Information on this page shows data from our last three full years of grantmaking (1st January 2017 – present).
Grants awarded
Grants by date
East Asia Pacific
Burning Issues programme
Conferences and Convenings programme
LIN Center for Community Development | Viet Nam
US $25,000 |
01 FEB 2019 - 31 JUL 2019
Support to the LIN Center’s 2019 annual cross-sector conference “Partnerships, Impact, Sustainability”
Covid-19 programme
Harmony Platform | China
US $30,000 |
15 APR 2020 - 31 DEC 2021
Supporting a small grants programme for community foundation development in China
Institutional Development programme
Mongolian Women’s Fund | Mongolia
US $17,000 |
15 JAN 2018 - 31 JUL 2018
Institutional development support, to allow MONES to assess and improve its internal structures and processes, as well as to conduct a review of its grantmaking strategy.
LIN Center for Community Development | Viet Nam
US $25,000 |
01 JUN 2018 - 31 DEC 2018
Institutional support & programme development
Urgent Action Fund for Asia and Pacific | Australia
US $10,000 |
01 AUG 2018 - 31 OCT 2018
Scoping study for resource mobilization in Papua New Guinea and Fiji (in collaboration with Fiji Women’s Fund).
Harmony Platform | China
US $31,000 |
01 JAN 2019 - 30 JUN 2020
Support and small grants programme for community foundation development in China
LIN Center for Community Development | Viet Nam
US $30,000 |
01 MAR 2020 - 28 FEB 2021
Promote and grow community philanthropy in Vietnam.
Migration & Inclusion programme
Europe and Central Asia
Burning Issues programme
Forum for Civic Initiatives (FIQ) | Albania
US $15,000 |
01 MAY 2017 - 31 DEC 2017
Expanding work with informal youth groups to increase their civic engagement.
Covasna Community Foundation | Romania
US $15,000 |
01 MAY 2017 - 31 DEC 2017
To engage the local community more actively and effectively around the idea of shared local values.
Tuzla Community Foundation | Bosnia and Herzegovina
US $15,000 |
01 MAY 2017 - 31 DEC 2017
To advance discussions around solutions for the integration of the Roma community in Kiseljak.
Bucharest Community Foundation | Romania
US $15,000 |
01 MAY 2017 - 31 DEC 2017
To deepen work around the Vital Signs methodology and program cycle in Bucharest.
Arkhangelsk Centre of Social Technologies “Garant” | Russian Federation
US $15,000 |
01 MAY 2017 - 28 FEB 2018
To further contribute to the development of philanthropy in local communities, through the mapping and training of local actors.
Moloda Gromada | Ukraine
US $14,300 |
01 JUN 2017 - 31 DEC 2017
To further develop the Beacon platform, with a view to increasing citizen participation around the Ukraine’s burning issues.
Healthy City Community Foundation | Slovakia
US $5,720 |
01 JUL 2017 - 31 DEC 2017
To continue work around the inclusion of the local Roma population (particularly women) in Banska Bystrica.
Forum for Civic Initiatives (FIQ) | Albania
US $15,000 |
01 APR 2018 - 31 DEC 2018
Expand and strengthen FIQs work with informal youth groups
Conferences and Convenings programme
Covid-19 programme
Moloda Gromada | Ukraine
US $19,000 |
01 MAY 2020 - 30 APR 2021
Using the “Smart Interactions” app to coordinate and support Covid-19 response in the Ukraine
Forum for Civic Initiatives (FIQ) | Albania
US $20,000 |
01 MAY 2020 - 30 JUN 2021
Continuing FIQ’s work with informal youth groups, particularly in light of Covid-19.
Odorheiu Secuiesc Community Foundation | Romania
US $20,000 |
01 MAY 2020 - 30 APR 2021
Bridging grant for operational support to OSCF and its Covid-19 response.
Foundation Community Donation Fund – Stara Zagora | Bulgaria
US $20,000 |
01 MAY 2020 - 30 APR 2021
To support local civil society in the short and long-term in its response to the effects of Covid-19.
