Funding Organization: Africa Environmental defenders Emergency Fund Funding focus: The Africa Environmental Defenders Emergency Fund aims to protect and support African Environmental Defenders working on land and environmental issues. The fund’s primary goal is to promote respect for these defenders and enhance their safety and protection. Eligibility Criteria: individuals or organizations facing threats or emergencies…
Funding Organization: The Pulitzer Center’s global reporting grants Funding focus: support in-depth, high-impact reporting on critical issues that are often overlooked in the media. This is “catch-all” grant, so there are no restrictions on topic or reporting location. Eligibility Criteria: Staff and freelance journalists are eligible worldwide. Grant Limit: $5,000 and $10,000, but may be more…
Funding Organization: BRIDGE in Agriculture program (BIA) initiative by the Mastercard Foundation Funding focus: Building Resilience and Investing in the Development and Growth of Entrepreneurs in Agriculture (BRIDGE-In-Agriculture), creating an inclusive economy with enhanced resilience for vulnerable populations. Eligibility Criteria: aims to make affordable capital and technical support available for SMEs in agriculture and related sectors in…
Funding Organization: Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Funding focus: Early-stage social impact organizations solving the world’s biggest social and environmental problems using bold, scalable approaches. Eligibility Criteria: Organizations operating in our priority geographies of Africa, Europe, India, and the United States. Organizations addressing an urgent or critical social or environmental problem in an innovative fashion and…
Funding Organization: The Fondation Coallia Stéphane Hessel – Institut de France Funding focus: support sustainable development initiatives in countries eligible for official development assistance. Eligibility Criteria: Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) in countries eligible for official development assistance. Grant Limit: EUR 10,000 Deadline: December 1, 2025 Website: Solidarity internationally – Coallia Coallia
Funding Organization: The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) Funding focus: The focus in the proposals can be on developing a product or process, a service, a business model, or a scientific study etc. on the development of renewable energy and green hydrogen with possible links to the…
Funding Organization: Pulitzer Center Funding focus: reporting initiative focused on the systems, organizations, and people that destabilize countries, erode democracies, and enable corruption. Value for cross-border and collaborative reporting, data-driven projects, and innovative, interdisciplinary approaches. Eligibility Criteria: Open to freelance and staff journalists worldwide. Applications from the Global South and seek reporting from Africa, Latin…
Funding Organization: Michael Jacobs Funding focus: Travel literature Eligibility Criteria: Journalists and writers from around the world Grant Limit: USD 10,000 to support the research and writing of the selected article or book. This amount will be paid after applicable taxes have been deducted and will be distributed as follows: USD 5,000 upon the announcement…
Funding Organization: D‑Prize Funding focus: the distribution of proven poverty solutions in low- and middle-income countries for life-improving interventions; in health (e.g., maternal misoprostol, self-injectable contraception, oxygen repair), agriculture (e.g., input distribution, post-harvest loans), livelihoods (e.g., poverty graduation, reading glasses), education (e.g., Teaching at the Right Level), and public services (e.g., road safety campaigns). Eligibility…
Funding Organization: 31-Dec-2025 Funding focus: reporting proposals from freelance and staff journalists from around the world who wish to report on vital ocean and fisheries issues and are in need of support for their reporting projects. On topics, including: Climate change impacts (other than sea-level rise), Deep-sea mining, Marine energy generation, The blue economy, Marine…
