April Round Up of Impact Funding Opportunities
Monthly summary of the top impact funding opportunities for social enterprises and non-profits.
Hello Everyone!
Welcome to the April 2025 Edition of Impact Funding Opportunities.
This curated list features funding and grant opportunities for purpose-driven organizations—both for-profit and nonprofit—around the globe, committed to creating positive impact. We cover a wide range of sectors, typically focusing on larger grant opportunities (USD $100,000 and above).
We’ve added more than 60 new opportunities this month! You can find them as well as opportunities with rolling deadlines and upcoming calls in the sector-specific pages* —perfect for planning your long term fundraising strategy.
In this edition, you’ll find opportunities in:
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Selected Opportunities
Multi-Sector / Sustainable Development
Camelback Fellowship, Camelback Ventures. *New!* *Closing Soon!*
Camelback Ventures is committed to empowering entrepreneurs to create impactful solutions that address systemic inequities in Education and Conscious Technology. They offer a rigorous accelerator, the Camelback Fellowship, for innovative and driven entrepreneurs. They are now accepting applications from early-stage entrepreneurs in the Education sector who drive social change by improving educational outcomes and access, including schools, programs, and products in early childhood, K-12, higher education, adult learning, and alternative pathways. They also support Conscious Technology ventures that use innovative tech solutions, particularly in health & wellness, community development, policy & advocacy, and workforce readiness.
Geographies: USA.
Who can apply: Early-stage entrepreneurs.
Funding amount: Investment of $40,000 in each venture.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Education, health and wellness.
Deadline: April 7, 2025.
Learn more and apply here. Take their alignment quiz to see if you are a good fit.
Open Call for Green Transition Projects, Interreg Euro-MED Programme, European Union. *Closing Soon!*
Interreg NEXT MED is a program funded by the European Union (EU) that supports transnational cooperation through the financing of joint projects which aim at making the Mediterranean area more resilient to the shared challenges it faces. The Call for Green Transition Projects provides €83.7 million in European Union’s funding to tackle climate challenges across the Mediterranean region. Projects that aim to contribute to smart, sustainable, fair development for all across the Mediterranean basin across four program priorities, including research and innovation, climate, energy and water, education and healthcare, and governance.
Geographies: Mediterranean region; Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Türkiye.
Who can apply: Public and private bodies, as well as international organizations. All applicant must be established in the participating countries and legally registered there since at least two years from the launching date of this call.
Funding amount: Co-financing €600,000-€3.1 million. Applicants must provide a minimum of 11% of the total project costs.
Targeted SDGs/ Sectors: Climate and environment, job creation, inclusion, health.
Deadline: April 15, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.
Open Call for Bold Projects, The Audacious Project. *Next window closes this month!*
Looking for bold ideas that cover a wide range of issues, from global health and climate change, to social justice and education. The Audacious Project looks for timely ideas that are that magic combination of deeply inspiring and convincingly credible. That means ensuring your idea balances the ability to change the way people look at an issue, with a deliverable plan that will make that vision come to life. The emotional appeal and personal connection should be met with a logical approach and a track record of your teams' relevant successes. They look for ideas that inspire with 1) Transformative vision- a bold vision for tackling one of the world's most urgent topics, 2. Contribute to a better world- ideas that offer significant, enduring impact, 3. Innovative and original- there should be a unique aspect or creative element to your approach that challenges convention or status quo or changes the narrative for the greater good. Applicants should submit proposals for proven concepts (evidence that the idea will have impact based on a track record of past success, a demand from those that would be affected, etc.) a bold vision for using the multi-year funding, and an organizational track record of receiving and managing large sums (Past projects have had an annual operating budget of $2 million or more). Open to public organizations- nonprofits, NGO, institution (such as research institution) or collaboration between multiple entities.
Geographies: Global
Who can apply: non-profits, NGO, institution or collaboration between multiple entities.
Funding amount: There is no limit to the budget that can be requested. Grant envelope total of USD ~$1 billion (with about 10 winners in 2023).
Targeted SDGs/ Sectors: Sector agnostic.
Deadline: Current application cycle closes on April 15, 2024. Requests submitted after the date will be considered for future rounds.
VinFuture Prize Nomination, VinFuture Foundation. *Closing soon!*
Calling for nominations for the 2025 VinFuture Grand Prize and three Special Prizes. The VinFuture Prize is established to honor breakthrough scientific research and technological innovations that create meaningful change in the everyday lives of millions of people. The Prize aims to recognize exceptional inventors and researchers from global academic universities, research labs, and industry. The VinFuture Prize comprises: A Grand Prize of US$3 million, awarded annually for breakthrough research and technological innovations that positively improve the quality of human life, and create a more equitable and sustainable world for future generations. The Grand Prize would be open to all, regardless of the candidate’s nationality, age, gender, social status, or economic background. Three Special Prizes of US$500,000 each with a focus on promoting diversity, equity, and new fields of study will also be awarded annually to: 1. Innovators from Developing Countries, 2. Female Innovators, 3. Innovators with Outstanding Achievements in Emerging Fields.
Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Researchers and innovators.
Funding amount: Grand Prize of US$3 million, and Three Special Prizes of US$500,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Multisector, all SDG’s applicable.
Deadline: April 17, 2025.
True Inspiration Awards, Chick-fil-A®. *New!*
Seeks to support nonprofit organizations making an impact in their local communities. Sixteen organizations will be awarded for their work in focus areas, there will be four winners from each category. 1. Caring for People: Programs or projects supporting educational initiatives, including fostering character and leadership development, academic excellence and community involvement in underserved youth. 2. Caring through Food: Programs or projects focused on addressing hunger and food insecurity facing children and their families. 3. Caring for Communities: Programs or projects focused on providing housing and other direct services to support young people and their families. 4. Caring for our Planet: Programs or projects that show care for our environment and our planet, or that demonstrate environmental stewardship through initiatives directly related to our other True Inspiration Awards categories of food, community and people (i.e., community beautification, education opportunities, community gardens, outdoor classrooms, etc.)
Geographies: USA, Canda, UK, or Singapore.
Who can apply: Non-profits based in eligible countries.
Funding amount: Grants range USD $30,000 to USD $350,000. Total of USD $6M available.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Education, underserved communities, food, housing, environment.
Deadline: May 1, 2025
See all opportunities in Multi-Sector / Sustainable Development.
Agriculture, Climate, Environment, Energy & Food
Climate Policy and Governance in Nigeria, UK PACT. *Closing soon!*
Seeking applications from projects aimed at providing technical assistance to support key opportunities for strengthening governance, enhancing institutional capacity, and aligning policy implementation to achieve Nigeria’s climate goals in an equitable and inclusive manner. Project must align with one of three project areas; 1. Strengthening climate governance and policy implementation, enhancing Nigeria’s capacity in global climate negotiations, 2. Data and monitoring for climate action: building robust climate data and MRV systems, 3. Private sector climate action: enhancing private sector capacity for climate action.
Geographies: Nigeria.
Who can apply: For profit and non-profit organizations including think-tanks, consultancies, academic institutions, community organizations, NGOs, professional associations, or any similar organizations.
Funding amount: £500,000 per financial year. Projects typically run for 12-22 months.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Climate, governance.
Deadline: April 3, 2025.
776 Fellowship, 776 Foundation. *New!*
Now accepting applications for the Fellowship Program, a two-year program for young people who want to build a better future. They are searching for the builders, the doers — people motivated by problems and using that energy to create real, measurable solutions that will benefit underserved communities and fight climate change. The Fellowship Program gives 20 remarkable people the age of 24 and under the chance to spend two years working on the bright idea that’s keeping them up at night.
Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Young people aged 18-24.
Funding amount: USD $100,000 grant.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Climate change.
Deadline: April 14, 2025.
2025 Global Climate Challenge, MIT SOLVE. *Closing soon!*
MIT Solve seeks exceptional solutions that leverage technology to address any aspect of the climate crisis with a particular interest for 2025 in solutions that: 1. Drive a shift towards a low-carbon and nutritious global food system, across large and small-scale producers plus supply chains. 2. Build zero-carbon and resilient cities, including through better construction or retrofitting of multi-family or commercial buildings, enabling non-car transportation, and managing extreme weather. 3. Enable rapid deployment of distributed renewable energy and adaptation measures, such as community-scale solar, ecosystem restoration, or cooling/dehumidification. 4. Strengthen a low-carbon blue economy, including sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, marine industry, or ecosystem conservation. Each Solver team receives $10,000 in unrestricted funding from Solve and access to additional financing in the form of grants and investments, this includes access to a pool of +$1.5M in prize funding at selection and additional funding opportunities throughout the program and after.
Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Applicants welcome from all organizations from any stages (concept, prototype, pilot, growth and scale).
Funding amount: $10,000 - $150,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Climate, food and agriculture, resilient cities, energy, blue economy, conservation.
Deadline: April 17, 2025.
