Funding Opportunities - July 3, 2026
Inside: 40 grant & investment programs including multiple $38k prizes for FinTech, €50k for conservation, $500k for clean energy, $10m for health and wellbeing in the AI era and more!
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See below for the newest social impact funding opportunities in Africa and around the world.
Small Grants Program. Friends of Liberia (FOL).
• Community development projects across a diverse range of focus areas.
• From education and healthcare to economic development and environmental sustainability. The focus is on empowering local communities to take charge of their development, leveraging their unique insights and strengths to create lasting, positive change.
• Nonprofits and NGOs.
• Liberia.
• Up to $3k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
The Anzisha Fellowship. Anzisha.
• Identifies and supports young African entrepreneurs aged 15–22 who are already building and growing real businesses.
• Your business, invention, or social project can be in any field or industry.
• Young African entrepreneurs aged 15–22.
• Africa.
• $10k prize.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Program recurs yearly (check in September 2026).
Amazon Sustainability Accelerator. Amazon.
• Innovative solutions to the world’s most challenging sustainability issues.
• Start-ups.
• Across the UK and Europe.
• All countries.
• Access cash and Amazon credit benefits alongside specialised mentorship.
• Some conflicting information on the website but it looks like Climate Tech cohort applications are open until July 10, 2026.
Open Call for Expression of Interest (EOI) – Grassroots Innovation Programme. Technology Innovation Agency (TIA).
• Innovations for tackling unemployment, poverty and inequality through innovation in South Africa.
• Grassroots innovators (individuals).
• ~$15,873 (R260 000) grant funding.
• July 10, 2026.
EducationUSA Opportunity Funds Program 2026. Grants.gov: U.S. Mission to Zambia.
• Enables economically disadvantaged students to complete applications to pursue enrollment at U.S.-accredited institutions. Recruitment and selection will rigorously prioritize merit-based criteria, with particular emphasis on candidates pursuing degrees in STEM, AI, cybersecurity, data science, and other critical and emerging fields central to U.S. innovation leadership.
• The grantee will assist the U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section in disbursing funds to organizations and individuals to cover travel, admission fees, exam fees, application expenses, and assist the Embassy’s Education Outreach Coordinator to organize logistics for pre-departure orientations.
• Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/ NGOs. Public and private educational institutions.
• Zambia.
• Up to $28k grant funding.
• July 10, 2026.
World Water Challenge (WWCH) 2026. Korea International Water Week (KIWW).
• Innovative ideas that address local or global water-related challenges, contributing to the achievement of the UN’s SDGs.
• Solutions that prioritize: 1) Water-energy-AI Nexus, 2) AI &Data Driven Water Security and 3) Sustainable infrastructure & Climate Finance.
• Anyone (as individual or on behalf of an organization).
• All countries.
• Up to ~$6,454 (KRW10 million) grand prize.
• July 12, 2026.
Blue Economy Global Call 2026. UNIDO-WTCA.
• Identify and promote readily deployable and scalable solutions and innovative technologies contributing to an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable development of the Blue Economy.
• One award for each of the six strategic categories: 1) Blue Renewable Energy. 2) Sustainable Blue Food. 3) Green Maritime Transport and Smart Ports. 4) Costal and Marine Tourism & Recreation. 5) Sea, Lakes, and River Health & Restoration. 6) Blue Tech & Biotechnology. The Award Ceremony & Showcase will take place in Rome, Italy at the Euro Mediterranean Water Forum, where the six best-in class ideas identified as the winners of the UNIDO-WTCA Blue Economy Global Call will showcase their innovative ideas.
• MSMEs, Start-ups, Academic institutions, Public-Private Partnerships, NGOs.
• Particular attention will be paid to high impact solutions for Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.
• Winners will receive TA, Opportunities to pilot, Promotion, up to $3,000 reimbursements for travel and related expenses to showcase in Rome.
• July 19, 2026.
Lagos Agrithon 2026. Lagos Agrinnovation Club.
• Designed to identify, nurture, support, and scale youth-led agribusinesses and agritech innovations that are transforming Lagos State's food systems, from farm to fork.
• Youth-led agribusinesses and agritech innovations.
