Access to timely and relevant funding information is critical for the sustainability and impact of African NGOs. @AfricanNGOs compiles a monthly roundup of funding opportunities tailored for African NGOs. The carefully curated list for December 2025 and January 2026 includes grant calls, open proposals and other funding initiatives supporting African NGOs’ diverse missions and priorities.

Opportunities are listed in chronological order.

Innovations for SDGs
Issued by: Czech Challenge Fund
Focus areas: NGOs and other entities in Ethiopia and Zambia that facilitate the transfer of knowledge and innovative solutions to address development challenges and contribute to the achievement of SDGs
Value: US$20 000 to 40 000
Deadline: 1 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/2zecm2w5

EmpowHER Fund
Issued by: Aidsfonds
Focus areas: Community-led action to advance choice, accelerate access to new and existing HIV- prevention methods, and women and girls leadership in South Africa, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique
Value: €4 million
Deadline: 2 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/5n8wr448

Funding for Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria
Issued by: Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Focus areas: Nigerian NGOs that increase immunisation coverage and reduce the number of zero-dose and under-immunised children, and support the roll-out of HPV and COVID-19 vaccines
Value: US$400 000 to one million
Deadline: 2 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/58sks6kh

Arts, Culture and Heritage Grants-in-Aid 2025/26 and 2026/27
Issued by: City of Cape Town’s Arts and Culture Development Branch
Focus areas: Organisations implementing arts, culture and heritage projects and programmes in Cape Town
Value: R3 810 046
Deadline: 3 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/yftcmj8d

JournalismAI Innovation Challenge
Issued by: Google News Initiative
Focus areas: AI literacy and implementation through targeted innovation and experimentation
Value: US$50 000 to 100 000
Deadline: 3 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/5dh2puz3

Juntanza Fund
Issued by: Comic Relief US Youth Advisory Council
Focus areas: Youth-led organisations in Ethiopia, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia addressing health and well-being, technology, art and narrative change, and climate and sustainability
Value: US$5 000 to 10 000
Deadline: 8 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/m6u7r2ap

Transition Promotion Programme
Issued by: Embassy of the Czech Republic in Zambia
Focus areas: NGOs in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe working on various human rights issues
Value: CZK100 000 to 500 000 per project
Deadline: 8 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/25juejn7

Financial Innovation for Climate Adaptation and Resilience Solutions
Issued by: SDG Impact Finance Initiative
Focus areas: Climate action, affordable and clean energy, and clean water and sanitation in developing markets and ODA-eligible countries
Value: CHF500 000 per project
Deadline: 11 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/mvux7fy5

Student Women Economic Empowerment Programme (SWEEP)
Issued by: British Council
Focus areas: Barriers to entrepreneurship facing female university students in South Africa
Value: £60 000
Deadline: 11 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/2fn449h5

Accelerating Uptake of eCooking in Africa
Issued by: Climate and Clean Air Coalition
Focus areas: Reduce health and climate impacts, empower women and communities, and unlock economic opportunities across the clean cooking value chain
Value: US$2 million
Deadline: 12 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/3ek9ryjx

Africa Reproductive Justice Litigation Fund
Issued by: Afya na Haki
Focus areas: Indigenous African organisations working to protect and expand access to SRHR services for vulnerable and marginalized communities in Benin, Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda and Zimbabwe
Value: US$5 000 to 50 000 per project
Deadline: 12 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/yc7b4kr3

Ending Gender-based Violence for Increased Women Leadership
Issued by: Nigerian Women’s Trust Fund
Focus areas: Gender-based violence and strengthening the capacity of women-led organisations in Nigeria
Value: Not specified
Deadline: 12 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/3er2hj99

D-Prize Global Competition
Issued by: D-Prize
Focus areas: New social-impact organisations driving poverty-alleviation solutions in low-and middle-income countries
Value: Up to US$20 000
Deadline: 14 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/yzpffvc

Future Global Food System Challenge
Issued by: Welthungerhilfe and the Seeding The Future Foundation
Focus areas: Innovations that make food systems more sustainable and resilient
Value: US$1 million across three categories
Deadline: 15 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/mr26a243

Accelerating Development of Innovative, Exceptionally Low-Cost Maternal and Child Nutrient Ingredients and Products
Issued by: Gates Foundation
Focus areas: Open globally to NGOs and other entities that can demonstrate bold thinking, technical rigor and a pathway to scale
Value: Various levels
Deadline: 16 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/2dwp66bb

