Funding Opportunities - December 19, 2025
For Grant Seekers and Fundraising Dispatch Subscribers
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See below for the newest social impact funding opportunities in Africa and around the world.
Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP) Operational Phase Eight (OP8). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
• Addressing global environmental challenges through locally led, inclusive, and innovative solutions.
• 1) Community-based management of threatened ecosystems and species, 2) Sustainable agriculture and fisheries, and food security and 3) Local to Global Coalitions for Chemicals and Waste Management.
• Locally registered civil society organizations (CSOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), grassroots actors, foundations, and academic institutions. Private sector entities are not eligible.
• Zambia.
• Up to $50k grants.
• December 31, 2025.
Local Transformation Projects for 2026. Embassy of the Czech Republic in Addis Ababa.
• Projects must be in line with the priorities of human rights promotion and transformative cooperation and should include for example: 1) supporting civil society, including human rights defenders; 2) promoting equality and non-discrimination; 3) promoting human rights in the areas of employment and environment.
• Local NGOs.
• Ethiopia, the Comoros and South Sudan.
• Up to ~$24,085 (500,000 CZK) grant funding.
• January 8, 2026.
GNPC Proteomics Data Challenge. Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative.
• Help accelerate biomarker discovery in Alzheimer’s and related dementias (ADRD).
• Researchers, data scientists, and clinicians. We encourage diverse applicants and interdisciplinary teams.
• All countries.
• Up to $10k prize. Up to 16 total prizes.
• January 15, 2026.
Rise Up Together Launches Leadership & Advocacy Program in South Africa. Rise Up Together.
• Leadership and Advocacy Accelerator training from April 13–18, 2026, to strengthen gender equity and justice.
• Visionary local leaders in South Africa’s Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces.
• South Africa.
• Up to $17k grant funding.
• January 15, 2026.
Pilot Project on Labour Rights and Decent Working Conditions for Agricultural Workers in Ghana. Brücke Le Pont.
• A local partner organisation that: 1) works on labour conditions of field workers in agricultural value chains, 2) is strongly anchored in target communities.
• Civil society organisations.
• Ghana.
• Up to ~$62,821 (CHF 50k) grant funding.
• March 8, 2026.
International Children’s Peace Prize 2026 (nominations open). KidsRights Foundation.
• A young changemaker (above 12 years and under 18 years of age) who is fighting courageously for children’s rights.
• Individuals and groups of children, of not more than five. Organizations cannot be nominated.
• Global.
• €50k prize, plus €25k invested in projects of young changemakers related to the theme of the winner.
• March 31, 2026.
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