Fundings Friday
Happy Friday everyone,
This week’s Funding Friday features new opportunities centered on feminist organizing, storytelling, climate resilience, and community development across Africa, Asia, and beyond. You’ll also find thought-provoking questions designed to support deeper reflection and strengthen your strategic thinking.
Have a great weekend,
Jesse
Global
🙋🏾♀️ Sustain Fund Programme
📝 The Black Feminist Fund’s Sustain Fund is now open for applications, offering long-term, flexible core funding of $50,000 to $200,000 per year to Black feminist organizations, collectives, and consortia worldwide. Designed to support groups that build collective power and drive systemic change, the fund provides support for up to 8 years through a phased model that includes relationship-building, accompaniment, and transition planning.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Power in Practice: How can sustained, core funding empower Black feminist movements to reimagine traditional structures of power and create lasting systemic change?
Beyond Legitimacy: In what ways can grantmakers shift their frameworks to value unregistered, grassroots collectives as equally credible and impactful agents of transformation?
Funding as Solidarity: How can funding models be reshaped to reflect not just financial support, but deep political alignment and long-term solidarity with Black feminist visions for justice?
🎬 Canon Video Grant for Short Film Documentary
📝 Canon, in collaboration with the International Festival of Photojournalism Visa pour l’Image-Perpignan, invites applications for the sixth edition of the Canon Video Grant. This grant supports videographers and photojournalists in producing impactful short documentaries addressing social, economic, political, or cultural issues. The selected recipient will receive a €8,000 grant and access to professional Canon video equipment on loan.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Visual Storytelling: How can short documentaries effectively highlight underrepresented social issues?
Global Perspectives: In what ways can international grants foster diverse narratives in documentary filmmaking?
Technological Access: How does access to professional equipment influence the quality and reach of documentary projects?
🔗 Canon Video Grant for Short Film Documentar
📸 Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
📝 Canon, in collaboration with Visa pour l’Image, is offering the prestigious Canon Female Photojournalist Grant for the 25th consecutive year. This grant recognizes an outstanding female photojournalist's contribution to the field and supports the production of a compelling photo-reportage on social, economic, political, or cultural issues. The recipient will receive €8,000 to complete their project, which will be showcased at the 2026 Visa pour l’Image festival in Perpignan, France.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Gender Representation: How does supporting female photojournalists contribute to more diverse perspectives in media coverage?
Impactful Storytelling: What are the challenges and opportunities in documenting underreported social issues through photojournalism?
Global Reach: How can international grants like this one amplify voices from different regions and backgrounds?
🔗 Canon Female Photojournalist Grant 2025
🌍 Explorers Club Impact Grants
📝 The Explorers Club is offering Impact Grants to support fieldwork across various scientific disciplines. These grants aim to foster scientific understanding for the betterment of humanity and all life on Earth and beyond. Projects should align with the Club's mission, including commitments to mitigate climate change, prevent the extinction of species and cultures, and ensure the health of our lands, oceans, and their inhabitants.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Interdisciplinary Exploration: How can integrating multiple scientific disciplines enhance our understanding of complex environmental and cultural systems?
Global Collaboration: What are effective strategies for fostering international collaboration in exploratory research?
Storytelling in Science: How can explorers effectively communicate their findings to engage and educate diverse audiences?
🔗 Explorers Club Impact Grants 2025
Asia Pacific
🌳GEF Small Grants Programme
📝 The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme in Cambodia, implemented by UNDP, is calling for proposals focused on environmental protection, sustainable landscape management, climate resilience, and poverty reduction. Grants are aimed at registered Cambodian NGOs and CBOs working in Siem Reap province’s Stung Siem Reap Watershed landscape.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Local Ecosystem Protection: What locally led conservation approaches are proving most effective in Southeast Asia?
Climate-Livelihood Nexus: How can environmental grants enhance both biodiversity and rural livelihoods?
Partnerships for Resilience: How can small organizations collaborate for greater regional sustainability impact?
