projects: grassroots environmental projects; conserving, protecting, restoring, and/or advocating for the ecosystems upon which our civilization depends

Countries: worldwide

Grant range: $1,000 to $5,000

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The Positive Action for Children Fund (PACF) – Grant Programme

Type of project: support for organizations working to end mother-to-child transmission of HIV

Location: special attention is given to Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, Burundi, Tanzania, and Kenya

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The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation

Type of projects: the primary areas of interest are the built environment, responsible business and enterprise, young people and education, and global sustainability

Location: the UK and overseas

Eligibility: UK registered not-for-profit organizations that support grassroots community-based projects

Grant size: average £1500, maximum £5000

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Pro Victimis Foundation

Type of projects: bringing about lasting changes in the lives of the most vulnerable communities by supporting primarily the victims of forgotten or unrecognized disasters, including extreme forms of exploitation, chronic consequences of armed conflict, natural or industrial disasters, etc.

Priority is given to issues that receive little or no international attention and innovative approaches

Location: Africa: Algeria; Burundi; Liberia; Morocco; Rwanda; Sierra Leone. Asia: Cambodia; Laos; Nepal. America: El Salvador; Guatemala; Nicaragua; El Salvador; Guatemala; Nicaragua

Eligibility: hard to fund national or international NGOs with recognized expertise and a proven track record 

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Purposeful 

Type of project: Purposeful is an Africa-rooted global hub for girls' organizing and activism. Their vision is that girls can live in safety, dignity, and freedom. Groups can submit a profile to be considered for funding opportunities and connect with other girl activists in your region.

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: They accept applications from diverse groups of girls, including Girls under 19 running formal or informal initiatives, including unregistered groups and groups without bank accounts; Collectives led by girls and those in partnership with young women under 30 including cis girls, trans girls, intersex and non-binary youth, gender non-conforming youth, gender queer youth and any girl-identified youth.

Girl allies' organisations and collectives led by intergenerational groups of women that have a track record of working with girls in ways that shift power; Organisations and collectives that demonstrate active participatory leadership models that include girls and young women in decision making. 

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The Queen Anne's Gate Foundation

Type of projects: making potentially unproductive lives productive

Location: predominantly the UK and Asia

Grant size: total grant funding for 2017 was £204,049

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The Randal Charitable Foundation

Type of project: The Foundation supports causes connected to health, mental health, addiction, poverty, education, and social disadvantage, with a particular emphasis on those which demonstrate they are able to directly save lives.

Location: UK & overseas

Eligibility: UK-based registered charities or organizations may apply.

Grant size: Generally < £3,000. Larger grants are also made.

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Rhododendron Trust

Type of projects: the education, social development, and medical well-being of young people

Location: UK and overseas

Eligibility: generally smaller charities

Grant size: grants totaled £123,000 in 2018

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Right Sharing of World Resources

Type of project: Income-generating, self-employment projects to small, grassroots women's groups that do not have access to other adequate funding. Their grants are for micro-enterprise, self-employment projects.

They help with seed money and training so that a group can begin a revolving fund for members to take loans to begin their own small businesses. It is important to them that the women work together in self-help groups and use the RSWR resources to help themselves grow into independent and strong groups.

Location: Sierra Leone.

Eligibility: In Sierra Leone, all groups must be self-directed by the women beneficiaries themselves. The leadership and management must come from within the group.

The group cannot be formed or managed by outside coordinators. Additionally, the group must be registered with the local authorities and have a bank account, and the signers on the bank account must be three women who are members of the group.

Groups should be less than 20 years old and have an annual budget of less than $4,000.

Grant size: Up to $5,500

Deadline: They do accept proposals from the Western and Northern Provinces of Sierra Leone from January 1 to June 30 and from the Eastern and Southern Provinces from July 1 to December 31.

We strongly recommend that you send your proposals at least a month in advance of these deadlines

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Rivers Foundation

Type of projects: Social welfare and humanitarian aid projects both in the developing world
and the UK.

