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Grants, VC funds, accelerators, and competitions for African entrepreneurs.
Grants, VC funds, accelerators, and competitions for African entrepreneurs.
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$25K-$150K
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) provides grant funding to social change organizations working to end poverty and promote human rights. Typical grant sizes range from $25,000 to $150,000. In addition to funding, AJWS supports grantees through capacity building and by connecting organizations to collaborate and strengthen social movements. Its issue areas include sexual health and rights, civil and political rights, land, water and climate justice, humanitarian response, and ending child marriage.
Grant funding
AJWS funds social change organizations.
Capacity building
AJWS accompanies grantee organizations by building their capacity.
Collaboration and movement strengthening
AJWS brings grantees together to collaborate and strengthen social movements.
Sexual Health and Rights
AJWS works on sexual health and rights as one of its core issue areas.
Civil and Political Rights
AJWS works to advance civil and political rights.
Land, Water and Climate Justice
AJWS supports access to and protection of land, water and natural resources.
Humanitarian and Disaster Response
AJWS supports humanitarian response and disaster-related work.
Ending Child Marriage
AJWS identifies ending child marriage as a key issue area.
Jewish values-driven development
Reporting support, capacity building, peer learning network
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Applicants should show a clear social change approach tied to ending poverty and promoting human rights, not only service delivery. It helps to align the proposal closely with AJWS issue areas such as civil and political rights, sexual health and rights, or land, water and climate justice, and to explain how the work contributes to broader movement building.
1985
Active Since
Yes
Deploying
Multiple grantees across Africa