Fundraising

The Ford Foundation has announced its support for widespread commitments led by grassroots and community organizations for the advancement of LGBTQ+ rights and that it is doubling its annual investment in trans communities, committing to at least $10 million over the next five years. The foundation’s commitment to the Grantmakers United for Trans Communities Pledge (GUTC), Demand IX Campaign, and the Trans Futures Funding Campaign work together to encourage grantmaking across the...

A European philanthropic funders network, have announced the release of a guide for grantmakers detailing how incorporating a climate justice lens is vital to addressing climate change. Sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett and Oak foundations, the guide, Centering Equity and Justice in Climate Philanthropy, details ways in which the climate crisis disproportionately affects marginalized communities that are the least resourced and most historically excluded, as well as common barriers...

Call For Applications for the next cycle of grants for the LEADING FROM THE SOUTH programme to be launched in the third week of May. Call will be open for organisations & networks in 17 countries in Asia. Leading from the South is a consortium created to resource feminist activism in the Global South and supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. It supports activism devised, implemented, and led by women’s rights organisations in the Global South. The fund is being...

The United States announced more than $152 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, including support for those affected by ongoing violence in Burma, refugees from Burma in Bangladesh, and Bangladeshi host communities. This funding includes more than $101 million from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and nearly $51 million from the U.S. Department of State. It brings the total U.S. humanitarian assistance to the crisis to more...

The World Bank approved US$400 million in additional financing for the Tunisia COVID-19 Social Protection Emergency Response Support Project which aims to help about 900,000 vulnerable Tunisian households, or 30% of the total population, to cope with the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. This additional financing will continue to provide cash transfers to poor and low-income households while strengthening Tunisia’s social protection system. The main purpose is to scale up...

President Biden announced a plan to admit as many as 100,000 Ukrainians to the United States as refugees and through other means. In addition, the United States is committing to provide more than $1 billion in new funding towards humanitarian assistance for those affected by Russia’s war in Ukraine and its impacts around the world. World Relief welcomes this announcement of additional humanitarian aid and is eager to welcome more Ukrainians to the United States, while also insisting that...

The UK is set to commit a further £286 million of emergency UK aid to the Afghan people to provide life-saving food and emergency health support. The new money is announced ahead of the UN Afghanistan Conference, which will bring together international allies to raise vital funds for humanitarian aid, as well as protect women and girls and support stability in the region. The UN is seeking to raise more than $4 billion – its largest ever appeal for a single country. The UN estimates that...

The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced at the 2022 Doha Forum, a new strategic partnership called Nanmo, or “growing together” in Arabic. Nimmo will invest in climate-adaptive agricultural tools and technologies to build resilient food systems and markets that provide nutrition, income, and economic opportunities to small-scale producers and their communities across the African continent. QFFD and the Gates Foundation jointly pledged up to...

UNICEF and Saudi Arabia through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) announced a new US$7 million contribution supporting UNICEF’s education interventions in Yemen. The funding will help increase access to quality education for girls and boys through formal, non-formal, and alternative education opportunities. The project aims to reach 578,000 children, 7,000 teachers, and 54,000 community members in Yemen. The grant, signed in Riyadh by UNICEF Executive Director...

In support of an eight-year program that addresses key educational challenges in the West Bank and Gaza, the World Bank approved its first Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA) in the education sector globally. With the approved US$20 million from an expected overall envelope of US$60 million, the “Supporting an Education Reform Agenda for improving Teaching, Assessment and Career Pathways” Program (SERATAC, which means your life journey or pathway in Arabic) aims to improve education...