[August 2023]
Every year on August 9th, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed. This day is dedicated to advancing the rights of indigenous peoples worldwide and bringing attention to their distinctive cultures, languages, and traditions. The purpose of this day is to draw attention to the difficulties that indigenous communities face, including discrimination, problems with their rights to their land, environmental issues, and social injustices.
This year’s theme is “Indigenous Youth as Agents of Change for Self-determination.
A list of open funding opportunities for worldwide NGOs working to promote and protect the rights of indigenous populations.
Pulitzer Center announces Impact Seed Funding 2023
Deadline: 16-Aug-23
Impact Seed Funding (ISF) is a micro-scale grant provided by the Pulitzer Center to finance education activities with the aim to enrich the perspectives and knowledge of the university community—specifically students and educators—about the problems, solutions, and innovations related to the impact of human activities in tropical forests and the climate crisis…[more]
UNVTF announces Call for Proposals (Sub-Grant Programme 2)
Deadline Date: 25-Aug-2023
The UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons has launched the seventh Call for Proposals (Sub-grant Programme 2) to provide essential humanitarian, legal and financial aid to victims of trafficking in persons through established channels of assistance…[more]
Submit LOIs for One Day’s Wages Matching Grant Program
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The One Day’s Wages is now accepting Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) for matching grants to support locally-led, community-based organizations that do not have a Western-based branch, board, or network of donors…[more]
Grants to protect Environment, improve Food Production and promote Public Health
Deadline: 1-Jan-24
The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation is offering grants to protect the environment, improve food production, and promote public health in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East…[more]
Applications open for Human Rights Advocates Program
Deadline: 15-Oct-23
The Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) is inviting applications for the Human Rights Advocates Program to provide grassroots leaders the tools, knowledge, access, and networks to promote the realization of human rights and strengthen their respective organizations…[more]
Nominations open for WSA Global Award
Deadline: 13-Oct-23
WSA (World Summit Awards) is inviting all UN member states to nominate their best local digital solutions for the Global Award…[more]
“Zeroing In” Grant Program: Supporting Health and Wellness
Deadline: 15-Sep-23
The Gilead is offering grants to support organizations working to increase the overall health and wellness of priority populations that have been most impacted by HIV…[more]
African Youth Storytelling Contest 2023
Deadline: 31-Aug-23
Do you have a powerful story to share about your vision for a thriving Africa where landscapes are healthy, communities prosper, and justice prevails? The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) and the Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL) are hosting a storytelling contest for young Africans to unleash their creativity and share their visions for thriving landscapes across the continent…[more]
Third Call for Proposals: The Fondation Segré Conservation Action Fund
Deadline: 31-Aug-23
Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications for the Fondation Segré Conservation Action Fund to support Civil Society Organizations engaged in the conservation of Vulnerable (VU), Endangered (EN) or Critically Endangered (CR) Freshwater Decapods, Freshwater Fishes, Freshwater Odonates and Freshwater Molluscs to safeguard their habitats, address the threats they face, and promote the well-being of both the species themselves and the communities dependent on freshwater ecosystems…[more]
Grants of up to $30,000 available under Community Action Fund
Deadline: 31-Oct-23
NDN Collective is seeking applications for the community action fund to support on the ground organizers and movement builders in the U.S., CANADA, MEXICO AND U.S. territories who stand on the frontlines to defend indigenous peoples inherent rights to self-determination and equity for all people and mother earth…[more]
GEF Small Grants Programme for NGO/CSO/CBO in India
Deadline: 31-Aug-23
Under the 7th Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in India, The Energy and Resources Institute (National Host Institution) is inviting proposals for award of Community Grants…[more]
Fund for Indigenous Journalists: MMIWG2T Grant (US)
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The International Women’s Media Foundation’s (IWMF) Fund for Indigenous Journalists: Reporting on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Transgender People (MMIWG2T) opportunity supports the production of ambitious reporting that opens up underreported aspects of the issue of Missing & Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP)…[more]
European Commission Joint Call for Proposals 2023 in Chile
Deadline: 16-Aug-23
The European Commission is pleased to announce the Joint Call for Proposals to strengthen CSOs as independent actors of good governance and development that contribute to promoting and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law; and on the other hand, contribute to a civil society and an inclusive, participatory, and independent democratic space that allows for an open dialogue with and between CSOs…[more]
Indigenous Community Sport Development Grant Program (ICSGP) – Canada
Deadline: 1-Nov-23
Parkland Valley District is seeking applications for the Indigenous Community Sport Development Grant Program (ICSDGP) to provide greater sport participation and development opportunities for Indigenous youth in Saskatchewan…[more]
Call for Advancing Indigenous Gender Equality Through Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (Canada)
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The Indigenous Innovation Initiative is pleased to launch the next phase of its program: Advancing Indigenous Gender Equality through Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship…[more]
Social Enterprise Grant in Australia
Deadline: 31-Aug-23
With support from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C), Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) is delivering the ‘Women’s Economic Security Package’ designed to improve the economic security of First Nations women…[more]
Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program – Bolivia
Deadline: 31-Aug-23
The U.S. Embassy La Paz, Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program…[more]
Call for Applications: Australian Disability and Indigenous Peoples’ Education Fund
Deadline: 30-Sep-23
The Australian Disability and Indigenous Peoples’ Education Fund is open for applications…[more]
Peter Gilgan Foundation’s Grant Program in Canada
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The Peter Gilgan Foundation’s Grant Program is now open for applications to empower initiatives that are building a more prosperous and sustainable future, both in Canada and around the world…[more]
Canada: Funding for Indigenous-led Awareness and Education Projects for Cleaner Transportation & Clean Fuels
Deadline: 31-Mar-24
To help address challenges related to awareness, understanding, and confidence in zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), lower-carbon trucks, and clean fuels, NRCan is piloting a call for proposals for Indigenous-led projects that address these barriers to adoption…[more]
Up to 50,000€ available to support Local Non-profit Organizations in Sri Lanka
Deadline: 15-Sep-23
The Lemonaid & ChariTea Foundation is currently accepting applications from local non-profit organizations to support entrepreneurial and income generating initiatives in regions currently excluded from fair access to the global economic system…[more]
Eucalypt Australia’s Dahl Fellowship
Deadline: 15-Aug-23
Eucalypt Australia is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Dahl Fellowship…[more]
European Commission offers grants to strengthen Civil Society Organisations in Suriname
Deadline: 31-Aug-23
The European Commission (EC) is inviting proposals to strengthen civil societies as independent actors of good governance and development in their own right…[more]
Call for Project Concepts: GEF Small Grants Programme – Jamaica
Deadline: 25-Aug-23
The GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP), implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), provides financial and technical support to communities and CSOs to meet the overall objective of “global environmental benefits secured through community-based initiatives and actions”…[more]
Notice of Funding Opportunity: Drug Demand Reduction Program in Peru
Deadline: 19-Sep-23
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs announces an open competition for organizations to submit a statement of interest (SOI) to carry out a program to expand access to substance abuse treatment in rural areas of Peru…[more]
Indigenous Cultural Safety and Cultural Humility Training Program – Canada
Deadline: 3-Nov-23
Applications are now open for the Indigenous Cultural Safety and Cultural Humility Training Program to enhance cultural safety and humility in the delivery of local emergency management programs and services…[more]
Alberta Ecotrust launches Springboard Grant Program in Canada
Deadline: 1-Sep-23
The Springboard Grant is a capacity building grant to support your organisational development to develop competencies, work on new strategies, or improve processes/systems, resulting in greater impact and improving your ability to achieve an environmental outcome. It is an opportunity to invest in your organisation…[more]