Deadline: 23-Jun-25
Rosa’s Rise Fund provides organisational development funding for Black and racially minoritised-led women’s and girls’ organisations across the UK.
Black and racially minoritised women’s and girls’ organisations offer sisterhood, safety and support to women and girls across the UK, whilst also addressing systemic racial inequalities. It is within these organisations that future leaders of the feminist and antiracist movements grow.
Funding Information
- You can apply for a 2-year grant of between £10,000 (£5,000 per year) and £40,000 (£20,000 per year).
- They recommend that you do not apply for more than a third of your last year’s income, per year. For example, if your income last year was £30,000, they would consider an application for a maximum of £10,000 each year (£20,000 in total).
Expected Outcomes
- Rise Fund aims to achieve the following outcomes:
- Women and girls will be supported by women’s and girls’ organisations led by and for Black and racially minoritised women, ensuring women and girls can be safe, healthy and equal.
- Women’s and girls’ organisations will be empowered and strengthened, meaning that they will be in a stronger position to survive, thrive and grow into the future.
Eligibility Criteria
- This fund is for women’s and girls’ organisations which are led by and for Black and racially minoritised women, that have an income of between £30,000 and £300,000 (from their last set of signed annual accounts).
- In order to apply, your organisation must meet all the following eligibility criteria:
- Be a women’s or girls’ organisation which is led by, for and with Black and racially minoritised women. This means that the organisation will be governed and led by Black and racially minoritised women. It will have a Board of Trustees (or similar) where the Chair is a woman, and 75% of members are Black and racially minoritised women. 75% of the organisation’s employee leadership team will be Black and racially minoritised women. The organisation will have the principal objective of working with Black and racially minoritised women and/or girls and the majority of the organisation’s beneficiaries are, and will always be, Black and racially minoritised women and/or girls.
- Be a not-for-profit organisation.
- Have an income of between £30,000 and £300,000 from your last set of annual accounts (these are full year accounts which have been signed off by your board).
- Have unrestricted reserves of no more than 12 months expenditure.
- Have a written governing document, e.g. a constitution or set of rules.
- Have a governing body with at least 3 unrelated members.
- Have a UK-based bank or building society account in the name of the organisation, with at least 2 unrelated signatories.
- Have an appropriate safeguarding policy in place (every organisation that delivers charitable activities has a duty to safeguard volunteers, staff members, participants and donors).
- Deliver all their work in one or more of the four UK Nations: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
- Rise Fund will prioritise organisations led by and for Black and racially minoritised women, which are also:
- operating in the top 20% of the most disadvantaged areas in the UK -basedon the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD);
- based in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland;
- led by and for disabled women and girls;
- led by and for LGBTQ+ women and girls.
Ineligibility Criteria
- We will not fund the following:
- organisations that do not meet their eligibility criteria including their definition of a women’s and/or girls’ organisation led by, for and with Black and racially minoritised women
- responsibilities of statutory agencies
- profit-making work
- party political activity
- activities promoting religious beliefs
- work outside the UK
- applications from individuals
- overseas travel
- interest payments on loans
- building purchase- costs that your organisation has already incurred (‘retrospective costs’)
For more information, visit Rosa.
