Grants awarded

Information on this page shows data from our last three full years of grantmaking.

(1st January 2023 - Present)

Grants by date
East Asia Pacific
#ShiftThePower Summit programme
Indonesia for Humanity | Indonesia
US $6,750 | 13 SEP 2023 - 31 DEC 2023

For learning forums in the lead up to the #ShiftThePower Global Summit, and travel expenses to the Summit.

Community Foundations Australia | Australia
US $20,000 | 01 NOV 2023 - 30 NOV 2024

Support for travel grants to #ShiftThePower Global Summit as part of broader process undertaken by Community Foundations Australia to foster equity, inclusion and local empowerment within the Australian and New Zealand community foundation field.

Conferences and Convenings programme
Giving for Change programme
Center for Disaster Preparedness | Philippines
US $9,190 | 15 SEP 2023 - 15 JUN 2024

#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Michael Vincent Mercado.

SPNKK | Philippines
US $7,615 | 15 SEP 2023 - 15 JUN 2024

#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Jane Austria-Young.

Qbukatabu | Indonesia
US $6,500 | 15 DEC 2024 - 15 OCT 2025

#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Vica Larasati

Institutional Development programme
SPNKK | Philippines
US $25,000 | 15 JUN 2023 - 14 JUN 2024

To strengthen SPNKK’s capacities as a national network supporting Negrito communities with small grants and community asset development.

Indonesia for Humanity | Indonesia
US $25,000 | 01 AUG 2023 - 31 JUL 2024

Testing an alternative measurement method, pemaknaa, with a specific emphasis on developing and testing its versatility and replicability.

Center for Disaster Preparedness | Philippines
US $25,000 | 15 APR 2024 - 15 APR 2025

Movement building around community philanthropy and #ShiftThePower in the Philippines.

Harmony Platform | China
US $30,000 | 15 MAY 2024 - 30 JUN 2025

Support for local voices and givers in the community philanthropy ecosystem.

Kaisa Ka | Philippines
US $15,000 | 15 OCT 2024 - 15 AUG 2025

Strengthening, connecting and energizing KaisaKa’s network of grassroots women actors.

Indonesia for Humanity | Indonesia
US $25,000 | 01 FEB 2025 - 31 JAN 2026

Developing local resource mobilization strategies, while contributing to wider dialogues on philanthropy for social justice in Indonesia.

Mama Aleta Fund | Indonesia
US $25,485 | 01 MAY 2025 - 31 JAN 2026

To develop indigenous and community women’s-led knowledge harvesting systems and to build new strategies for mobilizing public resources.

Center for Disaster Preparedness | Philippines
US $25,000 | 15 MAY 2025 - 15 MAY 2026

Building new collaborations and ways of working with various stakeholders, while supporting community-led actions.

Kaisa Ka | Philippines
US $5,000 | 02 OCT 2025 - 31 DEC 2025

Earthquake response in Cebu and other parts of the Visayas, with particular attention to the needs of the most vulnerable women and communities.

Pangisda | Philippines
US $5,000 | 03 OCT 2025 - 31 DEC 2025

Earthquake response in Cebu.

Ukraine Response programme
Europe and Central Asia
#ShiftThePower Summit programme
Conferences and Convenings programme
Giving for Change programme
Taso Foundation | Georgia
US $7,180 | 15 SEP 2023 - 15 JUN 2024

#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Nino Asatashvili.

National Network of Local Philanthropy Development | Ukraine
US $6,500 | 15 DEC 2024 - 15 OCT 2025

#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Karolina Soliar

Institutional Development programme
Akcija Zdruzhenska | Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
US $20,000 | 01 SEP 2023 - 31 AUG 2024

Support to local women’s initiatives and fostering a culture of local giving.

Foundation Community Donation Fund Sliven | Bulgaria
US $20,000 | 01 OCT 2023 - 30 SEP 2024

Small grants programme, and building local philanthropy and participation.

Women’s Fund Armenia | Armenia
US $20,000 | 22 JAN 2024 - 30 JUN 2024

Ongoing response to humanitarian crisis and displacement from Nagorno Karabakh.

Romanian Federation of Community Foundations | Romania
US $14,000 | 15 MAR 2024 - 31 OCT 2024

Support to a leadership development programme.

FemFund | Poland
US $25,000 | 15 NOV 2024 - 15 NOV 2025

To launch the new podcast, Femsplaining, as part of a strategy for expanding FemFund’s local support base.

