Calls by impact funders
When you are looking for grant funding, we are here to support you. We have first-hand knowledge of grant opportunities that match your case and we can build on a strong track record of successful proposals.
- Grants for private sector investment in developing countries usually cover only part of a project budget and require a substantial cash and/or in-kind contribution. In case of development banks, grants are often tied and subject to their provision of a loan.
- Grant programmes typically target innovative and scalable projects with a high potential payoff in terms of the programmes development goals. Grant programmes are generally organised as competitions that generally attract far more entries than can be funded.
- Grant funding is financially attractive but comes with strict performance, reporting and accountability conditions. We provide support to help you comply with these requirements.
Only a selection of grant programmes is presented on our website. Contact us for more information!
develoPPP Classic
Provides technical and financial support of up to €2 million to companies looking to expand their local operations in developing and emerging countries. Projects should foster a long-term business interest in the country, as well as provide sustainable developmental benefits for the local people.
Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)
Tailored for innovative enterprises in agribusiness and renewable energy sectors that struggle to access commercial funding. Focus: reducing rural poverty, promoting resilient communities, and job creation. Multiple funding windows are opened regularly.
Business Partnership Facility (BPF)
Provides financial support of between €50,000 and €200,000 to viable, entrepreneurial business initiatives that contribute to the realisation of the SDGs in developing countries. Proposed projects should be part of the ‘core business’ of at least one of the business partners involved.
Development Innovation Ventures (DIV)
Grant funding for innovators and researchers wanting to test new ideas, take strategic risks, build evidence of what works, and advance the best solutions. Grants of up to $1.5 million depending on stage and scale of project.
Energy and Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP)
Targets companies, start-ups and social enterprises that have innovative, early-stage, clean energy projects in the active development phase in Southern and Eastern Africa. Applicants can apply for grants of between €200,000-€1 million. New calls annually.
Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA)
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) programme in Burkina Faso, Liberia, Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia aims to build markets for off-grid energy to bring access to clean, affordable off-grid energy. Regular country founding rounds open regularly.
Enterprise Zambia Challenge Fund
Aims at increasing the opportunities available to smallholder farmers in Zambia’s agricultural (including agro-forestry and aquaculture) value chains. The fund supports actions that enable SMEs and smallholder farmers to transition to greener and more sustainable agri-food systems, as well gender & youth focused opportunities and nutritionally sensitive value chains. No longer accepting applications.
Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)
Focuses on the socioeconomic development of commodity producers in developing countries. CFC offers financial support for SMEs, enterprises, cooperatives and institutions operating in the commodity sector. Eligible projects should contribute to poverty alleviation and other SGDs by investing in commodity value chains.
Water and Energy for Food (WE4F)
Provides financial support, technical assistance and investment facilitation to water and/or energy projects in agriculture (specifically the production of food). Projects should enhance smallholder farmers' climate resilience. Supported regions are Middle East and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Southern and Central Africa.
Global Innovation Fund (GIF)
Innovation fund that invests in the development, piloting and scaling of innovations aimed at improving the lives of the world’s poorest people. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with GIF providing financial assistance through grants, loans and equity investments ranging from $50,000-$15 million.
DOEN Foundation
DOEN provides support to small, innovative initiatives. More specifically, it provides financial support (through grants, loans and investment capital) to innovative enterprises and organisations during the first phases of development. Themes focused on by the foundation are regenerative economy, social inclusivity and/or creative society.
Challenge Fund for Youth Employment (CFYE)
Supports youth employment initiatives in the Middle East, North Africa, Sahel & West Africa, as well as the Horn of Africa. Prospective projects should offer youth (especially young women) with employment opportunities that will improve their personal development, as well as provide them with a stable income, social protection and safe working conditions. Open to private sector, civil society and knowledge institutions. New country funding rounds open regularly.
Fund for Innovation in Development (FID)
FID aims to combat poverty and inequality. The fund particularly supports (but is not limited to) initiatives relating to education, health, gender equality and climate. Funds can be used for the prototyping, piloting and evaluation of emerging innovations at the first stages of their development. Grants up to €4 million.
Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities (PREO)
PREO focuses on financing innovative, locally-relevant Productive Uses of Energy (PUE) projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. PREO also provides technical assistance. Grants of up to £300,000. Regular new funding rounds open regularly.
Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD)
A climate resilience fund supporting climate adaption projects that benefit vulnerable communities and landscapes in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The fund targets the growth and development of early-stage initiatives, providing both access to finance as well as technical assistance.
Agri-Business Facility for Africa (ABF)
The Agri-Business Facility for Africa (ABF) is led by GiZ as a pan-African knowledge and advisory hub. Its objective is to improve performance and skills of rural MSMEs and their professional organisations. They fund innovative project ideas on becoming more climate resilient.
Modern Cooking Facility for Africa
MCFA finances Cooking Service Providers, to engage in the business of offering affordable, high-quality and energy-efficient clean cooking services. The MCFA project countries are: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Grant amount of up to €2.5 million. New founding rounds open regularly.
