Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
If you are an organisation or a collective based in Europe, are working towards building more inclusive, hopeful, and human politics in Europe, need resources and support to elevate your initiative or organisation to the next level, then the incubation and scaling grants might be for you!
Areas of Work
In order to be eligible for any of this grants, your idea must fit into one of the three areas of work:
- Building more inclusive and human political cultures. Examples. Initiatives that work with or address political parties regarding how they select their electoral list, initiatives that build inclusive environments).
- Finding effective ways for people and communities to mobilise and build political power. Examples. initiatives that plan to support people and communities to build power between and during elections; initiatives that provide the infrastructure for people to organise and mobilise to change who holds power, how it is exercised, and how people connect to it.
- Preparing new political leaders to run for office and make a difference. Examples. Initiatives that plan to identify and support candidates–particularly those from underrepresented communities–to run for political office and/or support them once they are in office.
Types of Grants
- The incubation grants provide funding (up to €50,000) and expert support to those ready to build their vision into sustainable and efficient organisations. This grant mainly targets initiatives or organisations that, up to this point, heavily rely on voluntary work and investing private resources to operate and it can be understood as a stepping stone to reach the next level of developing a sustainable organisation.
- The scaling grant provides funding (up to €100,000) for registered organisations ready to scale their efforts and build more power. This grant mainly targets organisations with a proven track record of sustained impact and it can be understood as an elevator to reach new heights of horizontal (i.e., increasing existing work) or vertical (i.e., reaching new levels) expansion.
Eligibility Criteria
- Political changemakers from all over Europe can now request funding for the incubation and scaling grants.
- Individuals and organisations can send unsolicited proposals.
- They are committed to funding individuals and initiatives who are not yet supported by other organisations.
- They will prioritise support to individuals and initiatives that are going through ideation with us on their journey towards scaling their impact.
For more information, visit Multitudes Foundation.