Calls for Collective Action, Healthy Food Healthy Planet (HFHP). *New!* *Closing soon!*
HFHP is pleased to invite civil society organisations based in Europe to participate in the open Calls to Collective Action which aims bring forward innovative ideas and collaborate with partners to shape healthier, just and sustainable food environments. The focus areas are: 1. Strengthening Subnational Leadership and Elevating Local Impact - Bridging Local Initiatives to National and European Food System Transformation, 2. Strengthen communities against the harms of industrial livestock production to public health and justice, and 3. Accelerate corporate accountability in food systems towards mandatory mechanisms.
Geographies: Europe.
Who can apply: Each project must be cocreated by two or more core partners: civil society organizations, grassroots organizations, coalitions, alliances, or networks of organizations are welcome to apply.
Funding amount: Grants typically range from €200,000 - €800,000, they aim to fund between 3 and 10 projects, depending on the size of the applications.
Targeted Sectors/ SDG
Deadline: April 18, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.
Forest Governance Markets and Climate (FGMC2) programme: accountable grants, FCDO. *Closing soon!*
This call is seeking proposals in the form of short Concept Notes from non-government organizations who are working to sustain global forests through policy action (e.g. think tanks, advocacy groups, trade associations) whose actions are aligned to FGMC2 objectives, as well as organizations working to strengthen the civil society and private sector voice and capacities in national forest policy decision-making. Selected Accountable Grants will help the programme to gain a strong foothold in focus countries and improved understanding of global processes. To foster the amplification of FGMC2 results selected grantees will work across themes and geographies covered by the programme, build stakeholder capacity for quality deliberative processes, with a focus on understanding, evidence and building of coalitions and networks to drive change. It is expected that grants will support: advocacy, capacity building, convening, transparency measures and evidence building.
Geographies: Cameroon, China, Congo (Democratic Republic), Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Laos, Liberia, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vietnam.
Who can apply: International and national non-government organizations (NGOs), federations and membership bodies.
Funding amount: £500,000 -£5,000,000 for projects lasting up to 3.5 years (till February 2029).
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Climate change, Empowerment and accountability, Environment, Girls and women, Innovation and Private sector/business.
Deadline: April 18, 2025.
Off-Grid Renewable Energy Grants: Round 1, REnew Pacific. *New!* *Closing this month!*
REnew Pacific is calling for applications from potential partners to deliver off-grid renewable energy solutions in remote and rural communities across the Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste. This Call for Proposals seeks solutions that will increase access to reliable and affordable off-grid renewable energy in rural and remote communities and improve lives, livelihoods and climate resilience of remote communities, especially women and people with disabilities.Specifically they are looking for cost effective, long-lasting solutions to the well-informed development and climate resilience needs of rural and remote communities that are based on renewable energy generation. The following forms of renewable energy generation will be considered eligible; solar, wind, hydro, tidal and biogas. Additional eligible solutions include battery storage and other forms of system firming, micro-grids, mini-grids, wiring and distribution systems to households or facilities, metering systems, controllers, monitors and inverters.
Geographies: Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
Who can apply: Partnerships that can include members from the private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community and religious organizations (e.g. church groups), academic institutions, utilities and government entities.
Funding amount: Grants range $250,000 - $3M.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Energy, climate change, rural communities.
Deadline: April 28, 2025.
World Food Prize, World Food Prize Foundation. *New!*
Nominations are sought of an individual or individuals having demonstrated exceptional achievement in any field involved in enhancing food production and distribution and increasing food availability and accessibility to those most in need. The World Food Prize is awarded for a specific, exceptionally significant, individual achievement that advances human development with a demonstrable increase in the quantity, quality, availability of, or access to food through creative interventions at any point within the full scope of the food system. Fields of achievement include, but are not limited to: soil and land; plant and animal science; food science and technology; nutrition; rural development; marketing; food processing, packaging and storage; water and the environment; natural resource conservation; physical infrastructure; transportation and distribution; special or extraordinary feeding programs; social organization and poverty elimination; economics and finance; policy analysis and implementation; and public advocacy.
Geographies: Global.
Who can nominate: Any academic or research institution, private or public organization, corporate entity, or governmental unit.
Funding amount: Award of US$500,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Food.
Deadline: May 1, 2025.
Innovative Tech for Water Security, Climate Venture Lab, Mercy Corps Ventures. *New!*
Accepting applications to test potential solutions to enhance water security in emerging markets. They are looking for groundbreaking solutions that benefit low-income and underserved populations that address one or more of the following areas: 1. Increasing water supply. For example, solutions around rainwater harvesting, desalination, recycling / wastewater, water reuse, or boreholes. 2. Optimizing water usage / demand. For example, smart irrigation, nature-based water conservation systems, or water efficiency tools. 3. Strengthening infrastructure. For example, storage, treatment, or reducing losses in the network.
Geographies: Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Who can apply: Early stage for profit strartups and organizations.
