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academic studies, * that build or provide classrooms, libraries or general learning facilities for disadvantaged women/children, * that provide training designed to lead to economic and social empowerment for women and girls. Human Rights For projects: * providing vocational training, teaching practical skills, promoting social entrepreneurial initiatives for at-risk/marginalized population groups, * addressing the critical problems of violence, food and shelter, healthcare, education, poverty, advocacy, human trafficking, prostitution, refugees, including all those impacted by economic, political or other forced migration, * promoting cultural understanding Global Issues For Projects: * that fall within any of the FAWCO focus areas with which we align our Development Grants i.e., Education, Environment, Health or Human Rights. * that recognize club’s local charities often overlooked on the world stage, * that take place in the nominating club’s home country. Learn more Applications due Feb 15, 2026 ### Civil Society Micro-Grant #### Pulitzer Center Climate Change Resilience & Equity Environmental Conservation Habitat & Ecosystem Restoration US $2,000 - US $4,000 Our Mission Our mission is to champion the power of stories to make complex issues relevant and inspire action. Background Climate and environmental issues have been at the core of the Pulitzer Center’s work since its founding in 2006. The Center has supported breakthrough journalism that led to real-world impact: engaging and mobilizing communities, prompting demands for change, influencing decisions to halt environmentally destructive practices, and many more. Since 2022, the Pulitzer Center has actively participated in the UN Conference of the Parties (COP) to join the climate community in addressing the socio-environmental challenges and opportunities of the present. As an important stage for climate and governance conversations that are at the heart of our work, COP is a key place to address relevant issues brought to life in our programs and stimulate collaboration. For this reason, we are launching an initiative aimed at supporting civil society projects that can feed into the conversations we hope to have at COP. As Pulitzer Center bridges the gap between information and action, this microgrant aims to support civil society organizations and groups to utilize Pulitzer Center reporting to contribute to a more informed and empowered community, inspiring action on climate change, rainforests, ocean, transparency and governance. The objective is to have Pulitzer Center-supported journalism as the inspiration for the projects supported by this civil society microgrant. By leveraging this reporting, we expect to build projects that amplify the voices of affected communities, foster public debate, and drive meaningful audience engagement that will lead to impactful conversations at COP. Topics that will be supported The civil society organization microgrant builds on the Pulitzer Center’s impactful journalism projects, which focus on the following: * Climate and Labor: * Exploring the intersection of climate change and labor, including the challenges faced by vulnerable communities and the business sector’s response to navigating climate-related impacts on workers’ rights. * Rainforest: * Highlighting critical issues and solutions in tropical forests, such as deforestation, biodiversity loss, the rainforest, and energy transition nexus, and the effects on Indigenous and local communities. * Ocean: * Addressing pressing topics like overfishing, marine pollution, climate change impacts on ocean ecosystems, and the livelihoods of coastal communities. * Transparency and Governance: * Uncovering governance challenges, good practices in natural resource management, and the ecological and societal impacts of policy decisions. Type of activities we support Examples of activities may include, but are not limited to: * Multi stakeholder dialogue: * Facilitating transparent and meaningful dialogues that bring together affected communities, journalists, decision-makers, and academia to advance climate and environmental action. * Public forum: * Organizing a national forum to foster public debate on key environmental issues, with Pulitzer Center-supported reporting as one of the knowledge or data sources to provoke discussions and inspire solutions. * Community engagement: * Knowledge-sharing activities between journalists and communities to amplify underreported issues and underrepresented voices. * Creative campaign: * Supporting creative campaigns to raise awareness on climate and environmental issues by amplifying journalism reporting and the diverse voice of affected communities; * Other innovative projects: * Creative ideas such as art exhibitions or other innovative mediums and platforms are also accepted. Selection Criteria * Journalism-inspired: * All projects must utilize at least one reporting and involve one journalist supported by the Pulitzer Center as a central part of the project. * The journalists can be involved at various levels, for project development and consultation, for example, and their participation will need to be confirmed once the project has been selected. * Audience-centric: * Describe the project’s target audience and why this project