• Nigeria.
• ~$144,899 (₦200m) grant pool.
• July 19, 2026.
The 2026 Ford Philanthropy Fellowship. Watson Institute.
• Designed for entrepreneurs and local leaders who are advancing solutions focused on community development, education, and disaster preparedness and response.
• Entrepreneurs and local leaders.
• Germany, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Brazil, and Vietnam.
• Entrepreneurship training, committed mentorship, access to financial tools, a vast network of resources, and long-term alumni support.
• July 26, 2026.
FinTech Mentor Award. Singapore FinTech Association (SFA).
• Recognition of mentors in Singapore FinTech ecosystem.
• The mentor can be nominated by an individual from the same company or from a different company.
• Individuals.
• All countries.
• 3 Winners, each will receive a ~$3,800 (S$5,000) award.
• July 31, 2026.
Emerging FinTech Award. Singapore FinTech Association (SFA).
• A FinTech solution implemented/deployed in any part of the world. FinTech company’s core business must be related to the finance industry.
• FinTech company, incorporated within the past 3 years.
• All countries.
• ~$38k (S$50,000) prize.
• July 31, 2026.
Financial Inclusivity Award. Singapore FinTech Association (SFA).
• A solution with the objective of promoting financial inclusion and improving access to financial services (e.g. microinsurance, peer-to-peer lending).
• Company, core business must be related to the finance industry.
• All countries.
• ~$38k (S$50,000) prize.
• July 31, 2026.
Regulatory Leader Award. Singapore FinTech Association (SFA).
• An innovative solution to support regulatory compliance and governance.
• Company, core business must be related to the finance industry.
• All countries.
• ~$38k (S$50,000) prize.
• July 31, 2026.
Sustainable Innovator Award. Singapore FinTech Association (SFA).
• An ESG solution adopted by corporates.
• Company, core business must be related to the finance industry.
• All countries.
• ~$38k (S$50,000) prize.
• July 31, 2026.
Thematic – AI Champion. Singapore FinTech Association (SFA).
• AI solution deployed or implemented by corporates.
• FinTech company.
• All countries.
• ~$38k (S$50,000) prize.
• July 31, 2026.
Openers Initiative: The Science Road. Open Startup International.
• 1) DeepTech Ventures: Startups whose core innovation is rooted in significant scientific, engineering, or technological breakthroughs and 2) Tech-Enabled Startups: leveraging tech to solve market challenges (sector agnostic), improve efficiency, increase accessibility, or create new opportunities for businesses and communities.
• Impactful solutions that contribute to economic development, social progress, environmental sustainability, and improved quality of life across Africa.
• Startups, Pre-Seed and Seed.
• Africa.
• Up to $20k investment tickets alongside training & mentorship.
• July 31, 2026.
JWH Initiative 2026. JWH Initiative.
• Young people (under 35 years of age) who work or are affiliated with environmental CSO’s in developing countries and emerging economies who have shown potential for and interest in further developing their leadership, sustainable development, gender equality and climate justice.
• Working with or linked to local communities, community based organisations or civil society organizations.
• All countries except: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, United States.
• Up to €7k grants.
• August 31, 2026.
Nominations open for Earth Partner Prize 2026. Earth Partner.
• Invites artists to submit work that comments on the ecological crisis.
• Explore themes such as: climate justice, corporate greenwashing, Indigenous rights, material innovation, wildlife and ecosystem conservation, grassroots activism, intersectional environmentalism, regeneration, the physical and mental impacts of the climate crisis, and nature-based wisdom.
• Artists, aged 14 to 30.
• All countries.
• Up to $10k cash prizes.
• October 7, 2026.
👇 22 Funding Opportunities above $50k 👇
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Funding Opportunities above $50k
What’s below?
● 10 opportunities from $50k to $200k
● 7 opportunities from $200k to $1m
● 5 opportunities for more than $1,000,000
Including:
€50k for young leaders in conservation
$65k for sustainable cities
$400k for PUE & energy Access in Ethiopia
$500k for clean energy & circular economy in Kenya
~€1m for private sector development in Kenya
$10m for health and wellbeing in the AI era