Funding amount: Equity-free grants of up to $50,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Water security, water efficiency, access to water and conservation.
Deadline: May 2, 2025. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the deadline.
Stockholm Water Prize 2025, SIWI - Stockholm International Water Institute. *New!*
Accepting nominations to recognizes people and organizations who have made outstanding contributions to the sustainable use and protection of the world’s water resources. Candidates should be within one or both of the following categories: 1. Research - basic and applied research to develop new knowledge and/or scientific leadership in fields relevant for the prize. 2. Policy and practices -achievements that have improved the governance and management of water as a natural and economic resource, and/or as a human right and basic service. The category may include human rights, conflict resolution and international cooperation, sustainable and safe management of water resources, provision of water supply and sanitation services, and the development and application of appropriate technologies or economical, legislative, institutional or administrative principles for efficient, equitable and sustainable water management and services provision. For both categories, achievements in outreach and awareness raising shall be considered of merit. This includes education and training of students, water professionals of communities as well as dissemination of information to and awareness raising of decision-makers and the general public.
Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Anyone may nominate a candidate that has made outstanding achievements of lasting significance during the last ten years and provided stimulation for further important work. Self-nominations will be disregarded.
Funding amount: Award of $150,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: water, human rights.
Deadline: September 30, 2025.
See all opportunities in Agriculture, Climate, Environment, Energy & Food.
Gender Equality & Women Empowerment
Call for concept notes – Health, education and women's and girls’ rights and empowerment in Afghanistan, Global Affairs Canada. *Closing soon!*
Accepting applications from non-profit projects that support the delivery of basic needs services to Afghans, especially women and girls, in one or more of the three programming areas: 1. Quality, accessible, gender-responsive health services for the most marginalized (including women and girls in all their diversity, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, older persons, and other marginalized groups). 2. Demand-driven skills training, particularly for women and girls in all their diversity, in areas such as literacy and numeracy, digital skills, life skills, business skills, and other relevant technical and vocational skill areas. 3. Inclusive services that protect and advance the rights and empowerment of all Afghans, with a focus on gender, ethnic and religious minorities, under-serviced populations including those impacted by disability, and support to women-led groups.
Geographies: Afghanistan.
Who can apply: Non-profits. All applicants must be registered in the Partners@International portal of GAC.
Funding amount: The total amount of funding available under call is up to CAD$35,000,000 over 4 years. Anticipate supporting 4 to 8 projects of CAD$2,000,000 to CAD$10,000,000 each.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, education and women's and girls' rights and empowerment.
Deadline: April 2, 2025
Enhancing Women's Resilience and Economic Empowerment in Kigoma Region, UN Women. *New!* *Closing soon!*
The CFP is to secure partnership with Civil Society Organisations(NGO) with proven expertise in advancing women's economic rights, gender equality, and human rights. The goal is to implement innovative, evidence-based models that enhance women's access to gender-responsive financial and business development services, improve market access, and promote equitable resource distribution and economic participation in Kigoma Region. The envisioned CSO will contribute to the following key results including: conduct a mapping and needs assessment to identify 1,000 women entrepreneurs, equipping Women led MSMEs with financial and digital literacy skills, provide labour saving technology such as safe cooking stoves and water storage facilities to selected women SMEs in the informal food industry through cost sharing models, facilitate access to larger markets set up spaces to serve as a business center for women entrepreneurs and more.
Geographies: Tanzania.
Who can apply: CSO, legally registered in Tanzania.
Funding amount: Grant ranges USD $100,000 – $120,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender, entrepreneurships, women’s empowerment.
Deadline: April 08, 2025.
Breakthrough Science Grants Program, EQT Foundation. *New!* *Closing this month!*
Now accepting applications for deeptech solutions tackling female-specific health challenges worldwide, with a focus on funding breakthrough scientific innovation. The program aims to accelerate the development of groundbreaking diagnostics, therapeutics, and deeptech solutions addressing critical gaps in female health, an area historically underfunded despite its vast economic and societal impact. The call is open to scientists from accredited institutions worldwide, ensuring that innovations from diverse research ecosystems can contribute to closing the women’s health gap. EQT Foundation’s Breakthrough Science grants program is designed to fund scientists working on solutions at the intersection of science and commercialization. It prioritizes research focused on: 1. Advanced diagnostics for conditions like endometriosis, cardiovascular diseases, and autoimmune disorders that present differently in women, 2.Non-hormonal therapeutics for menstrual health, menopause, and gynecological conditions, 3. Female-focused deeptech innovations improving access, affordability & effectiveness of care, and 4. Innovative maternal health solutions for complications like pre-eclampsia and pre-term birth, with an emphasis on both high- and low-resource healthcare settings.
Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Any scientist or researcher (PhD student, Postdoc, PI, etc.) associated with an accredited University, hospital, or other research.
Funding amount: Grants range €25,000 - €100,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, gender, deeptech.
Deadline: April 27, 2025.
Fem Tech Innovation for Women and Girls' health, Well-Being and Participation, The UNICEF Venture Fund. *New!*
Now accepting applications from fem tech start-ups developing cutting edge tech solutions improving access to quality health care and services and ensuring socio-economic participation of women and girls. Specifically they are seeking early-stage, for-profit startups that use frontier technologies in three key areas; 1. Improve health outcomes for women and girls (including innovations such as digital health solutions for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, AI-driven or data-powered platforms for maternal, reproductive, and adolescent health, and on-demand referral services for access to healthcare and culturally relevant information). 2. Address unique challenges faced by women and girls (including closing the gender data gap to drive inclusive decision-making, improving accessibility of platforms for underserved communities, including persons with disabilities, and designing solutions that address gender-specific challenges in different cultural and economic contexts). 3. Empower women and girls socially and economically (including expanding financial inclusion and access to economic opportunities, enabling safe access to education, training, and skill-building, and supporting agency, decision-making power, and workforce participation.
Geographies: UNICEF program countries.
Who can apply: Start-ups in LMICs developing Open Source technology. Women-led startups and young founders (under the age of 35) are strongly encouraged to apply.
Funding amount: Up to $100,000 in equity-free funding.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender, health, economic participation, access to essential services for women and girls.
Deadline: May 8, 2025. Information session will be held on April 15, 2025.
See all opportunities in Gender Equality & Women Empowerment.
Global Health & WASH
2025 Global Health Challenge, MIT SOLVE. *Closing soon!*
MIT Solve seeks exceptional solutions that leverage technology to increase access to good health and healthcare with a particular interest for 2025 in solutions that; 1. Ensure health-related data is collected ethically and effectively and that AI and other insights are accurate, targeted, and actionable in the real world, 2. Increase capacity and resilience of health systems, including workforce, supply chains, and other infrastructure, 3. Increase access to and quality of health services for all communities. Each Solver team receives $10,000 in unrestricted funding from Solve, an additional grant from Johnson & Johnson Foundation, and access to additional financing in the form of grants and investments, this includes access to a pool of +$1.5M in prize funding at selection and additional funding opportunities throughout the program and after.
Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Applicants welcome from all organizations from any stages (concept, prototype, pilot, growth and scale).
Funding amount: $10,000 - $150,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, AI, innovation.
Deadline: April 17, 2025.
The Trinity Challenge: Community Access to Effective Antibiotics, MIT SOLVE. *Closing this month!*
Seeking innovative, low-cost data and technology solutions in LMICs to improve antibiotic stock control and reduce the sale and use of substandard and falsified oral antibiotics. The use and/or generation of community-level data should be integral to solutions. Solutions may relate to human and/or animal health and can respond to either issue of stock control or substandard and falsified oral antibiotics, or both. Solutions might respond to this Challenge by, for example leveraging citizen-related data, applying technology to improve the tracking of antibiotics along the journey from manufacture to patient, tracking community demand, and reporting on shortages and/or predicting stockout, innovation in data capture and/or data analysis relating to stock control or substandard and falsified antibiotics, developing (or updating) more accurate estimates of the prevalence of substandard and falsified antibiotics in a specific community or in a specific part of the supply chain, developing new or improved ways to authenticate antibiotics at the point of sale, developing technology to monitor the effect of climate factors on antibiotic quality, or applying existing technology from other sectors to this issue.
Geographies: Interventions must be in LMICs. Applicants from all over the world are encouraged to apply. This Challenge particularly encourages solutions from teams based in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and multi-disciplinary teams.
Who can apply: A wide range of applicants, solutions proposed must be at least proof of concept phase.
Funding amount: A prize fund of up to £1,000,000 will be awarded, with an aim to award a grand prize of £500,000 in each category of the Challenge (Stock Control and Substandard and Falsified Antibiotics).
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, antibiotic resistance.
Deadline: April 24, 2025.
CapitaLand Community Resilience Initiative, AVPN. *New!*
The CapitaLand Community Resilience Initiative is a SGD 3 million initiative, supported by AVPN, dedicated to strengthening community resilience across Asia. Focusing on education, health, and well-being, the initiative is designed to support vulnerable groups, especially children and youth in the priority countries. By focusing on children and youth, the CapitaLand Community Resilience Initiative aims to equip this group with the skills, knowledge and support systems needed to thrive in the face of adversity, driving economic growth and strengthening their resilience to ensure a stronger, more adaptive and equitable future. The Initiative is committed to supporting solutions that build social capital and resilience in local communities and encourage eligible non-profits that work in the following impact areas focusing on children and youth (up to the age of 21 years) to apply: education, skills development, physical health, mental health and well-being support.
