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$15K-$150K
Bertha Foundation South Africa provides funding and programs for activists, storytellers, lawyers, and organizations working on social and economic justice issues. Support includes fellowships through the Bertha Challenge, global arts activism funding through the Bertha Artivism Awards, and residency support through the Bertha Accelerator. The foundation also runs the Bertha Film Accelerator for documentary filmmakers from the African continent. Existing data indicates a typical ticket size of $15K-$150K.
Funding
Bertha Foundation runs programs and provides funding to support individuals and organizations working on pressing social justice issues.
Fellowships
The Bertha Challenge offers fellowships for activists, investigative journalists, filmmakers and lawyers to spend a year working on one pressing social justice challenge.
Global arts activism funding
The Bertha Artivism Awards provide global funding for arts activism that mobilizes communities for social change.
Residency support
The Bertha Accelerator is a residency program for people in social justice to take time and space to advance their work alongside a global community of co-conspirators.
Social and economic justice
Support for work that brings about social and economic justice for all.
Social justice issues
Funding and programs address some of the most pressing social justice issues of our time.
Rule of law, civil rights and free press
The 2026 Bertha Challenge focuses on how collusion between governments and corporations drives assaults on the rule of law, civil rights and a free press, and how to protect democratic accountability.
Arts activism
Support for arts activism that mobilizes communities for social change.
Justice-driven documentary filmmaking
Support for bold, justice-driven documentary filmmakers from across Africa.
Justice & social change grantmaking
I could not verify post-selection support from independent third-party sources. No accessible external alumni writeups, press interviews, or portfolio analyses were found in the retrieved results.
Very limited accessible third-party reporting surfaced in the search results, which makes it hard for applicants to validate recipient experiences independently.; No verifiable applicant reviews or candid public discussions about the selection process were found in the retrieved sources.
No reliable third-party applicant tips or alumni testimonials were found in the sources I could access beyond Bertha Foundation’s own website. Because of that, I can’t responsibly infer process advice from external recipient experiences.
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