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$50K-$2M
FIFA Foundation supports NGOs across Africa through programmes that use football to address social challenges facing underprivileged children and young people. Support includes community projects, digital education for primary school students, refugee-focused football access and coach training, humanitarian relief, and funding to repair or rebuild damaged football infrastructure. The typical ticket size is listed as $50K-$2M, with focus areas including young people, education, women and girls, refugees and displaced people, sports infrastructure, and humanitarian relief.
Community Programme support
Partners with local projects that harness the power of football to effect positive social change and address global challenges facing underprivileged children and young people.
Digital Education Programme
Provides play-based learning for primary school students, technological equipment, and opportunities to develop 21st-century skills through football and technology.
Refugee Programme
Provides access to regular football activities, football equipment and coach training programmes to strengthen capacity and employability, using football to promote community development and social cohesion.
Humanitarian Fund
Provides timely, life-saving relief in response to natural and human-made disasters worldwide.
Recovery Programme
Provides funds to repair or rebuild damaged or destroyed football infrastructure.
Young people
Programmes aim to help improve the lives of young people and address the social challenges they face.
Education
Supports education initiatives, including digital and play-based learning.
Women and girls
Supports empowering women and girls to play football and realise their full potential.
Sports infrastructure
Supports recovery, reconstruction, repair and rebuilding of damaged or destroyed football infrastructure.
Refugees and forcibly displaced people
Provides safe access to football and promotes inclusion, protection and social cohesion for refugees and host communities.
Humanitarian relief
Supports emergency response to natural and human-made disasters.
Sports for social development
Reporting support, capacity building, peer learning network
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Applicants should be NGOs with a clear football-based delivery model and a direct link to one of the foundation’s stated focus areas. It helps to show how football is being used for measurable social outcomes such as education access, inclusion, youth development, or post-disaster recovery.
2015
Active Since
Yes
Deploying
Multiple grantees across Africa