If you are a non-profit organisation or foundation of women that advocates for gender justice, you may be interested in applying for a grant from Global Fund for Women's Grant Programme. The programme is currently accepting applications from qualified initiatives and organisations.

The Global Fund for Women envisions a world where gender justice movements have transformed power and privilege for the few into equity and equality for all. They fund bold, ambitious and expansive gender justice movements to create meaningful change that will last beyond their lifetimes.

Its main objective is to raise funds for gender justice movements around the world. Their movement-led approach allows movements to determine their own needs and allocate funding accordingly through Movement Committees, a type of participatory grantmaking. As funders, their aim is to provide resources that strengthen the agency, participation and power of movements working directly in their communities to improve gender equality.

Types of grants through the Global Fund for Women

• General Support/ Innovation Grant
  • Flexible non-profit funding support to meet the needs of its partners, from programmes to projects and operating expenses, including rent, salaries, communications and travelling.
• Crisis Allowance
  • Urgent funding to respond to climate and natural disasters; crises health or sudden and drastic increases in political violence.

Eligibility Criteria

• Your group must fulfil the following criteria to qualify for a grant:
  • Being out of the United States.
    • With a few exceptions, they generally don't fund US-based organisations.
  • Use an intersectional feminist analysis.
    • The main focus of your group should be the advancement of gender justice, with this objective clearly reflected in your activities. Please note that groups whose sole purpose is to generate income or provide charity to individuals are not eligible.
  • Embrace collective action.
    • They do not accept applications from individuals and do not fund projects proposed by or for the benefit of individuals (including scholarships).
  • Being governed, directed and/or led by historically marginalised communities.
    • Its grant-making centres have historically marginalised communities and those most impacted by gender injustice, including cisgender and transgender women and girls; gender diverse and gender non-conforming people; racial, religious and ethnic minorities; youth; sex workers; people with disabilities; and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Ineligible

• Your group can't be:
  • Government organisation
  • Political Party or Electoral Campaign
  • International organisation proposing projects with local partners

Additional Information

• Groups do not need to be registered as non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to qualify for funding.

For more information, visit Global Fund for Women.