Ministry of Space | Serbia
US $18,000 | 01 MAY 2025 - 30 APR 2026

To pilot a new model for more structured collaboration amongst communities, in which they actively co-create and maintain shared spaces, as well as exploratory activities related to local resource mobilization and mapping.

Women’s Fund Armenia | Armenia
US $24,000 | 01 MAY 2025 - 30 APR 2026

To test new approaches around building local feminist giving for gender justice.

Roots and Wings Foundation | Hungary
US $20,000 | 02 JUN 2025 - 31 DEC 2025

Support to a micro-emergency grant fund, and strengthening organizational readiness and resilience.

Local Community Development Foundation Stip | Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
US $20,000 | 15 JUN 2025 - 31 MAR 2026

To produce a range of communications materials – with a focus on youth – that can be used to build new national and international partnerships and solidarity.

Reconstruction Women’s Fund | Serbia
US $20,000 | 01 SEP 2025 - 30 NOV 2025

Support to the Special Focus grants programme.

Ukraine Response programme
Charitable Foundation “Podilska Hromada” | Ukraine
US $17,920 | 01 JAN 2023 - 31 MAR 2023

Strengthening “unbreakable” points (mobile and fixed community infrastructure) in Vinnytsia.

National Network of Local Philanthropy Development | Ukraine
US $20,045 | 01 FEB 2023 - 31 AUG 2023

Core and operational funds so that the Network can continue supporting local level responses to the war in Ukraine.

Brasov Community Foundation | Romania
US $20,000 | 05 FEB 2023 - 31 OCT 2023

Small grant funds as well as staff and operational costs, to support the foundation as it responds to needs of refugees from Ukraine.

Boyarka Community Foundation | Ukraine
US $19,965 | 01 MAR 2023 - 30 NOV 2023

To support the psychological rehabilitation of community members and IDPs in Boyarka.

Community Foundation of the City of Dubno, “Dobrobut” | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 15 MAR 2023 - 15 SEP 2023

To support the institutional development of the foundation as it responds to the needs of those affected by war.

Community Foundation of Kherson Zakhust | Ukraine
US $19,875 | 15 MAR 2023 - 15 JUN 2023

Provision of financial assistance to families with children in the Kherson region.

Ridnya Community Foundation | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 27 MAR 2023 - 30 SEP 2023

To engage with, help formalize and raise the visibility and capacities of grassroots groups

Princes-Benefactors Ostrozky Foundation | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 15 APR 2023 - 31 DEC 2023

Psycho-social support for IDPs through bread making and a small grants programme aimed at strengthening social cohesion.

Zhytomyr Community Foundation | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 15 APR 2023 - 31 MAR 2024

Social inclusion of IDPs in the Zhytomyr region.

Galati Community Foundation | Romania
US $20,000 | 01 MAY 2023 - 31 DEC 2023

Staff and operational costs as well as grantmaking funds, as the foundation supports local initiatives focused on the social inclusion of people from Ukraine.

Voznesensk Community Foundation | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 01 JUN 2023 - 31 OCT 2023

To support the longer-term integration of IDPs in Voznesensk.

Community Foundation of Kherson Zakhust | Ukraine
US $10,000 | 09 JUN 2023 - 31 AUG 2023

Emergency flood response in the Kherson region.

Moloda Gromada | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 01 AUG 2023 - 31 JUL 2024

Scaling up of the Citizen Token System (CTS), strengthening national and regional networks of partners and showcasing community philanthropy in times of crisis.

Foundation for Community Development | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 01 AUG 2023 - 30 NOV 2023

Popularization of community fund model, and organization of integration activities for IDPs (with a focus on youth).

Charitable Foundation “Podilska Hromada” | Ukraine
US $19,945 | 15 SEP 2023 - 29 FEB 2024

Small grants programme for institutions in Vinnytsia serving those most affected by war.

Community Foundation of Kherson Zakhyst | Ukraine
US $19,450 | 01 MAR 2024 - 31 MAY 2024

To restore critical services in Kherson.

National Network of Local Philanthropy Development | Ukraine
US $21,215 | 01 MAR 2024 - 28 FEB 2025

To organize Meetings for Change, linking local actors and the international funding community active in Ukraine.

Boyarka Community Foundation | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 15 MAR 2024 - 15 DEC 2024

To support the mental health of children and adolescents in Boyarka.