The Trust prefers to support charities that benefit people affected by multiple factors of inequality including poverty, disability, age, gender, ethnic status, or the poor medical, welfare, or educational infrastructure in their country. 

Eligibility: Charities registered in the UK may apply

Grant size: £500 – £1,500. In 2017-18, grants totaled £58,000. £27,000 went to charities that work in the developing world. 

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The Robert Bosch Stiftung 

Type of projects: The Foundation is open to receiving short summaries of new project ideas, provided they are in line with their strategic and funding principles.

These are Education; Society (including Civil Society; Migration; Youth & Democracy); Health (including chronic disease care); International Relations; Science & Research. 

Application procedure: The procedure is a two-stage process. Firstly, you submit your project idea. The idea summarizes the content and financing of the envisaged project.

The Foundation will contact you to confirm whether they can pursue your idea further and if so, you will be invited to submit a comprehensive project application.

Location: Worldwide

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The Roddenberry Foundation Catalyst Fund 

Type of project: Early-stage idea or project that addresses pressing global challenges such as big ideas or projects that depart from the status quo and require us to look at a problem and its solution in a new light.

These ideas have a high potential for impact across an entire community, city, or country. They tend to leverage existing infrastructure, build on partnerships (public and private), and improve on what's already out there.

Big ideas push boundaries and challenge convention. The Fund is geared towards small and/or early-stage ideas and projects that need a capital infusion to launch or prove viability. Catalyst awardees are typically piloting a program, venturing into new territory, on the cusp of launching, or pivoting in a new direction.

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: Eligible candidates may be individuals, teams of individuals, non-profit organizations, or social enterprises. To be eligible, all applicants must: Be 18 years of age or older; Apply in English; Be able to legally receive grant funding. 

Grant size: $2,500 – $15,000

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Sabancı Foundation Open Call Grant Programme 

Type of project: The grant program supports education projects working to promote equal access to opportunities for women, youth, and persons with disabilities.

The projects should cover at least one of the aspects below: Supporting Quality Education; Securing Access to Education and Retention; Supporting Rights Based Non-Formal Education.

Location: Turkey

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Saga Charitable Trust

Type of projects: education, training, healthcare, and income generation

Location: developing countries that host Saga holidaymakers

Grant range: up to £20,000

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The Said Foundation

Type of projects: the Foundation has a long-term commitment to supporting the needs of children and young people with disabilities. The current priority is supporting Syrian children in Jordan and Lebanon, and the host communities that support them

Location: Jordan and Lebanon

Eligibility: The Foundation welcomes new proposal applications, however, the humanitarian crisis in Syria has resulted in resources being heavily committed to existing partners and projects.

Before submitting a grant application they recommend that you contact them for the most up-to-date information about funding priorities.

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The Segal Family Foundation

Type of project: The Foundation partners with outstanding organizations to improve and cultivate healthy, productive, and empathetic youth. Focus areas are adolescent sexual and reproductive health; improving access to quality education and increasing youth employment.

Location: Sub-Saharan Africa, especially East Africa

Eligibility: Organizations that are more likely to be considered for a grant: Are small and early stage; Have an annual budget ranging between $50,000 and $500,000.

Demonstrate at least two years of operations and successful fundraising to support such operations; Have paid staff and a board of directors or advisory committee; Are legally registered as a non-profit organization in the country of operations; are not local affiliates of international organizations.

Grant size: First-time grants typically range from $10,000-$30,000.

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Sir Halley Stuart Trust 

Type of project:  The Trust has a particular focus on supporting innovative research projects and new pioneering development projects, primarily through the provision of salary costs.  

They fund Medical, Social, and Religious projects, with Education being a theme that runs across all three grant-making areas. The Trust is underpinned by Christian values but welcomes applications from other faith and non-faith projects.

Location: UK & overseas

Grant size: Main grants: up to £30,000 per year. Small Grants: one-off grants for up to £5,000,

Eligibility: Applications must be made via the UK registered charity with a specific Safeguarding Policy that complies with your sector obligations and best practice regarding safeguarding.

