Funding Opportunities - January 23, 2026
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See below for the newest social impact funding opportunities in Africa and around the world.
Submissions open for Holohil Grant Program. Holohil.
• Supports research and educational work focused on endangered species.
• Projects that demonstrate strong conservation value and sound scientific design.
• Open to scientists and non-scientists.
• All countries.
• ~$1,800 (CAD 2,500 toward the purchase of Holohil transmitters for selected projects).
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (January 15, April 15, July 15, October 15).
TCF Grant Program. Turtle Conservation Fund.
• Projects that focus on tortoises or freshwater turtles that are highly threatened according to the IUCN Red List or the TFTSG Provisional Red List, as either Critically Endangered or Endangered, or which may be highly threatened but not yet officially classified as such on the Red List. We do not support work on marine turtles.
• Organizations or individuals.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (June 1 and December 1).
The United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery. United Nations.
• Providing rehabilitation and assistance to thousands of individuals whose human rights have been severely violated as a result of contemporary forms of slavery, including: children in armed conflict, debt bondage, forced and early marriage, forced labour, traditional slavery, trafficking of persons, sale of children, sale of wives, serfdom, sexual slavery, widow inheritance and worst forms of child labour.
• Civil society organizations (e.g. NGOs, rehabilitation centers, foundations, associations of victims, hospitals, legal clinics). Been in operation for at least two years.
• All countries.
• Up to $35k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (every year from 15 January to 1 March).
Global Youth Action Fund. International Baccalaureate Organization.
• Young changemakers who are transforming their projects into real impact in their communities. Must align with one or more of the 17 United Nations SDGs.
• Any secondary school student between the ages of 12 and 19, apply as individuals or groups.
• All countries.
• Up to 3k grant funding, alongside mentorship and connection with leaders in social entrepreneurship.
• January 30, 2026.
Primate Conservation Grant Program. Primate Conservation Incorporated.
• Research that supports conservation programs for wild populations of primates. Priority will be given to projects that study, in their natural habitat, the least known and most endangered species. The involvement of citizens from the country in which the primates are found will be a plus.
• Graduate students, qualified conservationists and primatologists.
• Asia and West Africa.
• Up to $5k grants.
• February 1, 2026.
The 2026 Small Grants Fund. Global Forest Watch.
• For projects that clearly demonstrate how they will use the GFW/Global Nature Watch tools and data as a key component of their strategy to reduce deforestation and sustainably manage forests.
• Non-profit and NGOs.
• Latin America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama. Africa: Cameroon, DRC, Gabon. Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos.
• Up to $40k grants.
• February 6, 2026.
2026 Call for Proposals for the Snow Leopard Training Grant. Snow Leopard Network.
• Designed to further strengthen snow leopard conservation and research, especially at the grassroots level.
• Researchers/practitioners/organizations.
• All countries.
• Up to $1,500 grants.
• February 15, 2026.
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11 opportunities from $50k to $200k
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3 opportunities for more than $1,000,000
