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 August & September 2026 includes grant calls, open proposals, and other funding initiatives that support African NGOs’ diverse missions and priorities.

To maximise your chances of success, start your preparations early, comply with funders’ eligibility criteria, and submit compelling, evidence-based proposals.

(We encourage sharing this list of funding opportunities, with clear attribution to @AfricanNGOs as the original source.)

Funding opportunities are listed in chronological order.

Children’s Projects
Issued by: UEFA Foundation for Children
Focus areas: Health, education, access to sport, personal development, integration of minorities and protection of children’s rights
Value: Not specified
Deadline: 3 August 2026
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Tech for Good
Issued by: F5
Focus areas: NGOs using technology to address climate-related challenges while creating social and economic benefits for vulnerable communities
Value: US$50 000 each for 10 organisations
Deadline: 3 August 2026
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Civil Society Fund Plus – Local and Grassroots NGOs in Ethiopia
Issued by: Christian Aid
Focus areas: Local and grassroots NGOs in Central Ethiopia, South Ethiopia, Tigray Region and Addis Ababa City Administration working for the economic and social benefit of marginalised communities and/or engaging in governance, democracy, peace-building and human rights
Value: €4 046 471
Deadline: 4 August 2026
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Common Good Cyber Fund
Issued by: Internet Society Foundation
Focus areas: Support NGOs that protect civil society and strengthen the Internet’s core cybersecurity infrastructure
Value: Up to US$300 000
Deadline: 4 August 2026
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Solutions That Scale Sustainable Impact in Nigeria
Issued by: Agape Foundation for Social Impact
Focus areas: Health and well-being, education and skills development, economic empowerment and community support
Value: Up to ₦500 000
Deadline: 4 August 2026
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Partnerships for an Enabling Environment for Civil Society – Policy and Method Development
Issued by: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Focus areas: Efforts to protect and promote civic space through policy and method development that contribute to an enabling environment and a strong, independent civil society.
Value: SEK 10 to 20 million per year
Deadline: 6 August 2026
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Africa-Europe Youth Academy (AEYA) – Spaces for Youth Grants (Central, Eastern and Southern Africa)
Issued by: The Youth Café, Expertise France and AICS
Focus areas: Support youth organisations in developing and strengthening “Spaces for Youth” projects in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda (Lot 2) and Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia (Lot 3) through grants, enabling young people to access safe, inclusive and empowering environments where they can develop leadership skills, access support services, and scale their initiatives.
Value: In Round 1, AEYA will support 30 Spaces for Youth projects (10 under Lot 2 and 20 under Lot 3), with each organisation receiving a grant of €10 000 for a project lasting 6 to 12 months. In Round 2, six organisations selected from successful Round 1 beneficiaries (2 under Lot 2 and 4 under Lot 3) will receive €40 000 each to scale their initiatives, also over 6 to 12 months
Deadline: 7 August 2026
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Africa-Europe Youth Academy (AEYA) – Spaces for Youth Grants (West Africa)
Issued by: Ghiyada Africa (Togo) and SESG Future Ready Hub (Ghana)
Focus areas: Support youth organisations in developing and strengthening “Spaces for Youth” projects in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mauritania, Senegal and Togo through grants, enabling young people to access safe, inclusive and empowering environments where they can develop leadership skills, access support services, and scale their initiatives.
Value: In Round 1, AEYA will support 20 Spaces for Youth projects (2 to 3 per country), with each organisation receiving a grant of €10 000 for a project lasting 6 to 12 months. In Round 2, four organisations selected from successful Round 1 beneficiaries will receive €40 000 each to scale their initiatives, also over 6 to 12 months
Deadline: 7 August 2026
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Elephant Conservation and Research Funding Support Programme
Issued by: International Elephant Foundation
Focus areas: Conservation projects that will make a positive impact on elephants, habitats and the communities that share their land
Value: Up to US$15 000
Deadline: 7 August 2026
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Indigenous Community Media Fund
Issued by: Cultural Survival
Focus areas: Indigenous organisations, collectives and media outlets that contribute to strengthening their right to freedom of expression and access to information in Botswana, Cameroon, DRC, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda
Value: Not specified
Deadline: 9 August 2026
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Inclusive and Gender-responsive Civic Engagement in Kenya
Issued by: UN Women Africa
Focus areas: Strengthen the leadership, civic participation and governance engagement of young women and young persons with disabilities in Kenya.