Africa Impact Fundraising Grant (AIFG) Programme
Issued by: New Africa Fund
Focus areas: African NGOs and social enterprises
Value: Up to US$5 000
Deadline: 16 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/dhen9cx4

Grand Challenges Africa Grant
Issued: Science for Africa Foundation
Focus areas: Accelerating innovation in vaginal formulations in support of women’s health
Value: US$100 000 to 200 000
Deadline: 16 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/3vapc786

Sikiliza Sauti Yetu: Dunia Inaita!
Issued by: WeWorld
Focus areas: Kenyan NGOs active in climate resilience, sustainable land management or community climate engagement in Isiolo, Nairobi and Kwale Counties
Value: Not specified
Deadline: 19 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/msc67tzj

South African Transformational Initiatives
Issued by: Services Sector Education and Training Authority
Focus areas: Special projects that move beyond routine training interventions
and deliver tangible social impact in communities, with a strong emphasis on rural development, township revitalisation and inclusion of designated groups
Value: Not specified
Deadline: 19 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/yyuuppmz

Issue-Based Networks for Policy Influence
Issued by: Minority Rights Group
Focus areas: Creation of physical or digital platforms for collaboration, supporting umbrella organisations that coordinate advocacy, and enabling structured dialogue and campaigning on minority and human rights issues in Tunisia and Morocco
Value: €20 000 per grant per country
Deadline: 21 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/4f377hsd

Environment, Food Production and Public Health
Issued by: Conservation, Food and Health Foundation
Focus areas: Applied research, pilot projects, new initiatives, training and technical assistance
Value: US$25 000 to 50 000
Deadline: 22 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/e7uchhpd

Doria Feminist Fund
Issued by: Doria Feminist Fund
Focus areas: Feminist activists, groups, collectives and individuals across North Africa who are driving gender justice and social change
Value: US$5 000 to 7 000 (core funds for emerging groups), US$5 000 to 10 000 (project funds for established groups) and up to US$10 000 (knowledge production funds for activists, groups and engaged scholars)
Deadline: 31 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/529t9a7y

FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund 2025
Issued by: Global Citizen and FIFA
Focus areas: NGOs that combine education and sport to empower children and youth in underserved communities
Value: US$50 000 to 250 000
Deadline: 31 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/7p48s2rr

Scaling Up Courageous Journalism
Issued by: Stringer Foundation
Focus areas: Creative practitioners across all public media forms, including writing, photography, film, public poetry, video, visual art, music and theatre
Value: US$10 000 to 100 000
Deadline: 31 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/52wk8cme

West Africa Clean Cooking Fund
Issued by: Clean Cooking Alliance
Focus areas: NGOs in West Africa – Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo that can drive real change in clean cooking access, health outcomes and environmental impact
Value: US$1 million
Deadline: 31 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/nhzpzxkk

Youth4Water Grants
Issued by: Protectol & UNCCD Youth Caucus
Focus areas: Youth solutions at the intersection of clean water, community resilience and sustainable development
Value: US$2 000 to 2 500 per project
Deadline: 31 December 2025
https://tinyurl.com/34sy72xy

Corporate Accountability, Resilience and Participation for an Equitable Transition
Issued by: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Focus areas: NGOs in Kenya and South Africa advancing a just, rights-based transition to green economies through locally-driven initiatives
Value: €87 500 per project
Deadline: 5 January 2026
https://tinyurl.com/3sjhhf3y

FemFocus 2026-2030
Issued by: Government of the Netherlands
Focus areas: Encouraging women’s entrepreneurship, combating violence against women & WHRDs, and women, peace and security in various African countries
Value: €39,8 million to 114,6 million
Deadline: 7 January 2026
https://tinyurl.com/um8f4dc5

Youth and Entrepreneurship
Issued by: AU-EU Youth Action Lab
Focus areas: Youth organisations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia (Somaliland Region), Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Value: €30 000
Deadline: 7 January 2026
https://tinyurl.com/54e8vmrh

Youth and Innovation
Issued by: AU-EU Youth Action Lab
Focus areas: Youth organisations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia (Somaliland Region), Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Value: €30 000 to 40 000
Deadline: 7 January 2026
https://tinyurl.com/4ksxumv8

Youth Representation
Issued by: AU-EU Youth Action Lab
Focus areas: Youth organisations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia (Somaliland Region), Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Value: Up to €10 000
Deadline: 7 January 2026
https://tinyurl.com/4cps7ym3