Ridnya Community Foundation | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 15 MAR 2024 - 15 DEC 2024

Engagement with grassroots groups, helping them to formalize and building their visibility and capacities.

Foundation for Community Development | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 01 APR 2024 - 31 JUL 2024

To build social cohesion in the Kramatorsk community.

Community Foundation of the City of Dubno, “Dobrobut” | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 01 APR 2024 - 30 SEP 2024

To build community leadership and civic participation, with a specific focus on youth.

Voznesensk Community Foundation | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 15 SEP 2024 - 15 JUN 2025

To expand educational and economic opportunities for women in Voznesensk.

Princes-Benefactors Ostrozky Foundation | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 15 OCT 2024 - 31 AUG 2025

Building local leadership and community philanthropy to address local issues and integrate IDPs and other vulnerable groups in Rivne.

Moloda Gromada | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 15 OCT 2024 - 15 JUN 2025

Scaling up of the Community Resilience Foundation in Rudkivska.

Charitable Foundation “Podilska Hromada” | Ukraine
US $19,975 | 15 OCT 2024 - 31 MAR 2025

Small grants programme for medical and educational institutions in Vinnytsia, with a focus on psychological relief.

Community Foundation of Kherson Zakhyst | Ukraine
US $19,925 | 15 DEC 2024 - 15 MAR 2025

To renovate and equip the Social Center for Mother and Child and the Crisis Center in Kherson.

Foundation for Community Development | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 01 FEB 2025 - 30 JUN 2025

To establish a volunteer network to assist vulnerable people in frontline communities in the Donetsk region.

Teple Misto | Ukraine
US $19,215 | 15 FEB 2025 - 31 JAN 2026

Strengthening of Teple Misto’s staff team, while consolidating outreach and partnerships.

Boyarka Community Foundation | Ukraine
US $19,940 | 15 MAR 2025 - 31 DEC 2025

To launch a small grants programme aimed at the psycho-physical recovery of Boyarka residents.

Community Foundation of the City of Dubno, “Dobrobut” | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 01 APR 2025 - 30 NOV 2025

To build community leadership and civic participation, with a specific focus on youth.

Ridnya Community Foundation | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 15 MAY 2025 - 15 DEC 2025

Continued support to Local Action Groups, building a national movement while also connecting with international peers and supporters.

Kharkiv Community Foundation “Toloka” | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 15 MAY 2025 - 15 MAY 2026

To launch a grants and support programme focused on the well-being of community members, particularly IDPs.

National Network of Local Philanthropy Development | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 15 SEP 2025 - 15 SEP 2026

Support to ongoing advocacy efforts.

Moloda Gromada | Ukraine
US $20,000 | 22 DEC 2025 - 21 OCT 2026

Scaling up of the Community Resilience Foundation in two new communities.

Latin America and the Caribbean
#ShiftThePower Summit programme
Fundación Magenta Cultura, Deporte y Desarrollo | Colombia
US $30,000 | 24 AUG 2023 - 31 JAN 2024

Developing “Dialogue Lab: Linking communities around community philanthropy and #ShiftThePower in Colombia.”

Fundación Territorial Paisano | Colombia
US $2,500 | 01 SEP 2023 - 31 DEC 2023

Organization of a community event in preparation for the #ShiftThePower Global Summit, taking place in December 2023 in Bogotá.

Fondo Emerger Socioambiental | Colombia
US $17,650 | 08 SEP 2023 - 31 DEC 2023

For promoting and enabling participation of local groups to the #ShiftThePower Summit and promoting dialogue at the regional level in relation to the ideas of the movement.

TerritoriA | Colombia
US $7,000 | 20 SEP 2023 - 31 DEC 2023

Convening conversations around #ShiftThePower in Latin America in the lead up to the #ShiftThePower Global Summit in Bogotá.

Global Nation | Colombia
US $15,000 | 13 OCT 2023 - 31 JAN 2024

For catalyzing dialogue between stakeholders to reimagine global finance architecture in advance of the #ShiftThePower Global Summit in Bogotá.

Conferences and Convenings programme
Red Argentina para la Cooperación Internacional (RACI) | Argentina
US $10,000 | 01 JAN 2026 - 30 APR 2026

Hosting the "Reimagining the Future of Civil Society – Global Workshop" in March 2026.

Giving for Change programme
Fondo Emerger Socioambiental | Colombia
US $5,400 | 15 SEP 2023 - 15 JUN 2024

#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Laura Vanessa Flórez Torres.

