Up to $500 for Grassroots Community Projects – The Pollination Project

The Pollination Project Daily Grant Program provides small seed grants to individuals and grassroots groups starting practical projects that create positive change in their communities. It is deliberately broad, allowing charitable projects across many different causes and countries.

Here’s what you can expect:

• Up to $500 in grant funding

• 365 microgrants awarded each year

• Applications accepted on a rolling basis

• Funding available worldwide

• Support for early-stage grassroots projects

• Projects can cover areas including education, women's empowerment, human rights, economic empowerment, health, environmental regeneration and creative communities

• Successful applicants also join a global community of 6,000+ changemakers

• Additional capacity-building and networking opportunities are available

• Existing grantees may become eligible for other one-time funding opportunities in the future.

Who can apply?

• Individuals

• Informally organised groups

• Grassroots community groups

• Startup nonprofit organisations

• Formally registered nonprofit organisations

• Applicants anywhere in the world

• Projects must have a total budget below $10,000

• Organisations must have an annual budget below $50,000

• Groups and organisations must have no paid staff

• Applicants should already have started some practical work on their project

• The project must be charitable rather than designed for personal profit

• Previous Pollination Project seed-grant recipients generally cannot apply again.

The programme won't fund academic research without a tangible route to real-world change, political campaigning for candidates, discriminatory projects, religious proselytising or various activities involving animal agriculture.

Deadline: Rolling – applications accepted throughout the year