IKI Small Grants Programme
Issued by: International Climate Initiative
Focus areas: Local or regional climate and biodiversity action projects
Value: €60 000 to €200 000
Deadline: 15 January 2026
https://tinyurl.com/mejufd77

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for Children
Issued by: Peace of Mind Foundation
Focus areas: Children affected by war, displacement, violence or natural disasters, led by organisations with proven experience in the field
Value: US$50 000 to 150 000
Deadline: 15 January 2026
https://tinyurl.com/y7be72mt

IKI Medium Grants Programme
Issued by: International Climate Initiative
Focus areas: Climate change mitigation, adaptation and biodiversity
Value: Up to €8 million for approximately 12 projects to be funded
Deadline: 20 January 2026
https://tinyurl.com/5n7k63yt

Youth Cooperation
Issued by: AU-EU Youth Action Lab
Focus areas: Youth organisations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia (Somaliland Region), Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Value: Up to €50 000
Deadline: 12 February 2026
https://tinyurl.com/5yzpkzbw

Socio-economic Development
Issued by: Nkulo Community Partnership Trust
Focus areas: Impactful, community-centred projects in Mpumalanga, South Africa
Value: Not specified
Deadline: 27 February 2026
https://tinyurl.com/3sey69et

Grassroots Human Security Projects in Namibia
Issued by: Embassy of Japan in Namibia
Focus areas: NGOs and others that implement community-based economic and social development projects in Namibia
Value: US$66 000
Deadline: 28 February 2026
https://tinyurl.com/3pvrkt44

AFNet Flexible Grant
Issued by: African Women for Change Network (AFNet)
Focus areas: Initiatives led by women leaders and organisations dedicated to creating positive change in their communities
Value: US$5 000
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
https://tinyurl.com/hpn4bur3

BenueAID Community Development Initiative Discretionary Grants
Issued by: BenueAID
Focus areas: NGOs involved in humanitarian interventions in Benue State, Nigeria
Value: Not specified
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
https://tinyurl.com/mr2ymjjz

Early-Stage Social Enterprises
Issued by: Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Focus areas: Social impact organisations solving urgent global problems with scalable and sustainable approaches
Value: Up to US$300 000
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
https://tinyurl.com/bdbncswh

Education Access, Environmental Sustainability and Secure Livelihoods
Issued by: Avery Dennison Foundation
Focus areas: NGOs tackling challenges in high-need communities
Value: US$50 000 to 100 000
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
https://tinyurl.com/44j9jz8d

Fostering Community Philanthropy
Issued by: Global Fund for Community Foundations
Focus areas: Strengthen the efforts, durability and effectiveness of community philanthropy organisations
Value: US$7 000 to 20 000
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
https://tinyurl.com/73ubmun7

Friends of Liberia Small Grants Programme
Issued by: Friends of Liberia
Focus areas: Liberian-led NGOs working on community development projects
Value: US$3 000
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
https://tinyurl.com/uu7f24ee

Rapid Response Fund
Issued by: Frontline AIDS
Focus areas: Supports community-led action on HIV-related human rights challenges, including stigma, discrimination and threats of violence
Value: Up to US$15 000
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
https://tinyurl.com/4wktp2uw

Rapid Response Grants
Issued by: Urgent Action Fund Africa
Focus areas: Interventions that advance women’s human rights
Value: Up to US$15 000
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
https://tinyurl.com/49cy49pa

Rapid Response Window
Issued by: United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund
Focus areas: Supports women’s participation in peace processes and the implementation of peace agreements
Value: Direct support (up to US$25 000) and short-term grants (up to US$100 000)
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
https://tinyurl.com/jde8vj3t

Rufford Small Grants
Issued by: Rufford Foundation
Focus areas: Nature conservation projects in emerging or developing economy countries
Value: £7 000 to 18 000
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
https://tinyurl.com/bdjm2hwv

The funding landscape is dynamic and fast-changing, which is why @AfricanNGOs will update this list continuously to include new opportunities as they arise.

I encourage African NGOs and their partners to visit this page regularly and share it widely within their networks.

If you know of additional funding opportunities that @AfricanNGOs should include in this list, or if your organisation offers funding support for African NGOs, please get in touch.

Inquiries: David Barnard, barnard.davidb@gmail.com

*Disclaimer: These funding opportunities are issued by specific organisations and @AfricanNGOs is not responsible for the accuracy of the information.