Instituto Comunitário da Baixada Maranhense | Brazil
US $6,235 | 15 SEP 2023 - 15 JUN 2024

#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Diane Pereira Sousa.

Fundo Agbara | Brazil
US $0 | 01 OCT 2023 - 30 SEP 2024

Leadership development, knowledge building and implementation of programme support to black women’s collectives.

FunBEA -Brazilian Environmental Education Fund | Brazil
US $32,035 | 15 NOV 2023 - 30 NOV 2024

Strengthening local actions that promote climate resilience in socially vulnerable communities; consolidating a new collaborative territorial circle; and, promoting community philanthropy in terms of socio-environmental protection.

Aliança Territorial | Brazil
US $25,000 | 18 JUN 2024 - 30 JUN 2025

Start-up support for the Aliança Territorial, a network of territorial funds.

PIPA Initiative | Brazil
US $15,000 | 05 AUG 2024 - 31 JUL 2025

To map and convene diverse actors, exploring grantmaking models and practices that advance racial justice and to support knowledge exchange in Brazil.

Red Comunidades Rurales | Argentina
US $6,500 | 15 DEC 2024 - 15 OCT 2025

#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Facundo Ibarlucía

Instituto Procomum | Brazil
US $24,000 | 20 MAY 2025 - 30 NOV 2025

To prototype a community-managed fund exploring resource redistribution and community care.

Center for Strengthening Solidarity Action (CASo) | Mexico
US $7,000 | 01 SEP 2025 - 30 NOV 2025

Research to deepen understanding of how grassroots communities in various countries articulate, measure and communicate their own philanthropic practices.

Rede Comuá | Brazil
US $6,665 | 17 SEP 2025 - 30 NOV 2025

To produce the documentary film "Quando a Luz Enraízar."

Institutional Development programme
Fondo Región Colonia | Uruguay
US $29,000 | 01 FEB 2023 - 30 JUN 2024

To promote the culture of giving and social participation in Colonia through engagement with corporates, grantmaking, research into local priorities and giving, and adapting the Giving Circles methodology.

Corporación Ser Ciudadano: Movimiento Cívico Participante | Colombia
US $10,000 | 15 SEP 2023 - 14 SEP 2024

Building community participation in the Cauca River Basin.

Haiti Community Foundation | Haiti
US $31,465 | 17 OCT 2023 - 30 SEP 2024

Support to programmes focused on socio-economic development, and mitigating the effects of various crises.

Corporación Tamsa El Regalo es la Vida | Colombia
US $12,000 | 15 NOV 2023 - 15 MAY 2024

To establish an “Outdoor Field School for Youth on Climate Justice and Ecological Restoration”, and to develop a communications/fundraising strategy.

Amigos de San Cristóbal, A.C. | Mexico
US $26,195 | 01 MAY 2024 - 30 APR 2025

Strengthening community philanthropy work through research, giving circles and outreach.

Fundación Territorial Paisano | Colombia
US $20,000 | 15 MAY 2024 - 28 FEB 2025

Support to programmes, grantmaking and mapping as Paisano builds community philanthropy amongst its constituents.

Fundación Territorial Magenta | Colombia
US $3,000 | 01 JUN 2024 - 30 NOV 2024

To localize, diversify, amplify and build the field of the #ShiftThePower movement in Latin America.

Fundación Territorial Magenta | Colombia
US $15,000 | 29 JUL 2024 - 28 JUN 2025

Support to internal and external processes as the foundation re-orients itself as a community philanthropy organization.

Center for Strengthening Solidarity Action (CASo) | Mexico
US $25,000 | 01 DEC 2024 - 30 NOV 2025

To carry out research documenting local resource mobilization strategies, which proposes a framework for measuring community contributions.

TerritoriA | Colombia
US $20,000 | 01 JAN 2025 - 30 SEP 2025

To carry out a national study on community philanthropy.

FASOL – Fondo Acción Solidaria, A.C. | Mexico
US $25,000 | 01 JAN 2025 - 31 DEC 2025

Consolidating and strengthening Arrecife as a learning community on community philanthropy.

Corporación Tamsa El Regalo es la Vida | Colombia
US $15,000 | 01 APR 2025 - 15 DEC 2025

Institutional strengthening, and further development of the Pollinator of Life fund.

