In this article, you will learn how to apply for grants to support your cause. We have made a list of grants for nonprofit organisations and activist movements.

There are a number of grants available for activists who are working to make a difference in their communities. These grants can provide funding for a variety of activities, including community organising, advocacy and international collaboration. Grants can be a great way to support the work of activists, and there are a number of organisations that provide grant funding for activists.

List of activist grants #

• Resist: “Resist is a foundation that supports people's movements for justice and liberation. We redistribute resources back to frontline communities at the forefront of change while amplifying their stories of building a better world.”

• Guerrilla Foundation: "True to our name, the Guerrilla Foundation resources activists & grassroots movements in building pockets of resistance while carrying out radical societal transformations needed to cultivate a living, circular economy with a deeply democratic society that prioritises social & ecological wellbeing."

• Students for Liberty (form not working): "We offer student groups up to $250 in activism grants. This grant is meant to enable you to create a really great event or activity on campus that will help you educate students on some facet of the ideas of limited government."

• Fund Action: FundAction is an activist-led participatory grantmaking fund. We shift decision-making power over funding from funders to affected communities and activists working on the frontlines.

• Patagonia: "Patagonia supports environmental organizations with bold, direct-action agendas and a commitment to long-term change."

• CLIMA Fund (Twitter): "We mobilize philanthropy by investing in on-the-ground leaders behind the most sustainable and effective solutions to our global climate crisis."

European Union #

• Overview for youth programmes

• European Youth Foundation

• Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency

• Erasmus Plus

Netherlands #

• Het Actie Fonds

• Alert Fund (Dutch)

• Milieudefensie Fonds Lokale Initiatieven

• Fonds Burger Bewegingen

United Kingdom #

• Edge Fund (Twitter): Member-run fund supporting work that challenges abuses of power & aims to bring an end to the systems that cause injustice

Australia #

• Collection: Grant help sheets, books, tools, checklists by Funding Centre

Grant writing #

This section is not done yet. Do you know a thing or two about grant writing? Share your experience with activists around the globe!

Improve this page #

You can make this page about grants for activists better! Here are some suggestion:

• Add more organisations to the list of funding sources. If you know local funding opportunities, add them to the appropriate country section.

• Once the list with funding sources belongs a bit too long for one page, we could split it up into separate pages for each region.

External resources #

• Top Three Tips for Successful Funding Applications by Social Change Central

• List of funds by Bond