Geographies: China, India, Singapore and Vietnam.
Who can apply: Non-profits operating in at least one of the priority countries.
Funding amount: A total of S$3 million SGD in grants will be disbursed to awardee organizations by the end of 2025.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Physical health, mental health and well-being support
Deadline: April 25, 2025.
Call for Innovative WASH Solutions, UNICEF Sustainable WASH Innovation Hub. *New!* *Closing this month!*
Is looking for proven innovative WASH solutions with potential for accelerated scale. This Call for Applications is intended for solutions that address systemic problems for WASH. They are seeking a diverse range of innovative solutions, including but not limited to programmatic models, private sector approaches, public sector strategies, and other relevant models. The WASH Innovation Hub is seeking proven solutions addressing one or both of the following innovation challenges: 1: Strengthening supportive environments for WASH SMEs, 2. Enhancing climate-sensitive data and integration into WASH programming.
Geographies: UNICEF program countries.
Who can apply: Any for profit or non-profit that is a legally registered entity such as a university spin-off, NGO, UN organization or Government agency.
Funding amount: Grant of up to USD $150,000 USD in flexible funds to support evidence generation, feasibility studies, and market understanding and assessments.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: WASH, health, water.
Deadline: April 30, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.
Climate Impacts Awards: Unlocking Urgent Climate Action by Making the Health Effects of Climate Change Visible, Wellcome. *Closing this month!*
The aim of this scheme is to make the impacts of climate change on physical and mental health visible to drive urgent climate policy action at scale. They will fund transdisciplinary teams to deliver short-term, high-impact projects that maximize policy outcomes by combining evidence generation with influencing and engagement strategies. Proposals should generate context-specific evidence using community knowledge and experiences to deliver actionable policy outcomes that can be scaled to multiple settings. Funding will be prioritized for research that involves and serves the needs of communities most impacted by the health effects of climate change as well as projects that advance stories and narratives that tend to be absent in the media or underrepresented in public discourse.
Geographies: Global (other than mainland China).
Who can apply: Researched in non-profit organizations such as higher education institutions, research institutes, and healthcare organizations.
Funding amount: Up to £2.5 million.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Climate change, health.
Deadline: April 30, 2025.
See all opportunities in Global Health & WASH.
Humanitarian Aid and Emergency Programming
Informing Humanitarian Response Through Research, Learning and Innovation, Novo Nordisk Foundation. *Closing Soon!*
The purpose of the open call is to support humanitarian actors and the humanitarian system in identifying, adapting, or integrating research and learning, and innovative approaches to improve the quality of humanitarian response and deliver better outcomes for people affected by humanitarian crises. This open call will focus on improving health outcomes and food security. Preference will be given to applications containing one or more of the following approaches: nexus approach, localization approach i.e. strengthening the capacity and involvement of local organizations and communities in affected countries and furthering more equal partnerships, and approaches to promote inclusion, including gender mainstreaming. Proposed projects must directly relate to the provision of humanitarian assistance in emergencies, disaster prevention and preparedness, or recovery. It may also pertain to the provision of assistance to people affected by protracted and complex crises.
Geographies: OECD DAC List of ODA Recipients in the following geographies: sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, South Asia, and Ukraine. For the categories Lower Middle Income Countries, the applicant must describe how the project will specifically focus on people in vulnerable situations or affected by crises from one or more of these geographies.
Who can apply: Non-profits only. International humanitarian organizations, with engagements in humanitarian settings in more than one country, are eligible to apply as main applicants. It’s encouraged to engage research or knowledge institutions, local organizations, regional networks or similar as co-applicants.
Funding amount: Grants between DKK 1 million and DKK 5 million for projects lasting up to 2 years. A total of up to DKK 35 million is available.
Deadline: April 16, 2025
Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator (HIA), The WFP Innovation Accelerator. *New!* *Closing this month!*
The second edition of the HIA aims to support technology-powered solutions addressing pressing challenges faced by vulnerable populations and humanitarian actors. The platform supports selected ventures and solution providers with financial, technical, and methodological support from the WFP Innovation Accelerator and its partner ecosystem. Proposed solutions should work to bridge information gaps, enable financial inclusion, strengthen essential infrastructure, and/ or enhance humanitarian response through data and technology.