We strongly encourage all prospective applicants to contact their secretary via phone or email to explore the suitability of a project and the best time to apply, before starting an application.

Apply here

Southern Africa Trust

Type of project: Projects with a poverty reduction agenda. Grant support has been allocated towards food security, governance for development, and trade with a focus on informal cross-border trade, migration and socio protection, and capacity building of civil society.

They accept unsolicited proposals from organizations that believe that their programs will add value to the mission and objectives of the Trust.

Location: The Trust works within the Southern African Development Community, comprised of 16 Member States; Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Eligibility: Most grantees are national network associations that implement projects with a regional reach and grants are also allocated to regional networks, regional apex organizations, social movements, and media houses.

Apply here

Tahir Foundation 

Type of project: The Foundation funds a variety of time-bound projects and collaborative activities that promote the core aim of improving access to adequate healthcare and education, especially for disadvantaged, marginalized populations facing the greatest barriers to the advancement of their quality of life.

They also provide free heart surgeries and cancer treatments for children. 

Location: Indonesia

Apply here

The Generations Trust 

Type of project: Projects which aim to provide a better quality of life for children who need it the most; those who have disability, disadvantaged, or struggle with ill health. The Trust also supports environmental protection and conservation projects. 

Location: UK & developing countries

Eligibility: Before applying, applicants are advised to contact the Trust before applying.

Apply here

Tanzania Development Trust

Type of projects: combating poverty and disease among the people of Tanzania by the development of education, health and other social services, the improvement of water supplies, and other  communal facilities, and the promotion of self-help activities

Location: Tanzania. Priority is given to projects in these regions: Dodoma, Kagera, Kigoma, Lindi, Mara, Mtwara, Pemba North, Pwani, Shinyanga, Singida, Simiyu, and Tabora

Eligibility: the Trust does not fund grants to individuals; purchase, maintenance, and running costs of transport; salaries, allowances, per diems; or running costs of an organization.

However, it may consider training costs in order to develop and assist a project in its implementation and sustainability

Grant size: less than £6000

Apply here

Texel Foundation 

Type of project: We partner with charities and social enterprises which promote the causes we care about most: health, education, social impact, and artistic opportunity. 

  • Health – We fund medical research and clinical trials to help prevent and cure life-threatening or limiting conditions. They also give grants to organizations that provide end-of-life care, promote new, safer, or more inclusive practices, or support those suffering from anxiety or poor mental health.
  • Education – As well as supporting the traditional side of education through university scholarships, , and bursaries, we assist professional teaching programs that, for example, train teachers and doctors to work in rural areas. They also promote the education of professionals and communities on social issues, such as modern slavery, food poverty, and homelessness.
  • Social Impact – They sponsor organizations that promote skills development and apprenticeships to enable financial independence. Their partners in this area might also support victims of social exclusion resulting from physical or mental impairment, political events, natural disasters, or socioeconomic status.

Location: Worldwide. 

Grant size: We offer a range of different grants including the options of unrestricted and matched funding. They recognize the full costs associated with running a VCSE organization and encourage grant applicants to include operational costs in their funding requests.

Apply here 

Thackery Medical Research Trust 

Type of project:  supporting international charitable medical supply organizations. This may include establishing sustainable supply chains for the production, distribution, and use of medical equipment in areas of the world that are poorly supplied.

Projects which relieve and prevent disease and sickness in under-developed countries by supporting appropriate research and manufacture of medical products will also be considered.

Location: UK and developing countries

Grant size: the Trust has an annual budget of £30,000 and aims to offer grants to more than one organization

Apply here

The True Colours Trust Small Grants Programme Africa

Type of projects: promoting and developing palliative care for adults and children in Africa, including improving access to appropriate pain relief

Location: Africa

Eligibility: local African and UK organizations may apply

Grant size: £500 – £5000

Apply here

Trafigura Foundation 

Type of project: Programmes that achieve effective and lasting impact in the Foundation's two focus areas: Fair and Sustainable Employment and Clean and Safe Supply Chains.