Mastercard Foundation Fund for Resilience and Prosperity (FRP)
FRP aims to support SMEs across the agriculture, climate adaptation and digital economy sectors in 20 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The main objective of the Fund is to unlock enterprise growth and catalyze, scale-up and sustain the creation of dignified and fulfilling work opportunities for young women and men, young people with disabilities and refugee youth
Siemens E-Mobility 4 Impact
The donor is providing grant financing for visionary enterprises that are at the forefront of developing tailored solutions for the emerging e-mobility sector in Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, or Tanzania. They are supporting pilot projects driving the transition towards a sustainable, low-carbon transport sector. Grants between USD 30,000 and 125,000.
Ukraine Partnership Facility
The Ukraine Partnership Facility (UPF) subsidy scheme supports Dutch and international companies and civil society organisations that want to work on recovery and sustainable reconstruction activities of the Ukrainian economy and society. These companies and organisations partner with at least one Dutch and one local organisation in Ukraine to establish and implement the project. The main applicant must represent a Dutch company or civil society organisation. UPF reimburses up to 95% of the total eligible costs for each project up to €4 million. Projects must not be commercially fundable or for-profit. The subsidy is for the following sectors: - agriculture - water - healthcare - sustainable energy - circular construction.
Contracts for Innovation: Clean Energy Demonstrators in Tanzania
Organisations can apply for costs of between £200,000 and £800,000, inclusive of VAT, to develop innovative clean energy demonstrators in Tanzania.
GREENTech4CE
Provides financial support between €100k and €500k (matching grant) to enterprises looking for expansion capital to grow within the green, circular and digital economy in Zambia. Projects should foster enterprise growth, innovation, and show job creation potential for youth and women. Eligible sectors: manufacturing, mining (upstream and downstream) , services, construction, digital, transport and logistics, and energy.
Facility Investing for Employment
The Facility Investing for Employment has launched competition rounds in Ghana, Morocco, Rwanda, and Senegal. Investment projects must create jobs in the private sector. In addition to the grant, applicants can apply for a contribution to employer-(co)financed social protection schemes. Companies as well as public and non-profit organisations can apply for co-financing grants. To qualify for a grant, investment projects must create jobs in the private sector. In addition to the grant, applicants can apply for contribution to employer-(co)financed social protection schemes. The Facility awards grants ranging from EUR 650,000 to EUR 10 million per project for the job creation component. Preference will be given to projects that combine job creation with social protection measures. The Calls for Proposals in the countries mentioned above seek applications for four types of investment projects: 1. Not-for-profit projects with job creation impact (no revenues): IFE covers up to 90% of the investment costs. 2. Not-for-profit projects with job creation impact (generating revenues): IFE covers up to 75% of the investment costs. 3. For-profit projects with broader job creation impact: IFE covers up to 35% of the investment costs. 4. For-profit projects with job creation impact: IFE covers up to 25% of the investment costs. Applications for grants by the Facility Investing for Employment can be submitted until 15 April 2025. Applications received by 28 February 2025 will qualify for a fast-track assessment.
P4G
P4G is now accepting applications for partnerships working on climate mitigation or adaptation solutions in the areas of food, energy and water. Partnerships must comprise at least one early-stage business and one nonprofit organization implementing in one of P4G’s ODA-eligible partner countries: Colombia, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, South Africa and Vietnam. Applicants must provide services or products that contribute to poverty alleviation, gender equity and economic growth in one of the following sub-sectors: climate-smart agriculture, food loss and waste, water resilience, zero emission mobility and renewable energy. P4G partnerships will receive grants between US $100,000 - 300,000 to implement in a period of 18-24 months. They will also benefit from technical assistance, including due diligence and gap analysis of partnership business models, political engagement for contributing to enabling systems, business matchmaking sessions, knowledge mobilization and communication, and introductions to intermediary investment facilities providing a finance bridge to scale partnership operations. To be considered for the next funding round, partnerships should submit their proposal by March 7, 2025.
AECF REACT 2.0 : Energy for Green Growth and Sustainability in Kenya
Milestone - and Results-based grant funding from $100,000 to $500,000 for Green Innovation Companies in Kenya offering low-carbon, climate-smart solutions. Promoting productive use of energy (PUE), clean energy access innovations, circular economy solutions, and green technologies in underserved areas. E-mobility ventures, waste-to-value innovations, and agri-processors enhancing last-mile market linkages applications encouraged. Closes on 11 May 23:59 EAT
KliK Foundation ITMOs
As part of its climate target, Switzerland plans not only to limit domestic emissions, but also to reduce emissions abroad. Switzerland wants to use Article 6 of the Paris Agreement to credit such emission reductions as a fee to its climate target. The KliK Foundation is looking for activities which generate more than 250,000 ITMOs (except in the large economies such as Thailand, where it must be at least 500,000).