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Grants, VC funds, accelerators, and competitions for African entrepreneurs.
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$100K – $5M
Ford Foundation provides funding for work that addresses inequality across areas including civic engagement and government, creativity and free expression, disability rights, future of workers, gender, racial, and ethnic justice, natural resources and climate justice, and technology and society. It operates as a foundation with typical funding sizes ranging from $100K to $5M. Its geographic focus includes West Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa, alongside regions such as Brazil, India, Mexico, the United States, and the Middle East and North Africa.
Civic Engagement and Government
One of the foundation's priority areas for addressing inequality.
Creativity and Free Expression
One of the foundation's priority areas for addressing inequality.
Disability Rights
One of the foundation's priority areas for addressing inequality.
Future of Work(ers)
One of the foundation's priority areas for addressing inequality.
Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
One of the foundation's priority areas for addressing inequality.
Global Governance
One of the foundation's priority areas for addressing inequality.
Mission Investments
One of the foundation's priority areas for addressing inequality.
Natural Resources and Climate Justice
One of the foundation's priority areas for addressing inequality.
Technology and Society
One of the foundation's priority areas for addressing inequality.
Organizations advancing systemic change, reducing inequality, and strengthening democratic values. They prioritize local leadership, movement building, and structural reforms over service delivery. In Africa, they focus on civic space, land rights, digital rights, and just energy transitions.
Capacity building grants, convening and networking, technical assistance, advocacy support
Bureaucratic process. Reporting requirements are extensive. Shifts in strategic priorities can affect renewals.
Applicants should show a clear fit with one of Ford Foundation's stated priority areas and explain how their work addresses inequality. For African organizations, it is useful to position the proposal within the foundation's regional focus in West, East, or Southern Africa and align the funding request with its typical $100K to $5M range.
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TrustAfrica, African Leadership Group, Oxfam Africa, Natural Justice, Namati