Value: US$50 000 to 60 000
Deadline: 10 August 2026
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Climate Justice and Rights in Africa
Issued by: Africa Climate Justice Movement (ACJM)
Focus areas: Climate justice and rights in Algeria, Angola, Republic of Benin, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan
Value: Up to US$20 000 per year over a three-year period
Deadline: 12 August 2026
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Nexa Climate and Health Initiative
Issued by: Grand Challenges Canada and the Science for Africa Foundation
Focus areas: Locally led innovations that help health workers, communities and health systems anticipate and adapt to climate-related health threats.
Value: US$250 000 to two million
Deadline: 12 August 2026
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Strengthening Civil Society Engagement for Inclusive Somalia
Issued by: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Focus areas: Civil society capacity-building, policy advocacy, gender equity and public accountability.
Value: US$120 000
Deadline: 12 August 2026
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Women, Peace and Security
Issued by: Norad – Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
Focus areas: Women’s participation in peace processes, implementation of peace and ceasefire agreements and transitional justice, conflict-related sexual violence, sexual and gender-based violence, and protection of women human rights defenders.
Value: NOK 4 million
Deadline: 12 August 2026
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Women’s Rights Organisations and Networks in Africa
Issued by: Urgent Action Fund-Africa
Focus areas: Strengthen African women human defenders, women’s rights organisations and their networks working to advance democracy, human rights, gender justice and inclusive civic participation
Value: US$35 000 to 50 000 (Strategic Action Grants), up to US$150 000 (Integrated Feminist Action Grants), up to US$200 000 (Collective Power and Alliance Grants) and up to US$105 000 (Feminist Knowledge and Documentation Grants)
Deadline: 12 August 2026
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Africa Fundraising Incubator
Issued by: New Africa Fund
Focus areas: Equip African NGOs with the practical skills, resources, and institutional support needed to achieve long-term financial sustainability and expand their social impact
Value: Up to US$5 000 in matching funds, online training, fiscal sponsorship and in-person training
Deadline: 14 August 2026
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Crisis-Oriented Resilience and Emergency
Issued by: Education Cannot Wait
Focus areas: Deliver safe, inclusive and quality education for crisis-affected children and adolescents in
five crisis-affected countries, including South Sudan.
Value: Not specified
Deadline: 14 August 2026
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EIF Small Grants Facility 2026/27
Issued by: Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia
Focus areas: Climate change, biodiversity conservation, land restoration and green enterprise development in Namibia.
Value: N$50 000 to 150 000 per project
Deadline: 14 August 2026
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GEDA Small Grants 2026/7
Issued by: Gender and Environment Data Alliance (GEDA)
Focus areas: Gender-environment data collection, research, analysis, advocacy, knowledge dissemination or capacity building
Value: Up to US$15 000 for 8 small grants each
Deadline: 14 August 2026
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Gender for Development Uganda Programme
Issued by: United Nations Development Programme
Focus areas: NGOs implementing initiatives that prevent GBV, strengthen community resilience, provide safe spaces, legal aid, and advance vocational and digital skills for youth.
Value: US$30 000 to 80 000
Deadline: 14 August 2026
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Health Security through Local Partnerships in Uganda
Issued by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Focus areas: Strengthening Uganda’s capacities for rapid detection and effective and efficient response to health threats.