Rede Comuá | Brazil
US $20,000 | 15 JUN 2025 - 31 MAR 2026

Co-creating an alternative network-centered measurement approach.

Rede Comuá | Brazil
US $25,000 | 11 AUG 2025 - 31 DEC 2025

Support to the Global South House at the COP 30 (partnership with the Alliance of Socio-Environmental Funds of the Global South).

Fondo Uruguay Socioambiental | Uruguay
US $20,000 | 20 SEP 2025 - 31 MAR 2026

Support for start-up activities.

Fundación Territorial Magenta | Colombia
US $20,000 | 15 DEC 2025 - 15 DEC 2026

To strengthen the Magenta Network of women leaders, and support to internal operations.

Fundación Territorial Paisano | Colombia
US $20,000 | 01 JAN 2026 - 31 DEC 2026

Support to mapping, dialogues and grantmaking.

Fundación Red Comunidades Rurales | Argentina
US $25,000 | 01 MAR 2026 - 28 FEB 2027

Support to grantmaking and evidence building.

Ukraine Response programme
Middle East and North Africa
#ShiftThePower Summit programme
Conferences and Convenings programme
Giving for Change programme
Rawa – Creative Palestinian Communities Fund | Palestine
US $25,000 | 01 JAN 2023 - 31 DEC 2023

Experimentation, learning, documentation and future planning as Rawa approaches the end of a three-year participatory grantmaking pilot.

Dalia Association | Palestine
US $5,850 | 09 SEP 2025 - 30 NOV 2025

To produce the documentary film "The Journey of Women in Philanthropy in Palestine."

Institutional Development programme
Dalia Association | Palestine
US $15,000 | 26 OCT 2023 - 30 APR 2025

Support to the Gaza Fund.

Tamkeen Community Foundation for Human Development | Morocco
US $25,000 | 01 FEB 2025 - 31 JAN 2026

To support the ongoing development of a cooperative of youth-led and youth-focused processes and initiatives across eight provinces of Morocco.

South Sinai Foundation | United Kingdom
US $20,290 | 20 DEC 2025 - 19 MAY 2026

To undertake an organizational / impact review and to provide critical core bridging funding.

Ukraine Response programme
North America
#ShiftThePower Summit programme
Movement Strategy Center | United States
US $3,000 | 15 NOV 2023 - 15 JAN 2024

Support to the Resonance Network to attend the #ShiftThePower Global Summit in Bogotá.

Conferences and Convenings programme
Giving for Change programme
Institutional Development programme
Common Reserve | United States
US $20,000 | 15 DEC 2024 - 15 DEC 2025

Support for research, platform development and stakeholder engagement.

Ukraine Response programme
South Asia
#ShiftThePower Summit programme
Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust | Sri Lanka
US $26,730 | 25 SEP 2023 - 31 OCT 2024

National #ShiftThePower convening for grantmakers in Sri Lanka

Conferences and Convenings programme
Giving for Change programme
Freedom Studio | Nepal
US $8,475 | 15 SEP 2023 - 15 JUN 2024

#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Nishchhal Kharal.

Accountability Lab Nepal | Nepal
US $8,475 | 15 SEP 2023 - 15 JUN 2024

#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Soni Khanal.

Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA) | India
US $6,500 | 15 DEC 2024 - 15 OCT 2025

#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Doel Jaikishen

Keystone Foundation | India
US $6,500 | 15 DEC 2024 - 15 OCT 2025

#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Snehlata Nath

Tewa | Nepal
US $6,500 | 15 DEC 2024 - 15 OCT 2025

#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Era Shrestha

Institutional Development programme
Nagarik Aawaz | Nepal
US $25,000 | 01 JAN 2023 - 31 DEC 2024

To advance work around peace building and gender justice with women and youths in the Nawalpur district.

Foundation for Social Transformation – Enabling North East India | India
US $20,085 | 07 JUN 2023 - 30 NOV 2023

Humanitarian relief and assistance in Manipur state.

Keystone Foundation | India
US $30,000 | 26 JUN 2023 - 31 DEC 2024

Strengthening indigenous community foundations in Nilgiris biosphere reserve.

Solidarity Foundation | India
US $25,000 | 01 JUL 2023 - 30 JUN 2024

Next steps in research around INGOs’ non-project support, and support to the foundation’s leadership transition.

Foundation for Social Transformation – Enabling North East India | India
US $30,000 | 15 NOV 2023 - 14 NOV 2024

Supporting the development of women’s collectives.

