If you are a nonprofit organization or women's foundation that advocates for gender justice, you may be interested in applying for a grant from the Global Fund for Women's Grant Program. The program is currently accepting applications from qualifying initiatives and organizations.
Global Fund for Women envisions a world where movements for gender justice have transformed power and privilege for a few into equity and equality for all. They fund bold, ambitious, and expansive gender justice movements to create meaningful change that will last beyond their lifetimes.
Their primary goal is to get resources to gender justice movements around the globe. Their movement-led approach allows for movements to determine their own needs and allocate funding accordingly through Movement Committees, a type of participatory grantmaking. As funders, their goal is to provide resources that strengthen the agency, participation, and power of movements working directly in their communities to actionably improve gender equality.
Types of grants through Global Fund for Women
General Support/ Innovation Grant
Flexible nonprofit funding support to meet their partners’ needs, from programs to projects to operating expenses, including rent, salaries, communications, and travel.
Crisis Grant
Urgent funding to respond to climate and natural disasters; public health crises; or sudden and drastic increases in political violence.
Eligibility Criteria
Your group should display the following criteria to qualify for a grant:
Be outside of the United States.
With some exceptions, they generally do not fund US-based organizations.
Use an intersectional feminist analysis.
Your group’s primary focus should be advancing gender justice, with this goal clearly reflected in its activities. Please note that groups whose sole purpose is to generate income or to provide charity to individuals are not eligible.
Embrace collective action.
They do not accept requests from individuals and do not fund projects proposed by or for the benefit of individuals (including scholarships).
Be governed, directed, and/or led by historically marginalized communities.
Their grantmaking centers historically marginalized communities and those most impacted by gender injustice, including cisgender and transgender women and girls; gender diverse and nonconforming people; racial, religious, and ethnic minorities; young people; sex workers; disabled people; and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Ineligible
Your group cannot be:
Government entity
Political Party or Election Campaign
International organization proposing projects with local partners
Additional Info
Groups do not need to be registered non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to qualify for funding.