Value: US$5 million
Deadline: 14 August 2026
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Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator
Issued by: Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)
Focus areas: Reduce emissions of methane, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons in seven countries, including Nigeria and South Africa
Value: US$25 million for the first cohort of seven countries
Deadline: 14 August 2026
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Africa Health Collaborative Research Fund
Issued by: Africa Health Collaborative (AHC)
Focus areas: Human resources policy and health financing policy in primary health care in Sub-Saharan Africa
Value: Up to US$22 000
Deadline: 15 August 2026
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Alleviate Human Suffering
Issued by: Weiss Asset Management Foundation
Focus areas: Support high-impact, cost-effective ways to alleviate suffering and deliver support in low- and lower-middle-income countries, with a priority focus on nutrition, health impacts of poor air quality and health services.
Value: Up to US$1.5 million
Deadline: 15 August 2026
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Blue Ambition Fund
Issued by: Wilde Ganzen Foundation
Focus areas: Support small and growing businesses building their capacity to increase productivity, grow and create dignified jobs, and short-term skilling, technical training, soft skills and/or coaching, delivered in collaboration with the private sector to guarantee employment outcomes in Ethiopia, South Africa and Uganda
Value: €100 000 to 300 000
Deadline: 15 August 2026
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Community Organising Incubator Fund 2.0
Issued by: Yiaga Africa
Focus areas: Youth-led initiatives that promote digital democracy, civic engagement and democratic renewal across West Africa
Value: US$2 500 each for three teams
Deadline: 15 August 2026
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Documentary Grants
Issued by: AlterCiné Foundation
Focus areas: Support filmmakers from the Global South developing documentary projects that engage with themes of rights, freedoms, peace, justice, equality and respect for differences
Value: CAD5 000 to 10 000
Deadline: 15 August 2026
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Work Exchange Projects
Issued by: Norec
Focus areas: Climate, climate adaptation, gender equality, and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Value: NOK 20 million
Deadline: 15 August 2026
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Biodiv’Sport
Issued by: Play for Nature
Focus areas: Technical and financial support for programmes using sport as a vector for raising awareness and protecting biodiversity
Value: €5 000
Deadline: 16 August 2026
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Direct Aid Programme East Africa
Issued by: Australian High Commission in Kenya
Focus areas: Climate change adaptation, environmental sustainability and biodiversity conservation; skills development, sport, media and blue economy initiatives; health, community wellbeing and access to essential services; human rights, governance, gender equality, and social inclusion; prevention of human trafficking and protection of vulnerable groups; and peacebuilding and countering violent extremism in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
Value: Up to AUD 60 000 per project
Deadline: 16 August 2026
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Health and SRHR
Issued by: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Focus areas: Research, strengthened research capacity and research impact in human health, and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in low- and lower-middle-income countries.
Value: SEK 8 to 14 million
Deadline: 16 August 2026
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Humanitarian Innovation Programme
Issued by: Innovation Norway
Focus areas: Develop and scale innovative solutions to pressing humanitarian challenges in partnership with the private sector.
Value: NOK 100 million
Deadline: 17 August 2026
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Policy Advocacy, Research and Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue in Somaliland
Issued by: Civic Engagement Facility
Focus areas: Support Somaliland-based think tanks, research institutions and universities to contribute to more informed discussions on governance, peace and stability through credible research, inclusive dialogue and policy engagement.
Deadline: 17 August 2026
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Women-Led Collective Action Across Somalia
Issued by: Civic Engagement Facility
Focus areas: Promote locally-led, inclusive, adaptive, and conflict-sensitive approaches.
Value: US$1.8 million
Deadline: 19 August 2026
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2nd Annual “The Sky Is Not The Limit” Social Impact Grant
Issued by: Bombshell Impact
Focus areas: Support organisations to drive meaningful change through access to professional branding, marketing and design services
Value: Up to US$10 000 in professional services
Deadline: 19 August 2026
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Climate Adaptation and Financing for Women-Led SMEs
Issued by: AGRA and CGIAR
Focus areas: Identify and support women-led agribusiness SMEs contributing to climate adaptation.