Arkhangelsk Centre of Social Technologies “Garant” | Russian Federation
US $19,950 |
01 MAY 2020 - 30 APR 2021
Mobilize cross-community response to Covid-19 in short and longer-term
Covasna Community Foundation | Romania
US $20,000 |
01 MAY 2020 - 30 APR 2021
To respond to Covid-19 in Covasna County by expanding programmes around local values and fruit trees.
Institutional Development programme
Fundatia PACT – Parteneriat pentru Actiune Comunitara si Transformare | Romania
US $15,000 |
01 AUG 2017 - 31 JUL 2018
Learning and exchange visit between Romania and Zimbabwe, with a community learning event for CBOs in Romania to examine failures and sustainability issues.
FemFund | Poland
US $14,000 |
01 DEC 2017 - 31 AUG 2018
Start-up activities, including developing a local resource mobilization strategy.
Fagaras County Community Foundation | Romania
US $15,000 |
01 MAR 2018 - 28 FEB 2019
Engaging the diaspora population from Fagaras County.
Gandjabasar Community Foundation (GCF) | Azerbaijan
US $12,500 |
01 MAR 2018 - 30 SEP 2018
To support the organizational development of the Gandjabasar Community Foundation.
Penza Community Foundation “Civil Unity” | Russian Federation
US $20,000 |
01 JUN 2018 - 31 MAY 2019
To create the first multicultural co-working space in Penza.
Odorheiu Secuiesc Community Foundation | Romania
US $18,500 |
01 NOV 2018 - 31 MAR 2020
Development of an electronic platform to encourage increased individual philanthropic giving in Romania.
Bucharest Community Foundation | Romania
US $32,550 |
01 NOV 2018 - 31 MAR 2020
Piloting a leadership programme for local civil society leaders.
Foundation Step Forward | Serbia
US $9,995 |
01 NOV 2018 - 30 NOV 2019
To engage the diaspora population from the Timok Region in the activities and fundraising efforts of the Foundation Step Forward.
Valmiera Region Community Foundation | Latvia
US $15,000 |
01 JAN 2019 - 30 APR 2020
To undertake needs and impact assessments, to better inform the future direction of the organization and its fundraising strategies.
Support Foundation for Civil Society | Turkey
US $17,000 |
01 JAN 2019 - 30 APR 2020
Pilot a new model of skilled volunteering that connects grassroots organizations and Turkish corporations.
Slovak-Czech Women’s Fund | Slovakia
US $15,000 |
01 JAN 2019 - 15 NOV 2020
To support community organizing and women’s activism in Slovakia, while also assisting grassroots groups with local feminist resource mobilization strategies.
Tuzla Community Foundation | Bosnia and Herzegovina
US $18,800 |
01 JAN 2019 - 31 DEC 2019
Repeat Vital Signs methodology to identify current community challenges, link with SDGs, and raise issue of migration.
Obrenovac Youth Foundation | Serbia
US $11,500 |
01 JAN 2019 - 31 DEC 2019
Further develop the Neighbourhood Initiative Fund, and establish an annual local philanthropy award.
Carpathian Foundation – Slovakia | Slovakia
US $20,000 |
01 MAR 2019 - 30 APR 2020
Engaging individual citizens in community dialogue and action
Covasna Community Foundation | Romania
US $15,000 |
01 MAY 2019 - 30 APR 2020
Initiating community-driven projects in two disadvantaged communities in Covasna County
Gandjabasar Community Foundation (GCF) | Azerbaijan
US $8,000 |
01 MAY 2019 - 31 OCT 2019
Ongoing support for the organizational development of the Gandjabasar Community Foundation.
Migration & Inclusion programme
Varna Community Foundation | Bulgaria
US $26,500 |
01 APR 2017 - 31 DEC 2018
Shifting of public opinion in Varna around potential economic contribution of migrants, organization of culinary workshops and Giving Circle.
Wiesbaden Community Foundation | Germany
US $24,000 |
01 MAY 2017 - 24 DEC 2018
Support the “Welcome Partners” programme, particularly around engaging and energizing new volunteers
Ferencváros Community Foundation | Hungary
US $15,550 |
01 JUN 2017 - 31 DEC 2018
Changing public perceptions towards refugees through range of soft integration activities
Fondazione della Comunità Salernitana on | Italy
US $21,250 |
01 JUN 2017 - 31 DEC 2018
Participation in the region’s “Human Corridors” programme, and changing public perceptions towards refugees through a range of soft integration activities.
