New Grants Funding for Women-Led Organizations and Startups

[July 2024]

In today’s ever-changing socio-economic landscape, empowering and supporting women-led organizations and startups has become increasingly important. There are new grant funding opportunities available specifically for women-led organizations, entrepreneurs, and leaders, with the goal of reducing the gender gap in business and innovation. These grants not only provide essential financial resources but also offer strategic support, mentorship, and networking opportunities. By promoting an inclusive environment, these initiatives are leading the way towards greater diversity and fairness. We have put together a list of opportunities for women-led organizations and startups that are working to support communities in need.

CFAs: Giving Joy Grant Program for Women
Deadline: 31 July 2024
The Giving Joy is seeking applications for its grant opportunity to women-led initiatives—giving women entrepreneurs critical resources to start businesses, acquire skills, sustain operations or improve their ideas worldwide…[more]

2024 Local Adaptation Champions Awards
Deadline: 11-Aug-2024
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) is seeking nominations for the Local Adaptation Champions Awards…[more]

Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards 2024
Deadline: 21-Jul-24
Together with the Women and Gender Constituency (WGC), WECF International is happy to announce that the call for applications for the annual Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards is now open…[more]

Bronze Valley Investment Accelerator Program (US and Canada)
Deadline: Ongoing
The Bronze Valley Investment Accelerator is investing in up to five companies per year led by women entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs of color…[more]

Call for Applications: Western Balkans Media for Change
Deadline: 31-Dec-24
Aiming to support quality, engaging and innovative content production, local and regional collaboration, professional development, internships, networking, mobility, and validation of business ideas, the Western Balkans Media for Change project announces the grant-funding opportunities for individuals, media outlets, associations and other organisations from the Western Balkans…[more]

Fearless Innovators Grant – Australia
Deadline: 1 August 2024
Applications are now open for the Fearless Innovator Grants program to help innovative South Australian women access the capital they need to grow their business into national and global enterprises…[more]

Rosa’s Stand With Us Fund – United Kingdom
Deadline: 30-Jul-24
Rosa has announced the Stand With Us Fund to address the critical lack of investment in frontline organisations supporting women and girls who experience male violence…[more]

Pacific Environment Grant Program – United States
Deadline: 31-Jul-24
Does your organization work within communities impacted by ship & port pollution? If yes, then apply for Pacific Environment’s grant!…[more]

Funding Opportunity: PEPFAR Uganda Community Grants to Combat HIV/AIDS
Deadline: 31-Jul-24
The U.S. Embassy Kampala/PEPFAR Uganda Small Grants Office announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications for a community grants program to combat HIV/AIDS…[more]

AICCRA Zambia Accelerator Program
Deadline: 19 July 2024 AICCRA Zambia seeks small and medium enterprise (SME) partnerships to scale bundles of climate-smart agriculture innovations (digital innovations, finance innovations, social innovations, technological innovations, services etc) in Zambia…[more]

Call for Proposals: Promoting Understanding Science in Austria
Deadline: 15 August 2024
Do you want to make science understandable for a broad audience? If you want to simply explain topics from the field of MINT (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology) and organize an event, prepare the results for media purposes, for example as a video, as a newsletter or on your social media channels, the Understanding Science funding is suitable for you…[more]

Austria: Funding to promote Quality of Life in Vienna
Deadline: 31 August 2024 If you have a good solution for environmental and social change, join now. By promoting Quality of Life Vienna, Wirtschaftsagentur Wien supports small and medium-sized companies and founders in quickly implementing new ideas for a sustainable world…[more]

Grants for promotion of Creative Industries Project – Austria
Deadline: 31 July 2024 Do you design fashion in Vienna? Are you designing products or a new service for your industry or are you designing public spaces? Are you developing games or a service that improves the work of creative professionals such as architects, designers, musicians or filmmakers? With the creative industries project funding you can realize your project…[more]

Wirtschaftsagentur Wien offers Healthcare Funding – Austria
Deadline: 31 July 2024 Are you implementing a research project in human health? Submit for the Healthcare funding if you would like to develop processes or services for the production of pharmaceuticals or offer innovations in diagnostics and medical technology…[more]

Female Founders Co-Investment Fund (Australia)
Deadline: 25 November 2024
The Female Founders Co-Investment Fund aims to support eligible innovation driven enterprises (IDEs) founded and led by women to secure new early-stage investment through a capital raise, and will:…[more]

ygap Agriprenenur Accelerator Program – South Africa
Deadline: 31 July 2024 ygap South Africa Agripreneur Accelerator Program is providing support for entrepreneurs who are looking to grow their impact focused venture…[more]

Content Vienna: Competition for Digital Design (Austria)
Deadline: 18 September 2024 Are you a games developer and looking for support for your unfinished prototype? Are you designing creative digital projects in the areas of extended reality (XR), artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain or animation and have a creative concept waiting to be implemented? With Content Vienna, the competition for digital design, the Vienna Business Agency supports you in realizing your ideas.[more]