Geographies: Priority countries include; Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iraq, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar Niger, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen. *Applications outside these regions will still be considered if they demonstrate alignment with the call for applications and eligibility criteria.
Who can apply: Established startups, companies, NGOs, and organizations ready to scale impactful solutions with an established presence in the country of implementation.
Funding amount: Equity-free funding of up to USD $150,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Multisector, emergency and disaster response.
Deadline: April 20, 2025.
Request for Proposals: Play Learn Thrive, Grand Challenges Canada and the Lego Foundation. *Proof of Concept grants close this month!*
Grand Challenges Canada is launching a new portfolio, Play Learn Thrive, to respond to gaps in current Early Childhood Development in Emergencies (ECDiE) and Education in Emergencies (EiE) approaches. This funding call seeks solutions that create more robust support systems for children from birth to 12 years of age in complex crisis settings, with a focus on those who are left behind and whose developmental and educational needs are not being met. Two types of funding are available:
Proof of Concept (POC): POC funding supports early-stage innovations to test and refine bold ideas, in order to strengthen the pipeline of tested ECDiE and EiE innovations that focus on children from birth to 12 years of age in at least one of four countries,
Transition to Scale (TTS)
Funding for more mature innovations that have already achieved proof of concept and are ready to be implemented more widely.
Geographies: Jordan, Lebanon, Kenya, Uganda
Who can apply: Not-for-profit organizations that are legally incorporated in at least one priority country.
Funding amount:
POC grants of up to CAD $250,000, for a maximum of 24 months.
TSS grants between CAD $300,000-$1,500,000 per project, for a maximum of 24 months.
Deadline: POC grants: April 24th, 2025. Transition to Scale (TTS) grants will be accepted on a rolling basis until November 27th, 2025.
2025 Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, Aurora Humanitarian Initative. *New!*
Now accepting nominations for the 2025 Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, a global humanitarian award. Its mission is to recognize and support those who risk their own lives to save the lives of others suffering due to violent conflict or atrocity crimes. The Aurora Prize Laureate is selected based on the nominee’s demonstration of courage, commitment and impact.
Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Anyone can nominate any individual.
Funding amount: US $1 million.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Multisector.
Deadline: April 2025.
Learn more and apply here.
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Education, Human Rights & Inclusion
Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia), APNIC Foundation. *Closing soon!*
The Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia) empowers organizations across the Asia Pacific region to research, design, and implement Internet-based solutions to solve Digital Development challenges that support community development and growth. Currently seeking projects that address one of the of the foundations focus areas including, internet infrastructure (including IPv6), inclusion, technical capacity and/or research around Internet network operations, and environmental activism through meaningful connectivity.
Geographies: Asia Pacific.
Who can apply: All organizations welcome to apply, including public, private sector, academia (such as universities, or research and development institutions), non-profit, and social enterprises. All applicants must be legally registered in Asia Pacific.
Funding amount: Grants range $30,000 - $250,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Digital inclusion, internet connectivity.
Deadline: April 4, 2025.
IOM Grants for ECOWAS, IOM Mission Nigeria. *New!* *Closing soon!*
Accepting applications from partners to implement activities to support the call’s thematic areas; 1. Strengthening the free movement of persons, right of residence and establishment, and regional integration in the ECOWAS region, including through advocacies, trainings and sensitization activities. 2. Supporting the cross-border movement of populations and promoting cross-border cooperation. 3. Protection of migrants, returnees and cross-border populations’ rights. 4. Protection and access to social protection for migrant workers in the ECOWAS region. 5. Protection and empowerment of migrants and cross-border populations, in particular, vulnerable migrants and populations at risk – women, children and youth, stranded migrants, and victims of trafficking. 6. Gender, climate change, and migration nexus. The project activities implemented by the Implementing Partners (IPs) are expected to lead to the promotion of civil societies in the ECOWAS region and private sector awareness raising on the Protocol on Free Movement and the Regional Integration Agenda. Furthermore, the project activities implemented are expected to result in an increase in the Non-State Actors and Local Authorities, including women’s organizations and movements promoting gender equality and access to initiatives, who are actively supporting the protection of migrants, returnees and cross-border populations rights.
Geographies: ECOWAS member states; Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, as well as Mauritania.
Who can apply: Non state actors, including
private sector, non-profits, women’s organizations, economic and social partners, migrants and diaspora associations, academia, and more.
Funding amount: Grants range €50,000- €100,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Human rights, Inclusion, protection, migrants, gender, free movement.
Deadline: April 14, 2025.