Bulgarian Fund for Women | Bulgaria
US $25,000 |
01 AUG 2017 - 31 DEC 2018
To make grants to civil society organizations across Bulgaria focusing on the integration of refugees, as well as improving the public discourse around this.
Stara Zagora Community Foundation | Bulgaria
US $24,700 |
01 DEC 2017 - 31 DEC 2018
To shift negative public sentiment around refugees, and to position the foundation as a mediator amongst relevant local stakeholders (government, civil society, etc.) taking a long-term view around migration.
Bürgerstiftung Duisburg | Germany
US $15,000 |
01 AUG 2018 - 31 DEC 2018
Encouraging the inclusion and participation of asylum seekers and migrants in Duisburg’s daily life.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Burning Issues programme
ICom – Instituto Comunitário Grande Florianópolis | Brazil
US $10,786 |
01 APR 2017 - 31 DEC 2017
To strengthen the State’s Movement of Homeless People in Greater Florianópolis.
Monteverde Community Fund | Costa Rica
US $13,190 |
01 MAY 2017 - 31 DEC 2017
To further develop a youth fund, supervised by youth for youth.
FASOL – Fondo Acción Solidaria, A.C. | Mexico
US $15,000 |
01 MAY 2017 - 31 MAY 2018
To improve the ability of Mexican philanthropic organizations to support the defence of community rights over their territories.
Conferences and Convenings programme
Brazilian Philanthropy Network for Social Justice | Brazil
US $20,000 |
01 MAR 2019 - 31 AUG 2019
Organization of a seminar to raise the profile of community philanthropy in Brazil.
Covid-19 programme
Haiti Community Foundation | Haiti
US $20,000 |
01 MAY 2020 - 30 APR 2021
Outreach and relief work in response to Covid-19 in the Grand’Anse.
ELLAS – Mujeres y Filantropía | Argentina
US $19,700 |
15 MAY 2020 - 14 MAY 2021
To document the role of grassroots womens groups in Latin America in response to Covid-19.
Monteverde Community Fund | Costa Rica
US $19,112 |
15 MAY 2020 - 14 MAY 2021
Participate in immediate Covid-19 emergency response aimed at reaching most vulnerable parts of the community; to support efforts towards a diversified, durable local economy longer-term.
Institutional Development programme
CASA | Brazil
US $20,068 |
01 JUN 2017 - 30 NOV 2017
Work with CASA partners to introduce and develop concept of community philanthropy
Fondo Región Colonia | Uruguay
US $16,000 |
01 OCT 2017 - 31 MAY 2018
Building relationships with local business donors, and encouraging a culture of local giving.
Fundación Comunitaria del Bajío, A.C. | Mexico
US $11,989 |
01 OCT 2017 - 31 MAR 2018
Building relationships with corporate donors
Fondo Semillas | Mexico
US $25,000 |
01 JAN 2018 - 31 DEC 2019
Strengthening citizens’ participation and women’s leadership in Mexico’s earthquake recovery efforts.
Brazilian Philanthropy Network for Social Justice | Brazil
US $25,000 |
01 JUL 2018 - 31 AUG 2019
Research, network members’ meeting, public event – (in conjunction with GIFE), produce materials – discussion papers, articles etc.
Monteverde Community Fund | Costa Rica
US $15,000 |
01 OCT 2018 - 30 SEP 2019
Capital contribution towards permanent office and community space for the Monteverde Community Fund and its partners.
FASOL – Fondo Acción Solidaria, A.C. | Mexico
US $20,000 |
01 OCT 2018 - 31 DEC 2019
To create a national network of grassroots community organizations working to strengthen community access to land and resources in Mexico.
Fondo Región Colonia | Uruguay
US $20,000 |
01 OCT 2018 - 31 MAR 2020
Deepening work with corporates through establishing a diploma course on business social responsibility, and exploration of replicating the Fondo Región Colonia model in another department in Uruguay (Maldonado).
