Mid-August Update: 55 New Funding Opportunities!
55 new calls across seven sectors, women-led becomes binding eligibility, accelerators go equity-free, and research money holds steady. USD $55M in competitive funding.
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A monthly curated list of impact funding opportunities for social enterprises and non-profits, curated by Eliana Summer-Galai.
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August Funding Roundup: 138 New Opportunities!
494 funding opportunities spanning the globe and sectors, for non profits, social enterprises and purpose driven organizations.
Cross-Cutting / Intersectional Impact: August 2026 Funding Opportunities (10 new opportunities!)
71 funding opportunities - the calls whose ambitions cross sectors by design, backed this month by the marquee funders large enough to work across all of them at once.
Agriculture, Climate, Environment, Energy & Food: August 2026 Funding Opportunities (25 new opportunities!)
106 funding opportunities - Adaptation is being financed like an asset class, conservation money is moving to the moment of protection, and circular work is funded as industrial policy.
Gender Equality & Women Empowerment: August 2026 Funding Opportunities (11 new opportunities!)
41 funding opportunities - violence against women is being funded as a system rather than a program, feminist movements are resourced to protect themselves, gender keeps arriving through other sectors
Global Health & WASH: August 2026 Funding Opportunities (24 new opportunities!)
79 funding opportunities - Climate is being written into the definition of health, AI is arriving at the point of care, and epidemic preparedness is being rebuilt around African institutions.
Education, Human Rights & Inclusion: August 2026 Funding Opportunities (36 new opportunities!)
86 funding opportunities - Cross-border partnerships have become soft power, AI shows up on both sides of state power, and inclusion is being written straight into who can apply.
Innovation, Research & Smart Cities: August 2026 Funding Opportunities (24 new opportunities)
75 funding opportunities - Europe is buying its strategic autonomy one consortium at a time, and AI is being funded as scientific infrastructure with a safety mandate attached.
Humanitarian Aid, Emergency Programming & DRR: August 2026 Funding Opportunities (8 new opportunities!)
32 funding opportunities - protection for people on the move is the center of gravity, and the UN is contracting for readiness rather than one-off projects.
Mid-July Update: 111 New Funding Opportunities!
111 new funding calls across seven sectors, AI in cross-sector capacity, funders run coordinated multi-call systems, and localization hardens into binding eligibility. USD $78M in competitive funding