Mitini Nepal | Nepal
US $20,000 | 15 MAR 2024 - 30 APR 2025

To empower lesbian, bisexual, and queer women (LBQ) by providing them with a platform for self-expression and advocacy.

Freedom Studio | Nepal
US $50,000 | 15 MAY 2024 - 15 MAY 2026

Support for cross-movement civil society collaboration.

Accountability Lab Nepal | Nepal
US $30,000 | 29 JUL 2024 - 28 JUN 2025

Support for programmes, movement building and organizational capacity strengthening.

Solidarity Foundation | India
US $25,000 | 01 NOV 2024 - 31 OCT 2025

Exploration of “accompaniment” and power in the context of Indian community foundations’ support for community-based organizations.

National Alliance of Humanitarian Actors Bangladesh | Bangladesh
US $20,000 | 01 NOV 2024 - 31 OCT 2025

To develop a framework that identifies, documents and values local contributions to emergency humanitarian responses.

Keystone Foundation | India
US $25,000 | 03 JUL 2025 - 30 JUN 2026

To support an ecological approach to climate justice and community philanthropy.

Accountability Lab Nepal | Nepal
US $20,000 | 15 AUG 2025 - 15 AUG 2026

To undertake an exploration around the potential for community philanthropy in Nepal.

Solidarity Foundation | India
US $20,000 | 15 DEC 2025 - 15 DEC 2026

Support to community-based organizations experimenting with new approaches to local resource mobilization.

Foundation for Social Transformation – Enabling North East India | India
US $25,000 | 15 DEC 2025 - 15 DEC 2026

To build the institutional capacity of FST on urban climate issues, and to start new conversations on climate change with different parts of the Guwahati community.

Nagarik Aawaz | Nepal
US $45,000 | 20 FEB 2026 - 30 APR 2028

Continuation of the “Local Capacities for Peace” programme in three districts.

Ukraine Response programme
Sub-Saharan Africa
#ShiftThePower Summit programme
Liberation Alliance Africa | Nigeria
US $18,200 | 01 SEP 2023 - 31 DEC 2023

Organizing webinars, learning activities, research and documenting practices under the "Disrupting Colonial Practices of Philanthropy in Africa" project, in advance of the 2023 #ShiftThePower Global Summit.

Conferences and Convenings programme
Africa Philanthropy Network | Tanzania, United Republic of
US $10,000 | 20 SEP 2024 - 31 DEC 2024

Support to the 2024 APN Assembly.

Giving for Change programme
Civil Collective | Uganda
US $25,000 | 15 FEB 2023 - 14 FEB 2024

Community grantmaking, local philanthropy and seeding of a local community foundation.

Nguzo Africa Community Foundation | Kenya
US $8,880 | 15 MAR 2023 - 31 DEC 2023

Strengthening the demand-side for #ShiftThePower in Kenya.

Taala Foundation | Uganda
US $20,000 | 20 MAR 2023 - 19 MAR 2024

To conduct a study exploring best practices for strengthening LGBTQI+ organizations and movements.

Resources Oriented Development Initiatives (RODI) | Kenya
US $60,000 | 01 APR 2023 - 31 MAR 2025

To build RODI’s institutional capacity around local resource mobilization, and to document success stories on local giving for rights based issues.

Kilimani Project Foundation | Kenya
US $50,000 | 01 MAY 2023 - 30 APR 2025

Support to programmes and governance through transition to community foundation.

Queer and Allied Chamber of Commerce Africa (QACC Africa) | Kenya
US $25,000 | 15 JUN 2023 - 14 JUN 2024

Feasibility and resource mapping for new economic advocacy network for LGBTQI community in Africa.

CivSource Africa | Uganda
US $20,000 | 01 SEP 2023 - 30 JUN 2024

To host a series of conversations on decolonizing aid, and better ways of being and doing.

Akina Mama Wa Afrika | Uganda
US $8,180 | 15 SEP 2023 - 15 JUN 2024

#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Olabukunola (Buky) Williams.

Action on Disability and Development International | United Kingdom
US $9,440 | 15 SEP 2023 - 15 JUN 2024

#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Fredrick Ouko.

CivSource Africa | Uganda
US $8,700 | 15 SEP 2023 - 15 JUN 2024

#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Madonna Ainembabazi Vicky.

SIVIO Institute | Zimbabwe
US $9,080 | 15 SEP 2023 - 15 JUN 2024

#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Shelly Satuku.

