Funding opportunities

The latest opportunities to procure funding for your project or organisation. Please make sure to read any guidance on the funder's website before applying, as location and eligibility may have changed since publication.

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2026 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education

The UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education honours outstanding and innovative contributions made by individuals, institutions, and organizations to advance girls’ and women’s education. It is the first UNESCO Prize of this nature and is unique in showcasing successful projects that improve and promote the educational prospects of girls and women and in turn, the quality of their lives.

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Nominations are made by governments of UNESCO Member States or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in official partnership with UNESCO. They can nominate up to three individuals, institutions, or organizations making strong, innovative contributions to girls’ and women’s education. Self-nominations are not possible.

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Location
Worldwide
Grant size
50
Closing date
12 May 2026

The Docusign Foundation

The Docusign Foundation is proud to invest in the organizations and people driving positive change in our three priority areas: Environment & Sustainability, Data Privacy & Security, and the Future of Work.

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We fund multi-organizational collaborations and partnerships. One-time grants require at least two organizations working together. Multi-year grants require at least three organizations in formal collaboration. We especially encourage cross-sector collaborations, for example, a nonprofit, a business, and a public agency working together toward shared outcomes. The lead organization receiving the funds must be an eligible entity, such as 501(c)(3) organizations or global equivalent (e.g., registered nonprofits, charities, NGOs, etc). Applicants may include state, tribal, or local government entities serving as the backbone organization of the collaboration.

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Location
Worldwide
Grant size
50
Closing date
01 May 2026

Guernsey Overseas Aid Commission Single Year Grant Aid

Projects which provide for the basic needs of people living in the world’s least developed countries. Basic needs includes medical and health facilities, educational programmes and facilities, housing, water and sanitation provision and the means of sustaining a living, e.g. through agriculture, horticulture or through training in sustainable employment skills. The Commission supports projects which will generate a lasting and sustainable improvement in the living conditions for the communities receiving the aid.

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All humanitarian and international development charities and organisations it supports have to be registered with a charity commission and incorporated in the United Kingdom or registered in the Channel Islands. For single year Grant Aid awards the charity must have been established for at least 3 years prior to applying for funding and have 3 years of audited accounts. The in-country partner must be a registered NGO in the project country with at least 3 board members.

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Location
Various - see site
Grant size
50
Closing date
17 Apr 2026

The Iris Prize 2026

Youth and locally-led initiatives operating in areas identified as
significant by their local communities. We will consider any project for the Iris Prize which supports our core principles: championing the protection and restoration of nature and the rights of those working to defend it. We recognise that nature restoration takes various forms – from traditional land stewardship to innovative technological solutions. The Prize will look to reward new ideas and established projects, hoping to overcome the circumstantial barriers that too often prevent young people from being able to advocate for nature-related change.

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Your project or organisation is led by young people aged 14 to 24. To be eligible, most of your leadership must be young people with project autonomy and decision-making power. We welcome projects that are either fiscally sponsored or associated with larger organisations, charities, or NGOs. However, it is essential that the young person leading the project retains complete autonomy and decision-making authority.

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Location
Worldwide
Closing date
08 Apr 2026

European Outdoor Conservation Association

A Swiss non-profit that funds projects which benefit biodiversity in a wild landscape. Projects must conserve, protect, enhance, restore, and/or reconnect habitats within a given landscape that are particularly important for the biodiversity there. EOCA will consider projects which provide social/development benefits, but the primary goal of the project must be to address a conservation issue or concern, with a link to reconnecting people with nature. The funded projects will be chosen from a shortlist via a public vote and/or an EOCA’s members vote. Note that ‘the public vote involves some effort on the part of the projects involved, to mobilise supporters and generate votes for their project over a two week period’.

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Non-profit organizations may apply.

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Location
Various - see site
Grant size
10
Closing date
31 Mar 2026

The Charles Hayward Foundation

Clean water and sanitation; Development of sustainable livelihoods in the context of environmental and wildlife conservation; Self-sustainability through training in farming skills and income generation activities.

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If you are a UK registered charity delivering projects in Commonwealth Countries of Africa and have an annual income of between £150,000 and £4,000,000 you may submit an application.

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Location
Various - see site
Grant size
10
Closing date
18 Sep 2026

Fondation Mérieux’s Small Grants Programme

Projects which improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. The Foundation will prioritise projects which have strong local involvement: links with local authorities, local associations and beneficiaries and those whose beneficiaries are mothers and children.

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Registered organisations may apply.

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Location
Various - see site
Closing date
01 Aug 2026

Zayed Sustainability Prize 2027

$7.2bn of prizes available across 6 categories: Health, Food, Energy, Water, Climate Action, and Global High Schools. Submissions should clearly demonstrate proven results and meet the Prize’s evaluation criteria of impact, innovation, and inspiration.

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Small and medium enterprises, nonprofit organisations, and high schools may apply.

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Location
Worldwide
Grant size
50
Closing date
15 Jun 2026

Tyler Prize

The Prize aims to recognise outstanding contributions to: Protect, maintain, improve or understand an ecological or environmental condition; Discover, develop or improve sustainable sources of energy; Understand or improve planetary health and global solutions.

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Individuals and institutions may apply.

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Location
Worldwide
Grant size
50
Closing date
15 May 2026