A Comprehensive List of Small Grant Opportunities for NGOs & Individuals

(January 2020)

Fondation Ensemble inviting Organizations for Endangered Animal Species Small Grant Fund
The Fondation Ensemble is seeking proposals for its “Endangered Animal Species” small grants project that contributes to protecting one or more threatened animal species according to the IUCN classification (‘Critically Endangered’ or ‘Endangered’)…[more]

Wildlife Acoustics Grant Program: Supporting Efforts in Conservation
Wildlife Acoustics is accepting applications for its Scientific Product Grants Program to support efforts in conservation and environmental stewardship…[more]

Spencer Foundation announces Small Research Grants Program
Spencer Foundation has announced the Small Research Grants Program to support education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets up to $50,000 for projects ranging from one to five years…[more]

The Maypole Fund accepting Applications from Women Only
The Maypole Fund is accepting applications from women only with an aim to resource imaginative, non-violent activities by feminist anti-militarist women whether individual women or women only groups to proactively challenge patriarchy…[more]

The Prince Bernhard Nature Fund announces Call for Proposals to Save Endangered Flora and Fauna
The Prince Bernhard Nature Fund has announced a call for proposals to support small, preferably local initiatives worldwide towards the conservation of endangered species (flora & fauna), or initiatives that in other ways promote the conservation and wise use of nature and our natural resources base…[more]

IUCN NL Small Grants for the Purchase of Nature: Call for Proposals for Local Conservation NGOs
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Netherlands (IUCN NL) is inviting applicants for its Small Grants Programme for the Purchase of Nature (SPN). The IUCN NL provides funds for local NGOs to acquire (through purchase or lease) threatened nature, create safe reserves and connect wildlife habitats for endangered species…[more]

IKI Small Grants: New Support Programme for Local Small-scale Projects in Developing Countries
The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) has commissioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in the context of the project “Capacity Building and Finance for National and Local Action on Climate and Biodiversity” to implement the IKI Small Grants funding scheme…[more]

VIVA Girls CFPs: $100 to $20,000 Grants for CBOs supporting Young Women and Girls
Are you a girl or young woman with an idea for making change in your community? Are you a girl or young woman with a group or an initiative in your community that is organizing to achieve the change you envision? Are you an organization that runs a community-based initiative with programming by and for girls? If yes, then apply for a VIVA girl grant!…[more]

Van Tienhoven Foundation’s Grants to Promote the Protection, Conservation, and Sustainable use of Ecosystems
Van Tienhoven Foundation is a small foundation that makes grants on the basis of the estate of Pieter Gerbrand van Tienhoven. It aims to promote the protection, conservation, and sustainable use of ecosystems and it’s living organisms, where ever these are threatened or under pressure outside the Netherlands…[more]

Small Grants program is open to Individuals or Organizations for Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Jana Robeyst Trust Fund (JRTF) is seeking applications for its Small Conservation Grants to provide financial resources to early career scientists/conservationists and non-profit organizations to carry out vital field conservation and research work in Africa…[more]

Global Forest Watch seeking Applications for 2020 Small Grants Fund (SGF)
The Global Forest Watch (GFW) is currently accepting applications for its 2020 Small Grants Fund (SGF) to promote broad uptake and effective use of GFW tools and data by civil society organizations around the world. Successful projects translate data into action, applying GFW to overcome challenges in protecting the world’s forests…[more]

IPRA Foundation seeking applications for Peace Research Grants
The International Peace Research Association (IPRA) Foundation is currently seeking applications for its Peace Research Grants in order to enhance the processes of peace. The aim of the IPRA Foundation is to advance the field of peace research through rigorous investigation into the causes of conflict and examination of alternatives to violence. Peace researchers inform peace activities that inspire visions of a peaceful world…[more]

Submit Your Proposals for WWF’s Professional Development Grants Program
World Wild Fund (WWF) is seeking proposals for its Professional Development Grants (PDGs) to provide support for mid-career conservationists to pursue short-term, non-degree training to upgrade their knowledge and skills. These trainings can include short courses, certificate trainings, or conferences among other training opportunities…[more]

The BEARR Trust’s Small Grants to strengthen the Position of Women in Rural Communities
The BEARR Trust is currently accepting applications from civil society organisations (CSOs) including non-government organisations (NGOs), voluntary associations and other non-profit organisations for its Small Grants Scheme 2020…[more]

Yesod announces Professional Development Fund ($250 – $2,000)
Yesod has announced the Professional Development Fund that supports Jewish community professionals and educators in Europe to develop their professional skills and Jewish fluency…[more]

Fondation Mérieux Grant: Fighting Against Infectious Diseases Affecting Developing Countries
The Mérieux Foundation has announced the small grants program which contributes towards financing projects that aim to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. The projects including as beneficiaries mothers and children will be given priority…[more]

Small Grants for Youth Groups and Organizations (Education, Energy, Tourism, Human Capital and Labor Market)
The Youth Education Cooperation Fund is a grant scheme established by the Balkan Forum, with support of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, which aims to foster regional cooperation and dialogue between young people in the Western Balkan countries, namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia…[more]

Public Diplomacy Section Small Grant Program for Communities in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga or Tuvalu
The U.S. Embassy Suva is currently seeking proposals for the Public Diplomacy Section Small Grant Program. The grant proposals benefit Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga or Tuvalu and address one of the Public Diplomacy Initiatives or Embassy Goals…[more]

Country Specific

Laos- Small Grants Program 2019-20 is now open for Applications

Bangladesh- 2020 EMK Small Grant is Open for Organizations, Individuals, and Groups

Lesotho- 2020-2021 PEPFAR Small Grants Program to Support Community Groups

Lesotho- Small Grants Program 2020-2021 Capacity Building

Georgia- Small Grants for Vocational Education Institutions in the Field of Agriculture

Egypt- Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program

Zambia- PEPFAR Small Grants Program

Belarus- Small Grants Program to Boost Civil Society Development

Ukraine- 2020 USG Exchange Alumni Small Grants Program

Madagascar & Comoros: 2020 Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program

Swaziland- Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program