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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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$100K-$5M
Citi Foundation provides grant funding to community organizations and nonprofits across Africa. Its support is delivered through initiatives including the Global Innovation Challenge, Community Progress Makers, and the Community Finance Initiative. The foundation focuses on financial inclusion, youth job opportunities, and economically vibrant communities, with typical grant sizes listed at $100K-$5M.
Grant funding
The Citi Foundation provides grants through initiatives such as the Global Innovation Challenge, Community Progress Makers, and Community Finance Initiative.
Financial inclusion
The foundation invests in efforts that increase financial inclusion.
Youth job opportunities
The foundation invests in efforts that catalyze job opportunities for youth and has funded nonprofits accelerating youth employability.
Economically vibrant communities
The foundation supports approaches to building economically vibrant communities.
Housing affordability
The foundation launched a five-year effort to address housing affordability in the U.S.
Homelessness
The 2024 Global Innovation Challenge focused on strengthening nonprofits pioneering solutions to homelessness.
Household financial resilience
The 2026 Community Finance Initiative supports nonprofits across the U.S. working to advance household financial resilience.
Youth financial inclusion
Reporting support, capacity building, peer learning network
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Applicants should show clear alignment with Citi Foundation's stated focus areas, especially financial inclusion, youth employment, and community economic outcomes. The most direct path in is to track the foundation's named initiatives and apply when a program's theme matches your organization’s work.
2015
Active Since
Yes
Deploying
Multiple grantees across Africa