(May 2021)
A list of various open funding opportunities for NGOs and individuals working to empower women and girls around the world.
Feminist Review Trust offering UK £15,000 to support Women’s Empowerment Projects
Deadline: 10-Sep-21
Applications are now open for Feminist Review Trust Grant Program Round 3 to support projects that transform the lives of women. The maximum value of any individual award is UK £15,000 (or its equivalent)…[more]
Invitation for Education-Focused Nonprofits: Up to $15,000 matching grant per year
Deadline: 1-Jun-21
Team4Tech is dedicated to helping nonprofit partners reach their goals related to technology integration for positive education impact…[more]
Humanitarian Action Grant: Disaster Response, Refugees & Displaced People, Human Rights, and Needs of Women & Children ($10K – $75K Azure credit grant)
Deadline: 31-May-21
Microsoft is inviting Proposals to support projects which improve operational efficiency, enable new capabilities, increase beneficiary engagement, or involve rich data analysis for classification and prediction modeling…[more]
Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists
Deadline: Ongoing
The Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists, the first funding initiative of its kind, enables the IWMF to dramatically expand its support of women journalists. Established with a $4 million gift from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the Fund will support projects including educational opportunities, investigative reporting and media development initiatives…[more]
The Maypole Fund inviting Applications from Women Only (Grants of up to £750)
Deadline: 30-Jun-21
Applications are now open for the Maypole Fund Program. Their aim is to resource imaginative, non-violent activities by feminist anti-militarist women – whether individual women or women only groups – to proactively challenge patriarchy…[more]
UNWTO’s Global Rural Tourism Startup Competition
Deadline: 1-Jul-21
The competition aims to bring together all entrepreneurs who are deploying models that positively contribute to the planet, people and prosperity or technology that can be applied to the sustainable development of tourism in rural areas in its three pillars – economic, social and environmental…[more]
UN SDG Global Festival of Action inviting Immersive Stories to Inspire people for Positive Actions
Deadline: 5-Aug-21
In 2021, MY World 360º is calling for immersive experiences that take viewers – decision-makers, individuals, business leaders, students across the world – on a journey across the two sides of this Turning Point…[more]
Call for Applications: Global Feminist Pitch
Deadline: 15-May-21
The Green Political Foundation is calling applications for its Global Feminist Pitch to implement their project ideas on the theme “Feminist Resilience and Resistance on Social Media”…[more]
UNESCO Prize for Girls’ & Women’s Education (US $50,000 each)
Deadline: 26-May-21
The UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education honours outstanding and innovative contributions made by individuals, institutions and organizations to advance girls’ and women’s education. It is the first UNESCO Prize of this nature and is unique in showcasing successful projects that improve and promote the educational prospects of girls and women and in turn, the quality of their lives…[more]
$1,000 to $10,000 Lesbian Health Fund Program
Deadline: 16-Jul-21
The Lesbian Health Fund (LHF), a program of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality has opened a call for submissions to define, study, and educate lesbians and sexual minority women (SMW), as well as their health providers, about health issues facing SMW…[more]
Africa Regional Services Paris Statement of Interest: ARS Speaker Program ($80,000)
Deadline: 30-Sep-21
The Africa Regional Services based in Paris (ARS) of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs, Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs has announced an open competition for U.S. citizen individuals to submit a statement of interest (SOI) to be considered for a small grant as a guest speaker or artist to conduct outreach activities that enhance the understanding of the United States in sub Saharan Africa…[more]
Indo-Pacific Design Funding Window focused on Sustainable Infrastructure & Gender Equality
Deadline: 18-Aug-21
Applications are now open for the Indo-Pacific Design Funding Window to provide grant funding for the design and launch of catalytic blended finance solutions in certain countries in the Indo-Pacific region focused on sustainable and resilient infrastructure and/or gender equality (sector agnostic)…[more]
Mini Grants to support Advocacy Campaigns focused Key Population Groups (US$5,000 USD)
Deadline: 14-May-21
The Caribbean Vulnerable Communities (CVC) has announced a call for proposals for the Mini Grants to support Advocacy Campaigns focused on Reducing Incidence and Impact of Gender-Based and Intimate Partner Violence on Key Population Groups, specifically women and girls, transwomen and men who have sex with Men…[more]
