[October 2025]
In response to the growing need for coordinated global humanitarian action, this initiative focuses on unlocking funding opportunities that drive meaningful and sustainable impact worldwide. We have curated a comprehensive listing of funding opportunities designed to empower organizations and individuals working to alleviate human suffering, promote resilience and support communities in crisis.
Entries open for Ran and Ginny Fiennes Award
Deadline: 30-Nov-2025
The Ran and Ginny Fiennes Award supports humanitarian, scientific or educational projects which follow in the Transglobe Expedition’s tradition of challenge and perseverance…[more]
Nominations open for Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize 2026
Deadline: 30-Apr-26
Nominations are now open for the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize. The Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize is the world’s largest annual humanitarian award presented to a nonprofit organization judged to have made extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering…[more]
IASC e-learning on Gender Equality in Humanitarian Action Course
Deadline: Ongoing
UN Women invites applications for the IASC e-learning on Gender Equality in Humanitarian Action course to provide introductory guidance – through information and practical examples – on the fundamentals of applying a gender-equality approach across all stages of the humanitarian programming cycle, based on the content of the IASC’s 2017 Gender Handbook for Humanitarian Action…[more]
Request for Proposals: Nexus Funding Facility (Stage 1) – Cameroon and Chad
Deadline: 23-Nov-2025
The Nexus Funding Facility (NFF), managed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is a regional, multi-donor mechanism designed to bring together humanitarian, development, and peace efforts in the Lake Chad Basin…[more]
Rapid Response Funding: Direct Support Stream
Deadline: 31-Dec-2025
The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) Direct Support Stream is accepting concept notes from eligible applicants in countries with active peace processes…[more]
Short-Term Grants for Women’s Leadership in Peace Processes
Deadline: 31-Dec-2025
The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) Rapid Response Window (RRW) is accepting concept notes from eligible applicants in countries with active peace processes…[more]
RFPs: Developing Resilience and Reducing Malnutrition Grant Programme (Burkina Faso)
Deadline: 04-Nov-2025
The World Food Programme is inviting applications for its Developing Resilience and Reducing Malnutrition Grant Programme to support the Government of Burkina Faso in its goal of Zero Hunger by 2030 with a series of activities focused on strengthening the capacities of the most vulnerable populations…[more]
Australia’s Direct Aid Program (DAP) in Kiribati
Deadline: 16-Nov-2025
The Direct Aid Program (DAP) from the Australian High Commission Kiribati offers a meaningful opportunity for Kiribati-based community groups, NGOs and other not-for-profit organizations to receive small grants focused on tangible humanitarian and development outcomes…[more]
RFAs: Developing Resilience and Reducing Malnutrition in the Nakanbé Region (Burkina Faso)
Deadline: 09-Nov-2025
The World Food Programme has launched its Developing Resilience and Reducing Malnutrition Grant Programme to support the Government of Burkina Faso in its goal of Zero Hunger by 2030 through initiatives aimed at strengthening the capacities of the most vulnerable populations…[more]
CFAs: Humanitarian Aid Initiative for Displaced and Returnee Communities in Iraq
Deadline: 02-Nov-2025
The Amman Office of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) has launched a Call for Proposals to support the emergency initiative “Humanitarian aid initiative to support the vulnerable displaced and returned population and the host community in Iraq.”…[more]
CFPs: Developing Resilience and Reducing Malnutrition in Burkina Faso
Deadline: 04-Nov-2025
The World Food Programme is seeking applications for its Developing Resilience and Reducing Malnutrition Programme to support the Government of Burkina Faso in its goal of achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 through activities aimed at strengthening the capacities of the most vulnerable populations…[more]
CFAs: BenueAID Discretionary Grants in Nigeria
Deadline: 31-Dec-2025
BenueAID is now accepting applications for its Discretionary Grant to support innovative and impactful humanitarian interventions in Benue State. This opportunity is open to nonprofits with creative ideas or programs that address urgent community needs…[more]