ELLAS- Women and Philanthropy @ CEDES | Argentina
US $15,000 |
01 DEC 2018 - 30 SEP 2019
Build a regional network of women community philanthropy leaders in Latin America (excluding Brazil)
Monteverde Community Fund | Costa Rica
US $19,600 |
01 APR 2019 - 31 MAR 2020
Covering some of MCF’s core costs (including Director’s salary, accounting services, office expenses) until they transition to their new, permanent office.
Haiti Community Foundation | Haiti
US $20,000 |
15 APR 2019 - 14 APR 2020
Staff and operational costs
Fundación Punta de Mita | Mexico
US $18,800 |
15 MAY 2019 - 14 MAY 2020
To pilot a new grantmaking strategy to non-profits which includes training in participative methods for defining goals and strategies.
Fundación Socioambiental Semilla | Bolivia, Plurinational State of
US $20,000 |
01 APR 2020 - 31 MAR 2021
Start-up activities, including hiring staff and mobilizing local funds.
Emerger – Socio-Environmental Fund Colombia | Colombia
US $20,000 |
01 JUL 2020 - 31 DEC 2020
Start-up activities including piloting local grantmaking.
Migration & Inclusion programme
Middle East and North Africa
Burning Issues programme
Conferences and Convenings programme
Covid-19 programme
Institutional Development programme
Dalia Association | Palestine
US $20,000 |
01 MAY 2017 - 30 APR 2018
Continuation of work to engage Palestinian diaspora, building links between communities and diaspora, and community consultations.
Dalia Association | Palestine
US $30,000 |
01 JUL 2018 - 30 SEP 2019
Strengthen the capacity of the organization and its staff in general, particularly related to communications.
South Sinai Foundation | United Kingdom
US $11,067 |
01 OCT 2018 - 30 SEP 2019
Core costs / bridging funding
Waqfeyat Al-Maadi Community Foundation | Egypt
US $50,000 |
01 JAN 2019 - 31 DEC 2020
Proposed grant activity:Institutional support for building local philanthropy and programme / grantmaking activities
Dalia Association | Palestine
US $25,721 |
01 APR 2020 - 31 MAR 2021
Increase outreach around, and participation in, the Diaspora Solidarity Programme, and to support some core costs (salaries, communications and staff professional development).
Migration & Inclusion programme
South Asia
Burning Issues programme
Conferences and Convenings programme
Tewa | Nepal
US $10,000 |
01 SEP 2019 - 31 OCT 2019
To support a delegation from Tewa to attend the September 2019 Prospera Asia-Pacific Regional Convening in Thailand.
Covid-19 programme
Foundation for Social Transformation – Enabling North East India | India
US $20,040 |
01 MAY 2020 - 30 APR 2021
Supporting Guwahati’s urban poor in both the short and longer terms against the backdrop of Covid-19.
Institutional Development programme
Foundation for Social Transformation – Enabling North East India | India
US $15,807 |
15 APR 2017 - 14 APR 2018
Piloting community philanthropy approach among CBO partners; building local donor base for FST
Solidarity Foundation | India
US $15,000 |
01 AUG 2017 - 30 NOV 2018
To support various aspects of institutional development.
Gramin Evam Nagar Vikas Parishad (GENVP) | India
US $15,000 |
01 SEP 2017 - 31 AUG 2018
Establishment of Institutionalized Systems for Development of Community Philanthropy amongst the Dalit Communities in Bihar
Keystone Foundation | India
US $19,994 |
01 JAN 2018 - 31 DEC 2018
Feasibility study and consultations to explore for potential for adoption of community foundation concept among Keystone Foundation’s area centres in Tamil Nadu.
UHAI | Kenya
US $20,000 |
01 APR 2018 - 31 MAR 2019
Research on governance models around participatory grantmaking
Foundation for Social Transformation – Enabling North East India | India
US $15,573 |
01 JAN 2019 - 31 MAY 2020
Building on previous efforts to pilot community philanthropy approach among CBO partners; building local donor base for FST.