Zambian Governance Foundation | Zambia
US $5,400 | 15 SEP 2023 - 15 JUN 2024

#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Racheal Mwila.

Taala Foundation | Uganda
US $9,630 | 15 SEP 2023 - 15 JUN 2024

#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Severus H-Owamparo.

UHAI EASHRI | Kenya
US $7,515 | 15 SEP 2023 - 15 JUN 2024

#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Gloria Mugabekazi.

Restless Development Zambia | Zambia
US $7,815 | 15 SEP 2023 - 15 JUN 2024

#ShiftThePower Fellowship for Yande Kalengo.

Fundo Tindzila | Mozambique
US $35,000 | 15 NOV 2023 - 14 NOV 2024

To stimulate community autonomy (philanthropy) by providing small grants, and strengthening Fundo Tindzila’s internal structures.

Norsaac | Ghana
US $20,000 | 01 MAY 2024 - 30 APR 2025

To advance work around community philanthropy and #ShiftThePower in Northern Ghana.

Civil Collective | Uganda
US $35,000 | 01 JUN 2024 - 30 SEP 2025

To test and learn from a small grants approach, aimed at fostering local participation and cultures of giving, and to develop and launch a study on how to quantify community contributions.

Nguzo Africa Community Foundation | Kenya
US $25,000 | 15 JUN 2024 - 30 SEP 2025

Strengthening community-driven #ShiftThePower conversations and community philanthropy in Kenya.

Africa’s Voices | Kenya
US $25,000 | 29 JUL 2024 - 28 JUN 2025

To strengthen citizen engagement and participation in Makueni County, amplifying the voices of marginalized groups (women, youth, persons with disabilities, etc.) in decision-making processes, and promoting a culture of citizen giving and philanthropy.

Twerwaneho Listeners Club | Uganda
US $30,000 | 15 OCT 2024 - 31 AUG 2025

Local asset mobilization for human rights in Western Uganda, and documentation of local philanthropy models.

Taala Foundation | Uganda
US $25,000 | 01 NOV 2024 - 31 OCT 2025

To support efforts in shifting the narrative surrounding the LGBTQ+ community from donor dependency to self-determination by showcasing stories of resilience and fostering trust-based relationships with donors.

Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association | Ethiopia
US $30,000 | 01 DEC 2024 - 31 OCT 2025

Embedding local resource mobilization / community philanthropy within the Ethiopian Localization Lab.

CivSource Africa | Uganda
US $30,000 | 15 DEC 2024 - 31 OCT 2025

Documentation of local human rights giving.

Ale Ndeni Arts Foundation | Uganda
US $25,000 | 15 DEC 2024 - 15 OCT 2025

Using the arts as a means to convene and organize.

Songtaba | Ghana
US $25,000 | 15 DEC 2024 - 31 OCT 2025

To promote social cohesion and build community resilience in five communities in Northern Ghana using community philanthropy.

Africa Unite | South Africa
US $6,500 | 15 DEC 2024 - 15 OCT 2025

#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Ntombi Mcoyi

Dignitas | Kenya
US $6,500 | 15 DEC 2024 - 15 OCT 2025

#ShiftThePower Fellowship, June Omune

Cohere | Kenya
US $6,500 | 15 DEC 2024 - 15 OCT 2025

#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Adior Ibrahim Awok

Kenya Community Development Foundation | Kenya
US $6,500 | 15 DEC 2024 - 15 OCT 2025

#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Hellen Kuria

Fundo Tindzila | Mozambique
US $35,000 | 20 DEC 2024 - 31 OCT 2025

Strengthening grassroots actors and stimulating reflections on community assets in two communities in the Bilene District.

40 Days Over 40 Smiles Foundation – 40/40 | Uganda
US $25,000 | 11 FEB 2025 - 31 OCT 2025

To host various community events, and to run a digital fundraising campaign.

Trans and Queer Fund Collective | Kenya
US $20,000 | 11 FEB 2025 - 31 OCT 2025

Creating spaces of safety, which foster community resilience for LGBTQI+ groups.

Future Generations Foundation | Uganda
US $25,000 | 15 MAR 2025 - 30 SEP 2025

To launch a small grants programme and test a community philanthropy campaign.

