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Commonwealth Foundation: Open Grants Call
Created: 01/10/2025
News/Events Category: Funding and Finance
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The Foundation supports civic voices to share their stories, learn and act together and influence the institutions that shape people’s lives.
They support projects that seek to facilitate constructive engagement between civil society and decision makers, including civil society participation in policy development and decision-making.
Applications must address one or more of their three priority themes:
- Health justice
- Climate justice
- Freedom of expression
All applications are required to demonstrate how they intend to integrate considerations of gender into their project design and implementation.
Proposals must relate to projects that are expected to begin after 01 August 2026 and before the end of September 2026.
Who can apply?
The applicant must be a not-for-profit civil society organisation (CSO) registered in an eligible Commonwealth Foundation Member State. They must have a minimum of three years’ demonstrable experience working on participatory governance and advocacy within the area/theme(s) of the proposed project. The project must seek to facilitate change through constructive engagement between civil society and decision-makers, including civil society participation in policy development and decision-making, within one or more of the Foundation’s priority themes.
Maximum annual income: £2,500,000
How to apply
Complete the eligibility checker on the Foundation's website. If eligible, you can complete the full application online.
The closing date for applications is 1.00pm on Thursday 23 October 2025.
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