Over $1.5M in NGO Grants, Fellowships & Tech Opportunities This Week
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Hello Changemaker 👋🏽
We’re back with another round of high-impact opportunities across Africa.
This week’s roundup is packed with funding, fellowships, and global prizes designed to support the incredible work changemakers like you are doing.
Whether you’re building solutions in your community, leading a nonprofit, or seeking resources to scale your impact, there’s something here for you.
We’ve gone through dozens of calls to bring you the most relevant ones — all open now, all worth your time.
Explore the list, share with your network, and don’t miss the deadlines.
🌟Highlights – This Week's Opportunities at a Glance
🔹 $1M Al-Sumait Prize – Food security innovation in Africa
🔹$15K Tony Robbins Foundation Grant – Capacity building for nonprofits
🔹$15K AWDF Siza Grant – For unregistered grassroots women’s groups
🔹AWDF Matla Grant – Gender justice orgs in Francophone Africa
🔹Intel AI Community Reach Program – Tech funding for digital inclusion
🔹Open Africa Power Fellowship – Energy training for young professionals
🔹WEP Seed Grants – Women-led orgs in Nigeria & Sierra Leone
🔹CFLI Microgrants – For grassroots orgs in Zimbabwe, Malawi & Botswana
🔹YMCA Network Solutions Fund (Phase 2) – Youth-led SDG initiatives
🔹Grassroots Literacy Grant (Nigeria) – Education-focused micro-funding
🔹EU Civil Society Grants (DR Congo) – Human rights and inclusion work
Tip of the Week 👌🏽
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Use similar words in your application to show you’re the right fit. It can really boost your chances.
Funding & Grant Opportunities 📌
Open Africa Power Programme 2025
Deadline: 16 May 2025
Organizers: Enel Foundation & Sustainable Energy for All
Location: Pan-African
This prestigious program equips young energy professionals from across Africa with the skills to lead the continent’s energy transition. It includes modules on renewables, electricity markets, innovation, digitalization, and leadership. Participants will undergo online and in-person training with global experts and join a powerful alumni network shaping Africa’s clean energy future.
Intel Community Reach Program 2.0
Deadline: 13 June 2025
Organizer: Intel Corporation
Location: Sub-Saharan Africa
Intel is calling for innovative, community-based tech solutions that address digital inclusion and local challenges through AI and broadband connectivity. Grants will support projects across education, health, environment, and social innovation. Selected projects will receive funding, mentorship, and access to Intel’s global tech ecosystem.
Tony Robbins Foundation Nonprofit Grants
Deadline: Rolling
Funding Amount: Up to $15,000
Location: Global
About:
This grant supports nonprofits aligned with the Foundation’s mission of empowering individuals and communities through education, health, and human services. Grants may be used for capacity building, new programs, or expansion. Preference is given to projects showing measurable impact and sustainable models.
Siza Grant by African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF)
Deadline: 27 May 2025
Funding Amount: Up to $15,000
Target: Unregistered and grassroots women-led groups
Focus: Crisis and conflict response
The Siza Grant provides flexible support to African women and gender-diverse groups operating in fragile and conflict-affected settings. It funds work responding to urgent needs, including gender-based violence, displacement, or community instability. Groups without legal registration are eligible.
Matla Grants by AWDF
Deadline: 27 May 2025
Target: Francophone Africa (including DRC, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, etc.)
About:
The Matla Grant funds African feminist groups providing essential services to women, girls, and gender-diverse people experiencing violence and discrimination. The grant emphasizes intersectionality and supports groups working on access to justice, safety, mental health, and healing.
YMCA Network Solutions Fund – Phase 2
Deadline: 18 May 2025
Funding Support: Capacity building, mentorship, funding
Focus: Youth-led SDG solutions
This fund supports youth-led initiatives within YMCA networks, solving local or global issues aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. Ideal for ideas that need a boost to scale or strengthen their impact. Successful projects receive both funding and technical support from global experts.
Grassroots Accelerated Education Micro Grant – Nigeria
Deadline: 16 May 2025
Organizer: Custodians of African Literature (COAL)
Target: Educators, NGOs, and local change agents
The grant supports community-led efforts improving literacy, learning outcomes, and access to education for underserved children and out-of-school learners in Nigeria. Priority is given to proposals that are scalable, innovative, and rooted in the local context.
Canada Fund for Local Initiatives – Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi
Deadline: 16 May 2025
Organizer: Canadian High Commission
Focus: Gender equality, environment, human rights
The CFLI supports small, high-impact projects in developing countries that align with Canada’s global priorities. Funding is available for grassroots organizations advancing climate action, gender justice, democracy, and peacebuilding.
WEP International Seed Grants – Nigeria & Sierra Leone
Deadline: 15 May 2025
Organizer: Women's Environmental Programme
Funding Use: Grassroots women's rights work
Grants are open to women-led and women’s rights organizations with initiatives that promote environmental justice, climate resilience, and gender equality. Applicants must show how the grant will be used to create a tangible local impact in communities.
Al-Sumait Prize in Food Security 2025
Deadline: 30 June 2025
Funding Amount: $1,000,000
Organizer: Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences
A prestigious award recognizing exceptional innovation in food security in Africa. Eligible applicants include NGOs, universities, researchers, and institutions working on sustainable agriculture, nutrition, food production, or distribution systems.
EU Human Rights & Development Call – DR Congo
Deadline: 4 June 2025
Organizer: European Commission
Scope: Civil society, human rights, inclusion
Part of the Global Gateway Strategy, this funding supports civil society organizations working on governance, inclusion, human rights, and sustainable development in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Partnerships with local communities are key.
And that’s all we have for you this week!
Let us know which opportunity you are most excited about. Or is there a particular type of support you’re looking for?
Drop a comment or reply, we’d love to hear from you.
See you next week!