Global Alliance for Communities

✅Call for Proposals: CEMA Uganda is offering Climate Justice Small Grants through GCAF. Seeking CBOs in Uganda implementing locally led solutions to environmental challenges. Deadline: Rolling cemauganda.org/opportunities.…

✅Call for Applications: Let’s Sustain is offering a fully funded 7-day trip across Europe for young changemakers with innovative climate ideas. Winners present their projects internationally & connect with global sustainability leaders. Deadline: May 10 letssustain.org/form-test

This edition highlights a diverse range of opportunities for grassroots organizers & environmental innovators. Key features: fully funded climate leadership trips to Europe, prizes for agroecology in East & West Africa, & targeted climate justice grants for CSOs in Uganda.

✅Call for Applications: The Benoît Maria Prize 2026 is awarding up to €6,000 to cooperatives/associations in selected countries. Seeking innovative projects in agroecology, organic farming, & the defense of peasant rights. Deadline: May 15 avsf.org/le-prix-benoit…

✅Call for Applications: The .ORG Impact Awards are offering up to $50,000 in donations for organizations & individuals using a .ORG domain to drive change. Categories: Health, Hunger & Poverty, & a Rising Star award for leaders under 30. Deadline: May 27 pir.org/for-orgs/enter…

✅Call for Application: Fundación ”la Caixa” is accepting proposals for international cooperation projects in Africa, Asia, & Latin America. Seeking initiatives in socio-economic development, health, & education that drive systemic change. Deadline: May 20 fundacionlacaixa.org/es/convocatori…

✅Call for Applications: CFLI is offering grants up to $45k CAD (max $100k) for small-scale, high-impact projects in Ghana. Seeking local NGOs working on inclusive governance, security threat reduction and human rights. Deadline: May 10 international.gc.ca/world-monde/fu…

This edition features diverse funding opportunities. Key highlights include $45,000 CAD for governance projects, systemic development funding for Spanish and Portuguese non-profits, and $50,000 in .ORG Impact Awards.

✅Call for Applications: Welthungerhilfe is offering micro-grants of up to EUR 10,000 for grassroots CBOs, youth clubs, and self-help groups in Ethiopia. Priority is given to groups in Afar, Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz, and Oromia. Deadline: April 22 welthungerhilfe.org/what-we-do/cou…

✅Call for Applications: Green Innovators’ Pitch 11.0 is offering a share of R750k for young South Africans with scalable climate & environmental solutions. Seeking innovations in clean energy, circular economy, & sustainable agriculture. Deadline: Ap 30 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

This edition features critical funding for local community groups, environmental entrepreneurs, and human rights advocates. Highlights include micro-grants for Ethiopian CBOs, a prize pool for South African green innovators, and significant EU funding for civil society in Togo.

✅Call for Applications: EU has launched a new call for proposals in Togo to support human rights & civil society. Projects that promote democratic governance, protect human rights defenders, & strengthen the capacity of local CSOs. Deadline: May 26 ec.europa.eu/info/funding-t…

Skills. Confidence. Opportunity. @TuunganeCbo supporting young women through tailoring, life skills, mental health support, & sports-based engagement. From no experience to creating their own garments, participants are building livelihoods & independence. globalallianceforcommunities.org/community-clim…

✅Call for Applications: The Moleskine Foundation is offering €5k unrestricted grants through the Creativity Pioneers Fund. Seeking non-profits using creativity for social change, especially those working with marginalized youth. Deadline: April 24 creativitypioneersfund.org/opencall

✅Call for Applications: AU is offering grants through the IEA initiative. Seeking scalable solutions in basic education, TVET, & AI-driven learning. Applicants must be AU member state citizens with legally registered organizations. Deadline: April 30 au.int/en/announcemen…

This resource roundup highlights major funding and leadership opportunities for changemakers across Africa. Key opportunities include West Africa democracy grants, creativity funding for social change, and African Union education grants for scalable AI and TVET solutions.

✅Call for Applications: TrustAfrica is offering grants from $50k to $500k through the West Africa Democracy Fund. Seeking projects to strengthen governance and civic space in Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Togo. Deadline: April 30 trustafrica.org/call-for-round…

Teenage Mums Empowerment supports young mothers & girls in Dandora to build skills, confidence, & more independent futures. Through training & mentorship, they are creating new pathways forward. @caatherinenjeri globalallianceforcommunities.org/community-clim… #CommunityLeadership #YouthEmpowerment

This resource roundup features high-impact funding & leadership opportunities for changemakers. Highlights: $10k childcare grants from UN Women, fully funded youth summits in Cape Town, paid journalism fellowships in India, & senior industrial policy workshops at SOAS London.

✅Call for Applications: The Global Youth Summit 2026 in Cape Town offers fully funded scholarships for young leaders and activists (ages 21–28) to build practical skills & join a global network. Covers airfare, meals, and accommodation. Deadline: Rolling global-changemakers.net/gys2026