Programs must contribute to our commitment to helping people reach their full potential. As such, they favor programs that demonstrate strong ownership, build local capacities, and clearly articulate how to increase the autonomy of beneficiaries.

Location: Countries where Trafigura Group has operations. For the full list please see here.

Eligibility: Small- to medium-sized NGOs or small projects within larger NGOs are eligible.

Apply here

Translators Without Borders (TSF)

Type of project: TSF helps non-profit organizations overcome communication barriers, increasing access to critical information and services while fostering a climate of understanding, respect, and dignity in times of great need.

They work with a global network of translators to provide professional translations to non-profit organizations working in humanitarian assistance, helping those most in need.

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: Non-governmental, non-profit organizations with legal status in their country of incorporation may apply.

Documents must have a clear humanitarian/development purpose that will help aid workers in crises, health, or education or will be directly used by vulnerable people. Legal, fundraising, HR, or lobbying documents cannot be translated under this scheme.

Apply here

Ukraine edition of Culture of Solidarity Fund

Type of project: The Fund aims to support cultural initiatives that, in the midst of turmoil and crisis, reinforce European solidarity and the idea of Europe as a shared public space.

It is now considering cultural emergency requests and joint European actions to stand with Ukraine. It specifically supports European cultural initiatives in the following areas: disinformation, misinformation, propaganda filter bubbles, fake news, and ongoing war ‘infodemic' by supporting independent, alternative, and trusted (digital) media.

Individuals fleeing their homes and looking for shelter in Ukraine or in exile by providing safe cultural spaces; forces of fragmentation by investing in artistic and cultural expressions withstanding the harsh realities of conflict and acting for a peaceful future of Ukraine and Europe.

Location: Ukraine

Apply here

The United Nations Fund for Victims of Torture Emergency Grants 

Type of project: The Fund may, on an exceptional basis, consider emergency requests for projects that provide direct medical, psychological, social, economic, legal, educational, or other forms of assistance to torture victims and members of their families.

Emergency grants may be awarded to projects operating in exceptional circumstances such as a sudden increase in the number of victims of torture to be assisted due to human rights and/or humanitarian crisis, or other circumstances, which prompted the need for urgent assistance to victims of torture and their family members.

Grant size: No more than $100,000

Apply here

UNDP Small Grants Programme

Type of projects: biodiversity, climate change mitigation, and adaptation, land degradation and sustainable forest management, international waters and chemicals

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: local communities including indigenous people, community-based organizations, and other non-governmental groups may apply

Grant size: the program provides grants of up to $50,000

Apply here

UNICEF Innovation Fund

Project:  The Innovation Fund allows UNICEF to quickly assess, fund, and grow open-source solutions that can improve children's lives. Financial and technological support is available for companies that are using technology in innovative ways to improve the world

Location: UNICEF program countries. 

Eligibility: Applications must come from private companies registered in eligible countries. NGOs can be listed as partners; however, the company must bear all the contractual responsibilities. 

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United States African Development Foundation´s Fund for the Development of Africa (ADF)

Type of project: African‐designed and African‐driven solutions that address grassroots economic and social problems in underserved and marginalized community groups and enterprises.

The grants help organizations create tangible benefits such as increasing or sustaining the number of in a community, improving income levels and addressing social development needs.

Location: Africa 

Grant size: Up to $20,000 (preferably $5,000 ‐ $10,000)

Eligibility: Legally registered local organizations with solely local staff may apply. 

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The Urgent Action Fund Asia and the Pacific's rapid response grant-making programme 

Type of project: protection and support to women, non-binary (e.g., lesbian, Trans) human rights defenders, or organizations that face urgent risk in their advocacy to uphold women's human rights and human rights. There are two funding streams:

1) Security and Well-being Grants and

2) Resourcing Resilience Grants.

