Compiled by Anthony M. Wanjohi:
The following is a list of funding agencies with open deadlines. For more information, kindly visit the individual agency website.
Cargill
Type of projects: environmental stewardship; education; food security and nutrition
Countries: worldwide
Grant range: unspecified
Charles Hayward Foundation
Type of projects: clean water and sanitation; basic health programmes; self-sustainability through training in farming skills and income generation activities
Countries: Commonwealth countries of Africa
Grant range: up to £15,000
Dubai Cares
Type of projects: school infrastructure; school health; nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools; quality of education
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cambodia, Chad, Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia
Grant range: unspecified
Ford Foundation
Type of projects: educational opportunity and scholarship; sustainable development; freedom of expression; gender; sexuality and reproductive justice; human rights; economic fairness
Countries: worldwide
Grant range: unspecified
Gered Gereedschap
Type of projects: education programs and projects that meets the demand of the local (labor) market
Countries: Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Ghana; Kenya; Malawi; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia
Grant range: unspecified
Global Fund for Children
Type of projects: enable the most vulnerable children in communities to thrive
Countries: worldwide
Grant range: unspecified
Grand Challenges Canada
Type of projects: health
Countries: worldwide (see request for proposals for full list of eligible countries)
Grant range: $100,000 to $500,000
Humanitarian Innovation Fund – Diffusion
Type of projects: improve humanitarian practice
Countries: worldwide
Grant range: up to £20,000
Humanitarian Innovation Fund – Recognition
Type of projects: improve humanitarian practice
Countries: worldwide
Grant range: up to £20,000
Humanitarian Innovation Fund – Invention
Type of projects: improve humanitarian practice
Countries: worldwide
Grant range: up to £20,000
Humanitarian Innovation Fund – Development
Type of projects: emergencies or disasters, humanitarian needs
Countries: worldwide
Grant range: £75,000 to £150,000
Humanitarian Innovation Fund – Implementation
Type of projects: improve humanitarian practice
Countries: worldwide
Grant range: £75,000 to £150,000
Open Society Initiative for East Africa
Type of projects: health and rights; freedom of expression and information; justice and human rights
Countries: East African countries
Grant range: $10,000 to $200,000
Pollination Project and Levi Strauss Company
Type of projects: grassroots environmental projects; conserving, protecting, restoring and/or advocating for the ecosystems upon which our civilisation depends
Countries: worldwide
Grant range: $1,000 to $5,000
Transform Foundation
Type of project: digital transformation
Countries: UK-registered organisations only
Grant range: £18,000
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