is important for them. * Impact-focused: * Designed to achieve short-term outcomes that align with: * Improving the awareness and critical thinking of communities on critical climate, environment, and its intersectional issues * Contributing to more informed and transparent dialogues and decisions, practices, and policies related to climate, environment, and its intersectional issues * Equipping communities with information to take action at the local or global level. Funding Grants range from US$2,000 to US$4,000. We expect projects to be implemented and concluded within nine months of approval. Learn more Full proposal due Mar 1, 2026 ### Dr. Scholl Foundation Grants #### Dr Scholl Foundation Education Environment Community Culture & Heritage US $5,000 - US $25,000 The Foundation is dedicated to providing financial assistance to organizations committed to improving our world. Solutions to the problems of today’s world still lie in the values of innovation, practicality, hard work, and compassion. The Foundation considers applications for grants in the following areas: * Education * Social Service * Health care * Civic and cultural * Environmental The categories above are not intended to limit the interest of the Foundation from considering other worthwhile projects. In general, the Foundation guidelines are broad to give us flexibility in providing grants. The majority of our grants are made in the U.S. However, like Dr. Scholl, we recognize the need for a global outlook. Non-U.S. grants are given to organizations where directors have knowledge of the grantee. Learn more Pre proposal due Mar 1, 2026 ### NextWorldNow - Community Investments #### Nextworldnow Community Investments Civic Engagement & Education Education Water Resource Management Up to US $10,000 Underwriting Community Well-being: Peace Building Ventures NextWorldNow (NWN) holds that world communities can work together in an informed and personal way, leveraging technology and resources, to improve the well-being of participants in each community. Our Aim We invest in and support community development projects requiring modest capital. We fund projects that are owned by the local community, whose social impact and return on investment can be measured, and whose success can be sustained. In the spirit of innovation, we aim for a diverse “portfolio” of projects and geographies to spread creative solutions. We work to discover and apply best practice social investment models on a small scale personal level. Our process invites ongoing direct connection with the sponsored community rather than an anonymous one-time donation. We believe it is possible to invest in projects that increase the wellbeing of communities while avoiding unintended harm. We operate with minimal overhead and a goal of funneling nearly 100% of grant resources to the intended community project. NextWorldNow Community Investments (NWN) works with individuals, communities, and other organizations to make this happen. We invite communities with project ideas to submit their requests for funding. We study the requests and make funding decisions. We welcome scale-able partnerships with other organizations on joint projects. We invest in solutions built to last, looking beyond short term fixes to address long standing problems. We continue to refine our process as we learn more about what works and what does not. NWN is a non profit private foundation with United States 501 (c) (3) status. Mission We partner with communities, providing resources for projects defined by local leaders to improve the lives and well-being of the people in the community. Vision We see a world where every person has the basics for well-being: clean water, good food, housing, health care, safety, education, social activity, and jobs. We know that the current state of the world represents many unmet needs. Despite the size of the need which seems unlimited, we choose to act. We believe that small change leads to bigger change and is a preferred option to a default acceptance of the status quo. Why This Program We hold that we are connected with one another in the world community. Like thousands of individual cells connected within a single body shaping its health, the actions of individuals within the world community effect the wellbeing of all. Discomfort in a part of our collective body impacts the whole and serves as a source for other downstream social ills. This program is designed for individuals who share a view of a larger self, have decided that they have enough means to live comfortable lives, and want to share their resources with others in a creative and smart way. Our Values The following core values inform our mission and guide our actions as investors: * Respect: We believe the community should decide what the community needs * Optimism: We believe that good outcomes can be the rule, not the exception, based on disciplined and continuous effort * Innovation: We challenge ourselves and our collaborators to think creatively * Leverage: We expect that a smart investment process will grow resources, not waste them * Accountability: We deliver what we promise and avoid promising more than we can deliver. * Efficient: We are careful managers of resources * Life Affirming: We enjoy being alive and want the same opportunity for all * Enlightened Compassion: We care for the well-being of others without neglecting care of self How We Work NextWorldNow learns about community based projects that need more resources to meet their goals. We connect with the leaders, learn about their work, and decide which projects to invest in. Investments may include time spent supporting a project, in-kind resources, and financial grants. We invite community proposals. We rate the likely success and the impact of the project – such as how many people will benefit. We look for people and groups who have new ideas for old problems. We prefer to invest in a variety of geographic locations and issues in order to learn more about the world and its people. We may take on projects that are beyond our funding means by seeking like organizations to partner in the investment. What are our target investments? Consistent with our mission, we are interested in supporting many types of community programs: * Civic Participation * Education * Effective Development * Environmental Mediation – Water, Sanitation, Deforestation * Health Care Access and Treatment * Human Rights * Peace and Human Security * Shelter * Smallholder Productivity and Food Security * Sustainable Markets/Livelihood Learn more Applications due Jul 1, 2026 ### Bess Spiva Timmons Foundation Grants #### Bess Spiva Timmons Foundation Education Health & Medicine Art & Culture US $1,000 - US $5,000 Our Philosophy The Bess Spiva Timmons Foundation, a family foundation, was established by Mrs. Timmons in 1967, to enable her children and grandchildren to carry on an already existing program of assistance in the areas of education, health, medical research, the arts, and programs with emphasis to benefit minority groups, social services, and ecology. Consideration is also given to experimental ventures in these designated areas. Grants generally range from one to five thousand dollars. Learn more Applications due Jul 31, 2026 ### Medical Research and Human Services Grants #### John and Maria Laffin Trust Health & Medicine Human & Social Services Disaster Relief / Humanitarian Aid US $2,000 - US $40,000 Mission To provide grants to qualified 501(c)(3) organizations supporting education, animal welfare, medical research, and human services. Foundation Information The John and Maria Laffin Trust was created under the Will of Valentina Laffin in honor of her parents. The Trust provides support for education at the college and university level, animal welfare, medical research, and human services. Ms. Laffin died on March 19, 1985. She was a lifelong resident of Los Angeles, California. Grant Guidelines The John and Maria Laffin Trust awards grants to organizations supporting education, animal welfare, medical research, and human services, as follows: * 20% Education Funds shall be granted to educational institutions at the college and university level in the Los Angeles City and County areas that are dedicated to maintaining and raising the standards of scholastic excellence. * 30% Animal Related Funds shall be granted to animal welfare organizations or foundations within Los Angeles City and County that are demonstrably dedicated to the preservation and humane placement of abandoned and/or homeless small domesticated animals. * 25% Medical Research Funds shall be granted to medical research organizations that do not exclude from consideration any alternative or seemingly radical and/or controversial treatment that the American Medical Association may currently oppose. * 25% Human Services Funds shall be granted to humanitarian organizations to alleviate human misery, suffering, and starvation in any part of the world. Learn more Applications due Sep 30, 2026 ### Gupta Family Foundation Grant #### Gupta Family Foundation Disaster Relief / Humanitarian Aid Poverty Alleviation & Services Human & Social Services US $5,000 - US $250,000 Gupta Family Foundation is a private, nonprofit foundation headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA. Our mission is to support organizations that provide focused intervention in the lives of people who have been disadvantaged in some way to help them become self-reliant. We take a very broad view of “disadvantage” to include anything that holds a person back from realizing their potential, such as poverty, physical or mental disability, social alienation, etc. The foundation also supports relief agencies that serve people affected by emergencies such as natural disasters. The foundation evaluates and awards annual and multi-year grants ranging from $5,000 to over $250,000 (USD). Our focus is on funding smaller organizations all around the world that are led by individuals with a deep personal commitment to their missions. Our selection criteria include: * Mission alignment * The organization is run by the founder or, if not, by a successor who embodies the original inspiration, passion and commitment of the founder. * At least 90% of grant monies reaches the intended beneficiaries. * The organization is non-sectarian, i.e., * It does not, directly or indirectly, support or condone the proselytization of any religion, * It is not supported by or affiliated to a religious organization. Learn more Showing 27 of 30+ results. Sign up to see the full list #### Top Searched Grants for the Arts in Africa Grants for the Arts in Africa from Private Funders