Funding Opportunities - July 17, 2026
Inside: 31 grant & investment programs including £50k for empowering African engineering innovators, $200k for catalyzing energy access investment, €75k for women’s health, and more!
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See below for the newest social impact funding opportunities in Africa and around the world.
Second Edition Youth for Peace: UNESCO Intercultural Leadership Programme. UNESCO.
• Emerging leaders who demonstrate a strong commitment to dialogue, inclusion, and positive social change.
• 2026 Theme: Human Connection and Dialogue in the Age of AI.
• Emerging leaders, be between 25 and 45 years old as of 22 October 2026.
• All countries.
• $10k seed funding.
• July 19, 2026.
Social Impact Grants. Global Climbing Initiative.
• Community-driven initiatives that reduce barriers to participation and create more inclusive climbing spaces, shaped by the needs and priorities of the people they serve.
• Supporting climbers who have historically experienced fewer opportunities or greater barriers to participation, leadership, and recognition. These barriers may be shaped by systems such as racism, colonialism, sexism, patriarchy, ableism, sizeism, ageism, and other forms of oppression.
• Local climbing organization with demonstrated climbing-related impact.
• All countries.
• Up to $1k grant funding.
• July 24, 2026.
African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) Conservation Grants 2026. InterArts Funding.
• Conservation and management of World Heritage properties across the continent while addressing the underrepresentation of African sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
• Specifically aimed at the conservation and management of heritage sites, actual places that have cultural, historical, archaeological, architectural, or natural significance.
• Government institutions and Civil society organisations.
• Africa.
• Applicants are required to submit a detailed budget in US dollars outlining the costs associated with each project activity. The grant will only cover expenses directly related to project implementation.
• July 31, 2026.
Quick Response Fund for Nature. Weeden Foundation.
• A rapid response mechanism to enable local organizations to purchase and protect the world’s most important sites for conservation.
• 501 (c)(3) organizations or international equivalents.
• All countries.
• Up to $30k grants.
• August 7, 2026.
2027 Purpose Earth grant award. Purpose Earth.
• Purpose-driven projects that are finding creative solutions within the areas of environmental protection, community activation and cultural collaboration.
• Projects that have already been completed are not eligible.
• Individual leaders and not for profits.
• All countries except Balkans, Burma, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Yemen, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, West Bank, Ethiopia, Sudan, DR Congo (Republic of Congo is acceptable), Libya, Mali, and Venezuela.
• Up to $10k grant funding alongside mentorship.
• August 10, 2026.
LMIC Capacity and Capability Building Grant. International Society For Quality In Health Care (ISQua).
• Project aimed at strengthening capacity and capability in healthcare quality.
• Eligible Project Types: 1) workforce development, 2) quality improvement collaboratives, 3) patient safety initiatives, 4) leadership development, 5) digital quality systems, 6) community/patient engagement initiatives and 7) sustainable education programmes.
• The proposer must be an ISQua Member (Institutional or Individual). Project teams may include non-members.
• Low- and lower-middle-income countries (LICs & LMICs).
• €15k grant.
• August 12, 2026.
The Africa Fundraising Incubator (AFI). New Africa Fund.
• Aimed at empowering African NGOs, community-based organizations, and social enterprises to address the pressing need for funding and fundraising expertise.
• NGOs, community-based organizations, and social enterprises.
• Africa.
• Selected organizations will participate in a 30-day fundraising challenge, with up to $5k in matching funds available.
• August 14, 2026.
AArk Program Grant Application. Amphibian Ark.
• Conservation projects for amphibian species that cannot currently be saved in the wild, with a primary focus on ex situ actions, and in partnership with appropriate field activities.
• Conservation projects.
• All countries.
• Up to $15k grant funding.
• August 15, 2026.
NourishNext West Africa : Youth Agri-Food Innovation Challenge. Nutrition Connect.
• Supports, and accelerates youth-led innovations that strengthen nutritious fruit and vegetable value chains across West Africa.
• The Challenge seeks innovative solutions that improve how fruits and vegetables are processed, preserved, packaged, transported, marketed, distributed, purchased, prepared, and consumed, contributing to more resilient, inclusive, and nutrition-sensitive food systems.
• Youth-led enterprises and innovators aged 18 to 35 years. This age limit is flexible for women-led enterprises/ set-ups, for women up to the age of 40 years.
• Benin, Nigeria, Senegal, or Côte d'Ivoire.
• $5k in seed funding alongside capacity building and expert mentorship.
• September 8, 2026.
The Terre de Femmes France Prize. Yves Rocher Foundation.
• Project be closely linked to environmental preservation, and more specifically to biodiversity. Some examples: 1) Raising awareness about environmental preservation, 2) Promoting a sustainable lifestyle, 3) Protection of plant and animal biodiversity and 4) Food waste reduction.
• Any adult woman or group of women committed to the preservation of nature. Through a non-profit structure (association, NGO, foundation, etc.) that has been in existence for at least one year.
• All countries.
• Up to €10k grant per project (3 winners).
• September 15, 2026.
Human healthcare award. Zendal.
• Contribute to improving the human welfare within the field of healthcare and disease prevention.
• A public or private institution (University, Government body, N.G.O., Foundation, Research Institute, startup…).
• All countries.
• Up to €40k prize.
• September 16, 2026.
Animal healthcare award. Zendal.
• Contribute to improve the animal welfare within the field of healthcare and disease prevention.
• A public or private institution (University, Government body, N.G.O., Foundation, Research Institute, startup…).
• All countries.
• Up to €25k prize.
• September 20, 2026.
Local Impact Mini-Grants. Interledger Foundation.
• Initiatives that work to expand digital financial access from the inside out.
• 1) Open payments and digital financial access, 2) Open source and open innovation, 3) Financial inclusion and fintech ecosystems and 4) Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI/DPG) and related themes.
• Community organisations, nonprofits, cooperatives, civil society and advocacy groups, local fintech startups, social enterprises, and individual practitioners.
• All countries, projects serving communities in the Global South, rural areas, or peri-urban regions are a priority.
• Up to $3k grants.
• November 11, 2026.
👇 18 Funding Opportunities above $50k 👇
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Funding Opportunities above $50k
What’s below?
● 8 opportunities from $50k to $200k
● 4 opportunities from $200k to $1m
● 6 opportunities for more than $1,000,000
Including:
£50k for empowering African engineering innovators
€75k for addressing critical gaps in women’s health South Africa
$200k for catalyzing energy access investment
£1.75m for expanding access to snakebite care