Milele Zanzibar Foundation | Tanzania, United Republic of
US $3,250 | 01 JUN 2025 - 15 OCT 2025

#ShiftThePower Fellowship, June Omune

Development Expertise Center | Ethiopia
US $5,850 | 02 SEP 2025 - 30 NOV 2025

To produce the documentary film "Voices of Community Power: Stories from Ethiopia’s Giving Heart."

Association Burkinabè de Fundraising | Burkina Faso
US $5,850 | 04 SEP 2025 - 30 NOV 2025

To produce the documentary film "Jardin de Dabla."

Kenya Community Development Foundation | Kenya
US $6,310 | 05 SEP 2025 - 30 NOV 2025

To produce the documentary film “Shifting the Power" featuring KCDF's community partners.

Fundação Micaia | Mozambique
US $5,850 | 09 SEP 2025 - 30 NOV 2025

To produce the documentary film "From Void to Vision."

Youth Hub Africa | Nigeria
US $6,900 | 11 SEP 2025 - 30 NOV 2025

To undertake the research "Beyond Donations: Youth Hub Africa's Push to Rebuild Community Giving."

STAR Ghana Foundation | Ghana
US $5,670 | 16 SEP 2025 - 30 NOV 2025

To produce the documentary film "Voices of Change."

Norsaac | Ghana
US $7,000 | 24 SEP 2025 - 30 NOV 2025

To undertake the research "Exploring the Drivers of Community Philanthropy in Northern Ghana: A Multi-Community Inquiry."

Institutional Development programme
Ubunye Foundation | South Africa
US $24,900 | 01 JAN 2023 - 31 DEC 2023

To assess Ubunye’s approaches to building community leadership and community philanthropy.

NEAR Network | Kenya
US $30,000 | 22 FEB 2023 - 29 FEB 2024

The Syria-Türkiye Solidarity Fund, which will support locally-led interventions responding to the earthquake in Southern Türkiye and Northwest Syria.

Thubutu Africa Initiatives | Tanzania, United Republic of
US $30,000 | 01 JUN 2023 - 30 JUN 2024

To support community-based partners as they incorporate community philanthropy strategies in their work, and to use lessons learned from the process to inform wider development conversations.

SIVIO Institute | Zimbabwe
US $6,000 | 01 MAY 2024 - 31 JUL 2024

Support the growth of community philanthropy in Zimbabwe through the newly formed network of community foundations.

Ikhala Trust | South Africa
US $23,000 | 01 JUN 2024 - 31 MAY 2025

Support to programme and operational costs.

Liberation Alliance Africa | Nigeria
US $22,100 | 29 JUL 2024 - 28 JUN 2025

To develop strategies that build community
power within feminist groups, social movements and grassroots organizers in West Africa.

Thubutu Africa Initiatives | Tanzania, United Republic of
US $20,000 | 15 JUN 2025 - 30 JUN 2026

To initiate and coordinate the Climate Justice Forum in Tanzania.

Africa’s Voices | Kenya
US $27,000 | 25 AUG 2025 - 31 AUG 2026

Continuation of strengthening citizen engagement and participation in Makueni County, amplifying the voices of marginalized groups in decision-making processes, and promoting a culture of citizen giving and philanthropy.

Environmental Justice Fund | South Africa
US $5,754 | 01 SEP 2025 - 15 DEC 2025

Travel support to attend COP 30 in Belém, Brazil.

Twerwaneho Listeners Club | Uganda
US $6,500 | 03 OCT 2025 - 30 NOV 2025

To support a community consultation process.

Environmental Justice Fund | South Africa
US $25,000 | 15 NOV 2025 - 15 NOV 2026

To support partners in efforts to map and mobilize community resources, and to reflect on EJF’s approach to monitoring, learning and evaluation.

Ukraine Response programme
Western Europe
#ShiftThePower Summit programme
Conferences and Convenings programme
Giving for Change programme
Bond | United Kingdom
US $6,500 | 15 DEC 2024 - 15 OCT 2025

#ShiftThePower Fellowship, Lena Bheeroo

GiveOut | United Kingdom
US $29,000 | 07 AUG 2025 - 15 DEC 2025

To conduct research mapping, documenting and elevating how LGBTQI movements in Sub-Saharan Africa mobilize resources.

Institutional Development programme
Conducive Space for Peace | Denmark
US $15,000 | 01 JUN 2024 - 31 DEC 2024

Support to the RESPACE initiative: Reimagining Equitable Global Spaces and Infrastructures for Sustainable Peace.

Ukraine Response programme