Gramin Evam Nagar Vikas Parishad (GENVP) | India
US $19,000 |
01 JAN 2019 - 31 DEC 2019
Continuation of establishment of institutionalized systems for the development of community philanthropy amongst the Dalit communities in Bihar
Kolkata Initiatives: Centre for Health and Social Justice | India
US $11,000 |
01 FEB 2019 - 31 JAN 2020
To strengthen local resource mobilization efforts and expand work on community centres for women and girls.
Keystone Foundation | India
US $20,000 |
01 APR 2019 - 31 MAY 2020
Ongoing efforts to explore and support development of community foundation concept among Keystone Foundation’s area centres in Tamil Nadu.
Solidarity Foundation | India
US $17,913 |
01 JUL 2019 - 30 JUN 2020
Institutional development (including local resource mobilization and participatory processes).
Migration & Inclusion programme
Sub-Saharan Africa
Burning Issues programme
Community Development Foundation Western Cape | South Africa
US $17,500 |
01 JUN 2017 - 31 DEC 2017
To advance work around community dialogues, specifically by engaging community clusters, establishing community funds, and utilizing the Vital Signs methodology.
Conferences and Convenings programme
African Philanthropy Network | Tanzania, United Republic of
US $5,000 |
01 JAN 2018 - 31 JUL 2018
Supporting the strengthening of the APN Secretariat
Covid-19 programme
Grassroots Development Initiatives Foundation-Kenya (GRADIF-K) | Kenya
US $19,992 |
01 MAY 2020 - 30 APR 2021
Response to effects of Covid-19 and building community resilience through community philanthropy in Tharaka Nithi county.
Twerwaneho Listeners Club | Uganda
US $20,000 |
01 MAY 2020 - 30 APR 2021
Continue building community philanthropy, as TLC and its community responds to Covid-19.
DOCKDA Rural Development Agency | South Africa
US $20,000 |
01 MAY 2020 - 30 APR 2021
Flexible support for Covid-19 response
Social Change Assistance Trust | South Africa
US $20,000 |
01 MAY 2020 - 30 APR 2021
To support and document community-based partner organizations’ response to Covid-19 lockdown and impacts on social cohesion.
Civil Collective | Uganda
US $20,000 |
01 JUN 2020 - 31 MAY 2021
Responding to Covid-19 with a particular focus on vulnerable groups, and rebuilding livelihoods in the long-term.
Community Development Foundation Western Cape | South Africa
US $20,000 |
01 JUN 2020 - 31 MAY 2021
Support to Covid-19 Relief Fund to target most vulnerable members of community in urban centres, farms and fishing villages of Western Cape.
Institutional Development programme
Social Change Assistance Trust | South Africa
US $17,000 |
01 MAR 2017 - 31 AUG 2017
Appreciative inquiry process aimed at shaping future direction
Zambian Governance Foundation | Zambia
US $6,650 |
01 JUN 2017 - 28 FEB 2018
Feasibility study for local philanthropy development in Zambia (and for Zambia Governance Foundation in particular)
Community Foundation for the Western Region of Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe
US $15,000 |
01 AUG 2017 - 31 JUL 2018
Ongoing development of community endowment building work, strengthening resource and knowledge base of the foundation.
Uluntu Community Foundation | Zimbabwe
US $18,000 |
01 NOV 2017 - 31 OCT 2018
Feasibility study for local resource mobilization / institutional support.
Social Change Assistance Trust | South Africa
US $20,000 |
01 FEB 2018 - 31 JAN 2019
Working with rural partners to establish Youth Development Funds.
Zambian Governance Foundation | Zambia
US $20,000 |
01 FEB 2018 - 31 JAN 2019
WEMIHS | Kenya
US $18,000 |
01 APR 2018 - 28 FEB 2019
To explore new sources of income for the organization, in order to support the implementation of WEMIHS’ new strategic plan.
Kabale Municipality Development Foundation | Uganda
US $22,000 |
01 MAY 2018 - 30 APR 2019
Piloting community philanthropy approach
Kenya Community Development Foundation | Kenya
US $38,000 |
01 MAY 2018 - 28 FEB 2019
Documentation of experience, practice, models
L’Association 3535 | Cote d'Ivoire
US $12,000 |
15 SEP 2018 - 31 JAN 2019
Feasibility study for local/community philanthropy development in Côte d'Ivoire.
