SIINC Financing Opportunity
Welcoming applications from WASH enterprises currently raising investment of up to €500k for financing opportunities.
Location: Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, or MENA
Sector: WASH
Stakeholders: SIINC
Deadline: 2nd November
Opportunities and updates
Indigenous Women’s Fellowship
Accepting applications from woman leaders for mentorship and grants.
Location: Africa, Asia, Americas, North America, or Pacific
Sector: Gender
Stakeholders: Land is Life
Deadline: 5th November
D-Prize Funding
Inviting applications from enterprises for 20k grant funding.
Location: Global
Sector: WASH, Agribusiness, clean energy, etc.
Stakeholders: D-Prize
Deadline: 23rd November
F. M. Kirby Prize
Welcoming applications from enterprises working to scale their impact on social or environmental problems for a USD $150k prize.
Location: Global
Sector: Social entrepreneurship
Stakeholders: F. M. Kirby Foundation
Deadline: 3rd December
Ashden Awards
Accepting applications from climate solutions for their 2026 Ashden Awards, offering up to £40k in grant funding, media exposure and more.
Location: UK and Global South
Sector: Climate action
Stakeholders: Ashden
Deadline: 8th December
Village Capital Investment
Inviting applications from early-stage startups advancing economic mobility and climate resilience for investment opportunities.
Location: Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania
Sector: Clean energy, climate action and innovation
Stakeholders: Village Capital
Deadline: Unspecified
Dovetail Impact Foundation EOIs
Welcoming expressions of interest for funding.
Location: Specific African countries and Bangladesh
Sector: Health, education, livelihoods, and justice
Stakeholders: Dovetail Impact Foundation
Deadline: Unspecified
Global Innovation Fund
Accepting applications from innovators with scalable solutions to pressing development challenges for funding between $230k – $2.3 m.
Location: Global
Sector: Clean energy, climate action and innovation
Stakeholders: GIF
Deadline: Rolling
UNEP Certificate Course on Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience
Accepting applications from professionals seeking to learn more about nature-based solutions for a course.
Location: Global
Sector: Clean Cooking
Stakeholders: UNEP
Deadline: Rolling
Clean Cooking Venture Community
Accepting applications from entrepreneurs and business leaders in the clean cooking sector for a Clean Cooking Venture Community for networking, resource sharing and more.
Location: Global
Sector: Clean cooking
Stakeholders: Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA)
Deadline: Rolling
Bettervest Energy Efficiency Loan
Welcoming applications from companies working on SDG 7 or 13 for a loan volume of at least €200K.
Location: Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Singapore
Sector: Energy and climate action
Stakeholders: Bettervest
Deadline: Rolling
Open Investment Fund
Welcoming applications from women-led businesses in Africa with an annual turnover of more than $25K to grow their business sustainably and up to $100K investment fund.
Location: Africa
Sector: Energy
Stakeholders: CSI Energy Group
Deadline: Rolling
Social Entrepreneurship and Inclusion Programme
Actively seeking to fund social enterprises working on innovative solutions for a better world.
Location: Global
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: DOEN Foundation
Deadline: Rolling
Supporting Early-Stage Local Entrepreneurs (SESLE) Program
Accepting applications from early-stage, locally owned, renewable energy companies for a pilot program on a new financing facility.
Location: Africa
Sector: Energy
Stakeholders: IKEA Foundation, CLASP and Charm Impact
Deadline: Rolling
Spark+ Africa Fund
Actively seeking to invest debt and mezzanine capital in leading companies throughout the clean cooking value chain, including cooking fuels, biofuels, electric appliances, and efficient biomass stoves.
Location: Africa
Sector: Improved cooking
Stakeholders: Spark+
Deadline: Rolling
Transform support hub
Welcoming applications to this on-demand, free accelerator programme for social enterprises.
Location: Global
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: TRANSFORM
Deadline: Rolling
LendHer Capital Pre-Screening Questionnaire
Looking for women-led businesses working in non-tech enabled sectors (such as personal care and hygiene), who would benefit from debt investment and business advisory.
Location: Kenya
Sector: Non-tech enabled
Stakeholders: LendHer Capital
Deadline: Rolling
AirAsia Foundation Grant Application
Aiming to help social enterprises scale up, as a way of empowering communities and enabling them to build sustainable livelihoods.
Location: ASEAN
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: AirAsia Foundation
Deadline: Rolling
Energy Access Relief Fund
Providing loans starting at $50k to viable energy access companies facing liquidity challenges due to COVID-19.
Location: Africa and Asia
Sector: Energy access
Stakeholders: SIMA and 16 partners
Deadline: Rolling
Scaling innovative business models funding
Supporting early-stage companies with high developmental impact to scale up.
Location: Africa and India
Sector: Not specified
Stakeholders: DEG
Deadline: Rolling
Bridge loans for impact
Helping companies that have been hit by unexpected obstacles to keep on track with impact aims.
Location: Global
Sector: Not specified
Stakeholders: Open Road Alliance
Deadline: Rolling
S-GRID program
Welcoming applications from social enterprises keen to access coaching and partner with corporations.
Location: Global
Sector: Not specified
Stakeholders: MovingWorlds