Navigating the landscape of funding opportunities can be overwhelming. To support innovators, changemakers, and organizations driving sustainable development. Here is a compiled curated list of funding opportunities available in 2026. Explore funding options across key sectors and find opportunities aligned with your goals and initiatives.
1. Global Innovation Fund
Funding: USD 50,000–15 million
Applications: Rolling
2. Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Funding: Up to USD 300,000
Applications: Accepted year-round
3. Oak Foundation Grants
Funding: Generally from USD 25,000; larger multi-year grants available
Entry route: Letter of Enquiry
4. Effective Altruism Funds
Funding: USD 1,000–500,000; applicants may request USD 20,000 or more
Applications: Always open
5. The Audacious Project – TED
Funding: Large-scale, multi-year philanthropic funding
Suitable for proven solutions ready for significant expansion
6. Global EbA Fund – Small-Size Grants
Funding: Up to USD 250,000
Application window: 28 September–26 October 2026
Focus: Ecosystem-based adaptation and community climate resilience
7. MIT Solve Global Challenges
Funding and additional prize opportunities for selected solutions
Applications open globally across climate, health, education and economic prosperity
8. Cisco Global Impact Grants
Average first grant: Approximately USD 75,000
Focus: Economic empowerment, education, climate resilience and crisis response
9. The Pollination Project – Impact Grants
Selected community initiatives may progress into larger impact-funding opportunities
Applications: International and rolling