Currently closed

Commonwealth Foundation - Open Grants Call

Details

The Foundation supports civic voices to share their stories, learn and act together and influence the institutions that shape people’s lives.

They support projects that seek to facilitate constructive engagement between civil society and decision makers, including civil society participation in policy development and decision-making.

Applications must address one or more of their three priority themes:

Health justice
Climate justice
Freedom of expression

All applications are required to demonstrate how they intend to integrate considerations of gender into their project design and implementation.

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Geographical areas funded: Overseas

Fund type

Type of funding:: Grant
Type of cost:: Revenue

Fund award sizes

Minimum:: Premium information
Maximum:: Premium information

Notes on award amounts:: Premium information

Who can apply

The applicant must be a not-for-profit civil society organisation (CSO) registered in an eligible Commonwealth Foundation Member State. They must have a minimum of three years’ demonstrable experience working on participatory governance and advocacy within the area/theme(s) of the proposed project. The project must seek to facilitate change through constructive engagement between civil society and decision-makers, including civil society participation in policy development and decision-making, within one or more of the Foundation’s priority themes.

Maximum annual income:: £2,500,000

When to apply

Their grants programme is currently closed and will reopen later this year as they launch a new 2026–2031 strategy and introduce updated funding criteria.