🔗 GEF Small Grants Programme – UNDP Cambodia
🌟 Hasanah Special Grant Programme – Malaysia
📝 The Yayasan Hasanah Foundation is requesting applications for its Special Grant Program to drive large-scale social impact for a more inclusive and progressive Malaysia. The grant supports initiatives in education, community development, environment, arts & public spaces, and knowledge.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Integrated Impact: How can multi-sectoral initiatives amplify social outcomes in Malaysia?
Sustainable Development: What strategies ensure the longevity and scalability of community projects?
Collaborative Efforts: How can partnerships between NGOs, government, and private sectors enhance project effectiveness?
🔗 Hasanah Special Grant Programme – Malaysia
📰 Fostering Gender-Sensitive Media Practices and Safer Digital Spaces – Nepal
📝 UN Women Nepal invites proposals to promote gender-sensitive media practices and create safer digital spaces, aiming to advance women's leadership and political participation. This initiative seeks to partner with media organizations to ensure accountable reporting and responsible social media engagement around women in leadership and public life.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Media Representation: How can media organizations be encouraged to adopt gender-sensitive reporting practices?
Digital Safety: What strategies can be implemented to make digital spaces safer for women leaders and activists?
Political Participation: In what ways can improved media practices and digital safety contribute to increased political participation among women?
🔗 Fostering Gender-Sensitive Media Practices and Safer Digital Spaces – Nepal
Africa
🤝 NGO Support Initiative (NSI) Grant Program – Nigeria
📝 The development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) invites applications for the NGO Support Initiative (NSI) Grant Program. This initiative aims to provide rapid response funding to locally registered Nigerian NGOs that have had to suspend activities due to recent funding cuts. The grant supports projects focusing on gender equality, women's economic empowerment, school safety for girls, women's health, gender-based violence prevention, and social justice.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Rapid Response Funding: How can swift financial support mitigate disruptions in critical NGO-led community services?
Capacity Building: What role does mandatory training play in enhancing the effectiveness and sustainability of NGO initiatives?
Strategic Partnerships: How can collaborations between NGOs, communities, and government entities amplify the impact of social justice projects?
🔗 NGO Support Initiative (NSI) Grant Program – Nigeria
👶 Deliver Integrated Early Childhood Development Services – Zambia
📝 UNICEF, in collaboration with the European Union, is inviting Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from qualified organizations to deliver integrated Early Childhood Development (ECD) services under the EU Human Development Programme in Zambia. The initiative aims to support children in reaching their full potential and to enhance young female adolescents' resilience through improved nurturing care. This will be achieved by increasing access to quality ECD, reducing inequalities, and strengthening coordination across government systems to improve service delivery in education, health and nutrition, child protection, and social protection.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Integrated Services: How can a holistic approach to ECD services improve outcomes for children and adolescents in Zambia?
Gender Focus: What strategies can be implemented to specifically enhance the resilience of young female adolescents through ECD programs?
System Coordination: In what ways can improved coordination across government systems enhance the delivery of ECD services?
🔗 Deliver Integrated Early Childhood Development Services – Zambia
💪 African Women’s Development Fund- Matla
📝 The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is accepting submissions for the Matla Grants Program to support the delivery of essential services to women, girls, and gender-diverse persons experiencing violence, backlash, and/or discrimination in French-speaking Africa.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Empowering Communities: How can targeted funding enhance the capacity of grassroots organizations to address gender-based violence in French-speaking African countries?
Inclusivity in Support Services: What strategies can ensure that essential services are accessible and responsive to the needs of gender-diverse individuals?
Sustainable Impact: How can grant programs like Matla foster long-term resilience and empowerment among marginalized communities?
🔗 Matla Grants Program 2025 – African Women’s Development Fund
👧🏾 Economic Justice Grants Program in Africa
📝 The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is accepting applications for the Economic Justice Grants Program. This initiative aims to dismantle barriers to economic justice and equality for African women, girls, and gender-diverse persons by reimagining economies and rethinking mechanisms, craft, and intellectual knowledge from micro to macro levels.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Innovative Economic Models: How can African feminist solutions like ecofeminism and gendered tax justice reshape traditional economic systems?
Inclusive Participation: What strategies can ensure the active involvement of marginalized groups, including persons with disabilities, in economic justice initiatives?
Policy Influence: How can grassroots organizations effectively engage in macroeconomic policy advocacy to promote equitable resource distribution?