Value: Small grants, technical assistance, adaptation evidence packaging, synthesis, climate finance mobilisation support and learning dissemination.
Deadline: 20 August 2026
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Global Health and Wellbeing in an Era of Transformative AI
Issued by: Coefficient Giving
Focus areas: Support research, policy development, implementation and field-building to help ensure AI improves human health and wellbeing.
Value: Less than US$100 000 to ten million
Deadline: 21 August 2026
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Moving for Change
Issued by: adidas Foundation
Focus areas: Implement projects that use sport to advance gender equality and strengthen the integration of sport for development approaches into organisational strategies, programmes and systems in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda
Value: €2.2 million
Deadline: 21 August 2026
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MQA Discretionary Grants 2026/7
Issued by: Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA)
Focus areas: Professional, vocational, technical and academic learning programmes, prioritising job creation, inclusive growth and community support initiatives in South Africa
Value: Not specified
Deadline: 21 August 2026
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Initiatives Sahel
Issued by: Government of the Principality of Monaco and the International Social Service – West Africa
Focus areas: Support high local impact projects in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal
Value: €20 000
Deadline: 23 August 2026
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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
Issued by: International Development Research Centre, Global Affairs Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Focus areas: Research focused on sustainable, evidence-informed and gender-transformative interventions that address neglected areas of sexual and reproductive health and rights for underserved populations in sub-Saharan Africa
Deadline: 23 August 2026
Value: Up to six grants of up to CAD1.2 million each
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8th Small Grants Programme
Issued by: African Research Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (ARNTD) and Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD)
Focus areas: Support mid-career African research scientists to contribute to the control and elimination agenda by addressing implementation and other programmatic challenges through implementation research portfolios.
Value: US$30 000 (Early-Career grants) and US$65 000 (Mid-Career grants)
Deadline: 24 August 2026
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AI-Enabled Consumer Engagement to Advance Family Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa
Issued by: Gates Foundation
Focus areas: Generate practical evidence on what high-quality, AI-assisted family planning engagement looks like in the AI era.
Value: Up to US$500 000 per project for 12 months
Deadline: 25 August 2026
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Student Entrepreneurship in Uganda
Issued by: Social Enterprise Fund
Focus areas: Early-stage, student-led ideas that turn academic knowledge into measurable social impact across education, health, environment, agriculture, waste and youth empowerment.
Value: UGX 500 000 to five million
Deadline: 26 August 2026
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Youth Leadership Lab Innovation Challenge 2026
Issued by: International Labour Organisation (ILO) and E4ImpactAfrica Foundation
Focus areas: Identify and strengthen youth-led organisations in Turkana and Garissa that support young people, especially refugees, host-community youth, young women and persons with disabilities, to access decent work and sustainable livelihoods.
Value: US$15 000 to 40 000
Deadline: 26 August 2026
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Green and Just Energy Transition in South Africa
Issued by: European Union
Focus areas: Support NGOs and communities, including labour unions and local authorities, to engage in the green transition, with particular focus on mobilising and monitoring resources for sustainable local economic development.
Value: €2 550 000
Deadline: 27 August 2026
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Community and Civil Society Engagement (CCSE) Pilot for Lenacapavir
Issued by: Unitaid, Wits RHI and Clinton Health Access Initiative
Focus areas: Strengthen the role of communities and NGOs as key partners in the introduction and scale-up of new HIV prevention technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Value: Up to US$200 000
Deadline: 28 August 2026
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PachiPanda Challenge – Nigeria 2026
Issued by: MTN Nigeria, Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Nigeria and Deloitte Nigeria
Focus areas: Provide young people and youth-led SMEs the opportunity to develop innovative, long-term solutions and ideas to pressing environmental challenges and promote sustainability in Nigeria.