Location: Asia and the Pacific

Eligibility: women/non-binary people must be the primary beneficiaries of the grant, preferably channeled via a women's rights organisation

Grant size: up to USD $5,000

Apply here

Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights

Type of project: responding to security threats or unexpected advocacy opportunities experienced by women, transgender, or gender non-conforming, activists and human rights defenders

Location: Middle East, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the South Caucuses, and the following countries: Canada, Turkey, United States, and Russia. There are separate Urgent Action Funds for Africa and Latin America

Eligibility: applications must be Women/Trans-led. Women/Trans people must be the primary decision-makers in the organisation, group, or action. 

Grant size: applicants for Security Grants can request up to $8,000 USD for immediate needs (for use within 3 months). Applicants for Opportunity Grants can request up to $8,000 USD for activities that will be carried out within the next 6 months

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Urgent Action Fund – Africa 

Type of project: Strategic interventions that take advantage of opportunities to advance women's human rights. Such opportunities arise when an unexpected event – positive or negative – creates a situation in which rapid intervention can have a significant impact.

Grants are made in 5 categories: Defending the defenders; Protecting women's individual dignity, safety, and autonomy; Justice and the rule of law; Economic Justice; Natural Resource Governance & Climate Change.

Fund-Africa is not able to make grants for humanitarian efforts, general program activities, or individual participation in conferences.

Location: Africa

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USAID's Development Innovation Ventures fund 

Type of project: DIV is USAID's open innovation program that tests and scales creative solutions to any global development challenge, funding products, technologies, services, or applications that can scale breakthrough solutions to critical global development challenges

Location: any country in which USAID operates

Eligibility: DIV accepts applications from U.S. and non-U.S. organizations, non-profit and for-profit entities  

Grant size: three tiers of start-up financing:

1: Proof of Concept ideas can receive up to $200,000 in seed funding over 3 years.

2: Testing and Positioning for Scale applicants can get $200,000 to $1,500,000 in supporting grants for 3 years.

3: Scaling solutions can ask for $1,500,000 to $5,000,000 in investments over 5 years

Apply here

USAID's Engagement for Equity Programme

Type of project: conducting complex advocacy and awareness campaigns in cooperation with stakeholders from diverse segments of society and government; engaging in a formulation of policy recommendations on select democracy and governance and economic empowerment issues, drawn from consultations with citizens and other stakeholders; monitoring and tracking the implementation of targeted legislation, reforms, and initiatives of high importance to vulnerable and marginalized groups.

Awards will be made in five thematic areas: Women in Governance and Economy; Empowering Women through Enhanced Awareness of Women's Property Rights; Increased protection and awareness of vulnerable populations' rights; Expand Participation of Persons with Disabilities (PwD), and Expand Youth Participation

Location: Kosovo

Eligibility: legally registered Kosovo-based non-profit and non-governmental entities may apply. Public international organizations are ineligible

Grant size: up to $25,000

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ViiV Positive Action for Girls and Women Small Grants Programme [PDF]

Type of project: community-led interventions that address either: sexual violence; harmful practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM); early and forced marriage; sexual and reproductive health and rights for underserved and vulnerable girls

Location: resource-limited settings

Eligibility: non-governmental and either not-for-profit or have a social purpose

Grant size: £5,000 – £25,000 per year for 2 years

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Van Neste Foundation

Type of project:  We will be assessing appeals on how effective they are in reaching one or all of the three areas: Social Change, Children and Young People; the Developing World.

In the latter category, the Foundation expects the majority of grants to be within the UK but also wants to support Charities working in the developing world where their objectives coincide with our focus on Social Change and Children and Young People.