Kilimani Project Foundation | Kenya
US $25,000 |
01 OCT 2018 - 30 SEP 2019
Start-up costs for a Re-use, Regenerate and Recycle (3Rs) programme across Nairobi.
Community Development Foundation Western Cape | South Africa
US $20,000 |
01 OCT 2018 - 15 FEB 2020
To pilot Giving Circles
Civil Collective | Uganda
US $12,000 |
01 NOV 2018 - 30 APR 2019
Start-up activities – community grantmaking and resource mobilization in Iganga district
Ikhala Trust | South Africa
US $16,500 |
01 DEC 2018 - 31 OCT 2019
Documentation of the Ikhala Trust’s approach, through the preparation of case studies focusing on the trust’s grantmaking.
Zambian Governance Foundation | Zambia
US $20,000 |
01 JAN 2019 - 31 MAR 2020
Continuation of work to establish community endowment funds as part of wider efforts to promote and demonstrate community philanthropy among a range of audiences in Zambia and internationally
Community Foundation for the Western Region of Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe
US $21,000 |
01 JAN 2019 - 31 DEC 2019
To continue promoting and strengthening community philanthropy in the Bulilima and Mangwe districts.
DOCKDA Rural Development Agency | South Africa
US $12,000 |
01 JAN 2019 - 31 MAY 2019
To produce a study on DOCKDA’s support of grassroots womens’ organizations, with the goal of attracting more funding - local and otherwise - to these groups.
The Foundation for Civil Society | Tanzania, United Republic of
US $20,000 |
15 MAR 2019 - 31 DEC 2019
To promote community philanthropy in Tanzania with a cluster of civil society organization partners including the foundation itself
Social Change Assistance Trust | South Africa
US $20,000 |
01 MAY 2019 - 31 DEC 2019
Building capacity of SCAT grantee partners to write their own stories for publication in a book.
XOESE, Le Fonds pour les Femmes Francophones | Togo
US $15,000 |
01 MAY 2019 - 31 DEC 2019
Support for start-up activities, including grantmaking
Twerwaneho Listeners Club | Uganda
US $10,732 |
15 JUN 2019 - 15 DEC 2019
Exploration of community philanthropy activities in Western Uganda
CivSource Africa | Uganda
US $20,000 |
15 OCT 2019 - 14 OCT 2020
Developing new programme “Omutima Omugabi” (A Heart that Gives) to encourage conversations around, and build the practice of, community philanthropy in Uganda.
Initiative Pananetugri pour le Bien-être de la Femme (IPBF) | Burkina Faso
US $20,000 |
01 JAN 2020 - 30 JUN 2020
To conduct a study on the potential of community philanthropy in Burkina Faso.
Migration & Inclusion programme
Western Europe
Burning Issues programme
Community Foundation for Northern Ireland | United Kingdom
US $17,213 |
01 MAY 2017 - 31 DEC 2017
To deepen work exploring the barriers to the shared use of space within Northern Ireland.
Conferences and Convenings programme
Covid-19 programme
Bürgerstiftung Duisburg | Germany
US $20,000 |
01 MAY 2020 - 30 APR 2021
Responding to Covid-19 in Duisburg, with a particular focus on vulnerable groups.
Institutional Development programme
Development Workshop France | France
US $15,000 |
01 OCT 2017 - 30 NOV 2017
Costs of convening group of writers / practitioners at Tewa
Mediterranean Women’s Fund | France
US $20,000 |
01 JAN 2020 - 31 DEC 2020
To test local resource mobilization strategies in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
Migration & Inclusion programme
Fondazione Comunità Canavese | Italy
US $21,500 |
01 JUN 2017 - 31 DEC 2018
Integration of migrant families in the community, and organization of events/activities to shift community perceptions around asylum seekers in Canavese.
Fondazione di Comunità di Messina onlus | Italy
US $13,800 |
01 JUL 2017 - 30 NOV 2017
To organize a cultural festival with and for migrants, with a view to increasing social cohesion in the region.
Bürgerstiftung Stuttgart | Germany
US $23,000 |
01 JAN 2018 - 31 DEC 2018
Support to the “Education Campus”, focused on the inclusion and participation of refugees in Stuttgart life.