Value: Up to ₦10 million
Deadline: 28 August 2026
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Collaborative Reporting Initiatives
Issued by: French Media Development Agency
Focus areas: Support collaborative reporting projects that strengthen access to reliable, evidence-based information on human rights issues, with particular attention to freedom of expression and the rights of marginalised groups, in DRC, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Value: €52 000
Deadline: 30 August 2026
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Investigative Journalism in Benin and Côte d’Ivoire
Issued by: PPLAAF, Social Watch Bénin and Social Justice
Focus areas: Collaborative projects, investigations led by women journalists, and projects based on whistleblowers’ revelations.
Value: €3 500 per project
Deadline: 30 August 2026
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Arms Regulation
Issued by: United Nations Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms Regulation (UNSCAR)
Focus areas: Support initiatives that advance responsible arms governance while promoting transparency, regional cooperation, and inclusive peacebuilding efforts.
Value: Up to US$100 000 (Category 1) and up to US$150 000 (Category 2)
Deadline: 31 August 2026
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Edesia Innovation Fund – Integration of Nutrition and Health
Issued by: Edesia Nutrition
Focus areas: Research that integrates nutrition and health to improve child survival, reduce wasting, and generate evidence that can shape programmes and policies around the world.
Value: US$200 000 to 500 000, with opportunities for expanded support of up to US$2.5 million
Deadline: 31 August 2026 (Statements of Interest)
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Food Safety Systems – Open Call 2
Issued by: FoodSafety4Africa
Focus areas: Support innovation hubs to train use case partners and Open Call 1 beneficiaries by providing mentoring and accelerating innovative business concepts.
Value: €200 000
Deadline: 31 August 2026
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Global Innovation Challenge
Issued by: Social Shifters
Focus areas: Youth-led, up-and-running projects and startups delivering social or environmental impact in communities.
Value: Up to US$15 000
Deadline: 31 August 2026
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Guinean Forests of West Africa Biodiversity Hotspot Ecosystem
Issued by: Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Focus areas: NGOs that conserve threatened species, restore critical habitats, strengthen community stewardship and promote sustainable solutions for nature in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and São Tomé and Príncipe.
Value: Up to US$50 000
Deadline: 31 August 2026
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Innovate Africa Challenge 2026
Issued by: Smart Africa and Food and Agriculture Organisation
Focus areas: AI-driven solutions for climate-smart agriculture in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda and Uganda
Value: US$50 000
Deadline: 31 August 2026
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SAVax Innovation Challenge
Issued by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and partners.
Focus areas: Address unmet needs in women’s health by supporting innovative, scalable and locally relevant solutions in South Africa.
Value: €75 000 per project
Deadline: 31 August 2026
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Young Innovators Challenge 2026
Issued by: Kenya Community Development Foundation
Focus areas: Youth-led solutions that address sustainable development challenges.
Value: Up to KES1.5 million for six young innovators (Category 1) and up to KES5 million for ten youth-led organisations (Category 2)
Deadline: 31 August 2026
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Indoor Environmental Quality
Issued by: Halton Foundation
Focus areas: NGOs that conduct research on improving human well-being in indoor environments and develop solutions to enhance indoor environmental quality.
Value: Up to US$30 000
Deadline: 1 September 2026
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Clinical Education
Issued by: Neurotorium
Focus areas: Educational projects aimed at strengthening clinical competencies in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders through educational activities for healthcare professionals.
Value: Up to DKK 100 000
Deadline: 2 September 2026
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Strengthening the Ethiopian Maternal and Newborn Health Care System
Issued by: Czech Development Agency
Focus areas: Improve maternal and neonatal health care performance in Ethiopia.
Value: CZK 32.3 million
Deadline: 3 September 2026
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Leveraging IFAD’s Rural Sector Performance Assessment for Policy and Investment
Issued by: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Focus areas: Improve the country-level policy and investment environment to enhance food systems and rural transformation.
Value: Up to US$1.2 million
Deadline: 4 September 2026
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Promotion de la culture d’égalité au Maroc
Issued by: European Commission
Focus areas: Economic and social empowerment of women in Morocco.