The Small Research Grants on Education Program, Spencer Foundation. *Next round closing soon!*
The Small Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education. This program is “field-initiated” in that proposal submissions are not in response to a specific request for a particular research topic, discipline, design, method, or location. The goal for this program is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education. The Spencer Foundation funds research projects that span the life course (i.e., from early childhood to adult learning) as well as those that focus on contexts outside of school.
Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Principal Investigators (PIs) with an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field and affiliated with a non-profit organization or public/governmental institution that is willing to serve as the administering organization if the grant is awarded.
Funding amount: Grants up to $50,000 for projects ranging from one to five years.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Education.
Deadline: Next round closes April 16, 2025. They accept applications three times a year.
2025 Global Economic Prosperity Challenge, MIT SOLVE.*Closing soon!*
MIT Solve seeks exceptional technology-driven solutions to increase economic prosperity for all with a 2025 focus on solutions that; 1. Enable universal access to financial services, including innovative fintech tools for banking, insurance, credit, instant payments, and asset ownership, 2. Increase digital participation and security, including reliable connectivity and protected online spaces that safeguard civic participation, privacy, and digital identity, 3. Expand workforce development, such as through skill-based training, employment matching, and career mobility programs, or worker safety and benefits, with an emphasis on underinvested populations. Each Solver team receives $10,000 in unrestricted funding from Solve and access to additional financing in the form of grants and investments, this includes access to a pool of +$1.5M in prize funding at selection and additional funding opportunities throughout the program.
Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Applicants welcome from all organizations from any stages (concept, prototype, pilot, growth and scale).
Funding amount: $10,000 - $150,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Financial services, fintech, digital participation, workforce development AI, innovation.
Deadline: April 17, 2025.
2025 Global Learning Challenge, MIT SOLVE.*Closing soon!*
MIT Solve seeks exceptional solutions that leverage technology to improve learning outcomes for all, with a particular interest for 2025 in solutions that; 1. Increase access to quality learning experiences and materials, especially for those living in emergency and conflict-affected areas or with limited internet, 2. Improve engagement and enable better learning outcomes for those with disabilities and learning differences, while benefiting all learners, Provide the skills that people need to thrive in a complex world, from problem-solving to AI literacy, with adequate training and support for educators. Each Solver team receives $10,000 in unrestricted funding from Solve and access to additional financing in the form of grants and investments, this includes access to a pool of +$1.5M in prize funding at selection and additional funding opportunities throughout the program and after.
Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Applicants welcome from all organizations from any stages (concept, prototype, pilot, growth and scale).
Funding amount: $10,000 - $150,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Education, education in emergency and conflict-affected areas, vulnerable communities, AI, innovation.
Deadline: April 17, 2025.
See all opportunities in Human Rights & Inclusion.
Innovation & Smart Cities
J.M.K. Innovation Prize, J.M. Kaplan Fund. *Closing this month!*
The J.M.K. Innovation Prize seeks to identify and support bold problem-solvers leading transformative, early-stage projects in the fields of heritage conservation, the environment, and social justice. The Prize will be awarded to projects or ideas that: 1. Represent a game-changing answer to a clearly identified need; 2. Innovate within one or more of the Fund’s three program areas; 3. Demonstrate the potential to develop an actionable pilot or prototype with Prize funding; and 4. Hold out the promise to benefit multiple individuals, communities, or sectors through a clearly articulated theory of change. Most Prize awardees are organizations or fiscally sponsored projects that have been active for less than five years and operate with annual budgets of less than $500,000. While the Prize welcomes bold ideas of all kinds, we encourage applicants to carefully consider whether their work aligns with the Prize’s focus on early-stage, impactful innovation.
Geographies: USA.
Who can apply: Non-profits and mission driven for profits.
Funding amount: Grant of $150,000 over three years and $25,000 in technical assistance funds to up to 10 winners.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Heritage conservation, the environment, and social justice.
Deadline: April 25, 2025.
Research-Industry Grants for International Collaboration, The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). *New!*
Seeking applications from Australian organizations collaborating on key areas of science and technology with priority partner countries across the Asia-Pacific region. Applicants must focus on one of five priority themes and include at least one priority partner country. Priority themes: advanced manufacturing; quantum computing; artificial intelligence; hydrogen production; RNA (including mRNA) vaccines and therapies. Priority countries: Brazil; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; New Zealand; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam
Geographies: Australia and Priority countries: Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.
Who can apply: Project must be led by Australian organization, including for-profit or non-profit, Publicly Funded Research Organisation (PFRO), and Cooperative Research Centre.
Funding amount: AUD $100,000 - AUD $1M. Total of $6.3M available.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Innovation, research
Deadline: May 4, 2025 for Expressions of Interest.
See all opportunities in Innovation & Smart Cities.
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