Location: UK & the developing world

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Vitamin Angels

Type of projects: Vitamin Angels gives grants of selected micronutrient commodities, especially vitamin A, to non-profit organizations working with underserved populations globally

Grant range: gift-in-kind

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The Wallace Global Fund 

Type of project: priority areas: 1) challenge corporate power; 2) defend and renew democracy; 3) protect the environment; 4) promote truth & create freedom in the media; 5) advance women's human rights and empowerment

Location: Worldwide 

Eligibility: US and international organizations with or without a US fiscal sponsor may apply 

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The Waterloo Foundation world development main grants programme

Type of projects: sexual and reproductive health, nutrition

Location: developing countries

Eligibility: UK-based charities are prioritized, many of whom work in close partnership with smaller local NGOs based in the countries in which they operate.

The funder can consider providing some support towards the capacity-building of local NGO partners as part of a grant to support project delivery. Local CSOs will need to provide a reference

Grant size: £50,000 – £100,000 over 1-3 years

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The Waterloo Foundation world development small grants programme

Type of projects: nutrition, sexual and reproductive health, education, and WASH

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: grants will be prioritized for small UK charities led by committed individuals, especially those based in Wales, which are working to deliver projects in developing countries

Grant size: under £10,000 over a one to two-year period

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The Watson Family Charitable Trust 

Type of project: medical and humanitarian purposes

Location: Northern Ireland and Uganda

Grant size: £1,000 – £20,000

APPLY HERE

The Weeden Foundation Quick Response Biodiversity Fund

Type of project: critical habitat acquisition projects 

Location: South America 

Eligibility: non-profit conservation organizations may apply 

Grant size: $10,000 – $50,000

APPLY HERE

Wellcome Trust Innovator Awards

Type of project: Innovator Awards are open to researchers who are developing healthcare innovations that could have a major and measurable impact on human health working in any scientific discipline and on any type of technology

Location: Worldwide

Eligibility: individuals and teams from not-for-profit and commercial organizations can apply. Collaborations are encouraged 

Deadline: apply online at any time. Shortlisting meetings happen every three months

Grant size: up to £500,000, or up to £750,000 for multidisciplinary collaborations

APPLY HERE

Women´s Peace & Humanitarian Fund: Rapid Response Window on Women's Participation in Peace Processes

Type of project: Financing for strategic and urgent services and initiatives that support the participation of women peacebuilders and women's civil society organizations in national, subnational, and international formal peace processes.

Funding Stream 1 for Direct Support includes logistical and technical support that would increase the likelihood of a woman CSO representative to actively participate in or influence a peace process or the implementation of a peace agreement – such as the cost of travel arrangements, childcare, access for persons with disabilities, interpretation needs, expert advisory support, etc.

Location: Peace processes in all ODA-eligible countries with a track 1 or track 2 peace process, including non-WPHF-eligible countries. 

Funding Stream 2 is to support a range of partners to deliver rapid grants (6 months maximum) for projects that address diverse barriers to women's influence and participation in peace processes or the implementation of a peace agreement.

Eligibility: Local and national civil society organizations are invited to submit a request for support, including coalitions of CSOs. Women-led organizations are especially encouraged to apply. Proof of legal registration (or legal status) is not required for an application for direct support.

Grant size: Funding Stream 1: Direct Support up to $25,000. Funding Stream 2: Short Term Grants stream up to $100,000.

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The Zagoriy Foundation 

Type of project: Developing a culture of charitable giving in Ukraine is the Foundation´s mission. It works on this goal through the promotion of best practices and the formation of charity trends.

Through its grant program, it aims to increase the capacity of the third sector to provide charitable assistance and to increase the number of people willing and able to help others. 

Location: Ukraine

Eligibility: Funding opportunities can go to public organizations, including unions, associations and other associations of public organizations, charitable organizations, including charitable foundations and international charitable foundations that are officially registered in Ukraine and have a code of unprofitability.

Grant size: up to 300,000 UAH

APPLY HERE

There you have it, the ongoing grant opportunities 2022 and details of each funding opportunities which you can apply for today. I believe this article has done justice to the search for grant opportunities and funding opportunities.

If you have additional information on other grant opportunities or funding opportunities that were not listed here, do well to comment below and also share these grant opportunities on social media, to help others get financial help worldwide.

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