USD 100,000-USD 250,000 Grants for Enhancing Women Entrepreneurship in Africa
Deadline: 26-May-21
Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA), is a flagship program that specifically focuses on increasing inclusive finance for women entrepreneurs on the continent. AFAWA’s primary objective is to bridge the $42 billion finance gap for women entepreneurs in Africa and to unlock their entrepreneurial capacity and full potential…[more]
AGriDI Grants (EUR 150,000 – 300,000) for Digital Innovations in West Africa
Deadline: 30-Jun-21
The ‘Accelerating inclusive green growth through agri-based digital innovation in West Africa (AGriDI)’ intervention supports innovations to address key challenges related to climate change, sustainable use, and management of biodiversity3 as well as responsible production and consumption among farming communities in West Africa…[more]
2021 European Diversity Awards
Deadline: 31-Aug-21
Nominations are now open for the 2021 European Diversity Awards (EDA) to recognise those individuals and organisations whose outstanding leadership has made a genuine difference to the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda…[more]
Call for Proposals to prevent and combat Gender-Based Violence and Violence Against Children (EUR 17.700.000)
Deadline: 15-Jun-21
The European Commission (EC) is seeking proposals to Prevent and Combat Gender-Based Violence and Violence Against Children. Early detection, prevention and protection of and/or support to women, children, young people and LGBTIQ victims or potential victims of violence, with specific attention paid to situations emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic…[more]
Call for Proposals to promote Equality and to fight against Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination (EUR 9 900 000)
Deadline: 15-Jun-21
The European Commission (EC) has launched a call for proposals to Promote Equality and to Fight Against Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination to support a comprehensive and intersectional approach and specific actions to prevent and fight against intolerance, racism, xenophobia, and discrimination, in particular on grounds of racial or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, including when this manifests in the form of antigypsism, antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred, Afrophobia and LGBTIQ phobia, offline and online…[more]
2021 African ChangeMakers Initiative Awards
Deadline: 31-May-21
Nominations are now open for the 2021 African ChangeMakers Initiative Awards (#ACiAwards2021) to identify and celebrate excellence, leadership, entrepreneurial ingenuity of social entrepreneurs, businesses, technologist, and social innovators in individuals, programs, teams, groups, or organizations across Africa and the world…[more]
EU Sustainable Energy Awards: Call for Nominations
Deadline: 17-May-21
Nominations are now open for the EU Sustainable Energy Awards to showcase the success of initiatives (completed or ongoing) in the fields of sustainable and clean energy among their EUSEW community of policymakers, researchers, industry professionals, and energy enthusiasts, as well as citizens across Europe…[more]
The Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East
Deadline: 04-Jun-21
The Orange Social Venture Prize rewards projects that have been created less than three years ago that offer high-tech solutions based on mobiles or the Internet to meet the needs of the populations in Africa and the Middle-East…[more]
$25,000 and $35,000 Canada Fund for Local Initiatives – Zimbabwe, Botswana and Angola
Deadline: 17-May-21
The Embassy of Canada in Harare is pleased to launch its annual call for proposals for the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), a program designed to support small-scale, high-impact projects in developing countries, which align with Global Affairs Canada’s thematic priority areas for engagement…[more]
NOFO for Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Mekong ( $395,061 in funding)
Deadline: 15-Jun-21
The U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP), Office of Multilateral Affairs (MLA), announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to support women’s economic empowerment in the Mekong through providing financial literacy training and support to women seeking micro insurance to support micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs)…[more]
$25,000 to $45,000 Canada Fund for Local Initiatives – Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras
Deadline: 14-May-21
The Embassy of Canada Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras is pleased to launch its annual call for proposals for the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), a program designed to support small-scale, high-impact projects in developing countries, which align with Global Affairs Canada’s thematic priority areas for engagement…[more]