Value: €3.5 million
Deadline: 7 September 2026
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Mobilise Power Fund
Issued by: Third Wave Fund
Focus areas: Support gender justice organisations to adapt or pivot their work in response to unanticipated, time-sensitive opportunities or threats to their movement-building work and organising conditions.
Value: US$10 000 to 20 000
Deadline: 8 September 2026
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Water and Sanitation
Issued by: African Water Facility
Focus areas: High-impact, investment-oriented projects in Africa’s water and sanitation sectors that can accelerate access to finance, strengthen climate resilience, improve service delivery and catalyse inclusive and sustainable development.
Value: Up to €1 million
Deadline: 10 September 2026
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Investigative Journalism
Issued by: Fund for Investigative Journalism
Focus areas: Support reporters in producing high-quality, unbiased, and nonpartisan investigative stories.
Value: Up to US$10 000
Deadline: 14 September 2026
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African Peace Initiatives
Issued by: African Union Peace Fund
Focus areas: Mediation and preventive diplomacy, institutional capacity and peace support operations.
Value: Not specified
Deadline: 15 September 2026
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Agriculture and Food Systems
Issued by: Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP)
Focus areas: Support high-impact investments in agricultural and food systems in eligible low-income countries.
Value: US$163 million
Deadline: 15 September 2026
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Western Cape NPOs, 2027-2030
Issued by: Western Cape Department of Social Development
Focus areas: NPOs focusing on older persons, persons with disabilities, care and services to families, childcare and protection, after-school care, social crime prevention, victim empowerment, substance abuse, child and youth care centres, youth development, sustainable livelihoods and social relief in the Western Cape, South Africa
Value: Not specified
Deadline: 18 September 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Global Poverty and Inequality
Issued by: Fund for Innovation in Development
Focus areas: Innovations that address poverty and inequality from low- or middle-income countries according to the OECD DAC list, except Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Value: €50 000 to 4 million
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
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Innovative Development Solutions
Issued by: Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Fund
Focus areas: Innovative solutions that improve lives in developing countries, using a staged funding model to test and scale impact
Value: Up to US$1 500 000
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
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Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response
Issued by: The Pandemic Fund
Focus areas: Strengthen global pandemic prevention, preparedness and response systems in 15 countries, including Benin, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan and Uganda
Value: US$244 million
Deadline: Rolling deadline until 31 March 2027
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Rapid Response Fund
Issued by: Frontline AIDS
Focus areas: Support 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
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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
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Rapid Response Window
Issued by: United Nations Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund
Focus areas: Support women’s participation in peace processes and the implementation of peace agreements
Value: Direct support (up to US$30 000) and short-term grants (up to $100 000)
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
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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
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Seed Grants 2026
Issued by: Pollination Project
Focus areas: Support grassroots changemakers launching community-driven initiatives.
Value: US$500 and capacity-building support
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
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SIPRA Challenge Fund – Large Grant Facility
Issued by: Meta
Focus areas: Strengthen food and nutrition security in Sudan by empowering smallholder farmers
Value: €20 000 to 100 000
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
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Strategic Opportunities Fund
Issued by: ActionAid Nigeria
Focus areas: Creative and innovative interventions aimed at advancing the rights of women and girls in Nigeria
Value: Emergency Intervention Fund – NGN10 million per grant for up to 12 grants per year, Critical Intervention Fund – NGN6 million per grant for up to 13 grants per year, and Women Human Rights Defenders Intervention Fund – NGN 17,7 million per grant for up to 4 grants per year
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
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Water, Education and Healthcare
Issued by: AJA Foundation
Focus areas: Organisations that focus on creating a sustainable impact
Value: Various
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
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Women and Girls
Issued by: COMO Foundation
Focus areas: NGOs focused on improving the lives of underserved women and girls and driven by a clear theory of change
Value: Not specified
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
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