GrantStation International Insider: April 18, 2025

Application deadline: May 28, 2025
Grant amount: One grand prize of $250,000 and four runner-up awards of $25,000 each
Description: The WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities recognizes trailblazing projects and initiatives for their contribution to inclusive and sustainable urban transformation. Centered on the theme "Catalyzing Healthy Cities," this year's Prize will honor existing projects leading the way in strengthening livability, nature, and cities together for healthy, accessible, and thriving communities. Non-governmental organizations, community groups, local governments, businesses, and collaborations of all types of organizations and individuals from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors may apply.

Application deadline: May 14 and September 15, 2025
Geographic scope: Global
Description: The OTB Foundation, the corporate foundation of the international fashion hub OTB Group – Only The Brave, seeks to act promptly and effectively in emergency situations and improve people’s lives sustainably, ensuring equal opportunities for all. The Foundation's Brave Actions for a Better World Grant supports nonprofit organizations based in Italy, the United States, and the United Kingdom with projects that make a real difference by advancing equality and creating new opportunities through social and economic inclusion, empowerment and skills development, and innovation. The 2024-2025 edition strengthens support for women, youth, and people with a migratory background, focusing on social, educational, and labor inclusion, while promoting high-impact interventions both nationally and internationally.

Application deadline: Applications will be accepted from May 5 to June 15, 2025.
Geographic scope: Global, with some emphasis on company communities
Description: The Edwards Lifesciences Foundation supports health- and community-focused programs around the world, with some emphasis on company communities. The Foundation funds U.S. nonprofit organizations and organizations outside the U.S. with equivalent status through two programs. The Every Heartbeat Matters Grants program seeks to improve the lives of 2.5 million underserved structural heart and critical care patients by 2025, including in the areas of detection, treatment, and recovery. Community Grants support charitable organizations that strengthen company communities and leverage employee donated time and talent, with a focus on underrepresented people and communities.

Application deadline: May 15, 2025, for stage 1 proposals
Geographic scope: EU and Horizon Europe countries
Grant amount: Up to €60,000
Description: ECHOES’ mission is to set up the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH), a shared platform designed to facilitate collaboration among heritage professionals and researchers, enabling them to modernize their workflows and processes. The ECHOES Cascading Grants Programme provides funding for consortia led by Cultural Heritage Institutions (CHIs) to engage with the Cultural Heritage Cloud. Support will be provided to up to 50 projects across three calls to enhance digital engagement, data sharing, and collaboration. Applications are currently being accepted through the first call for proposals for projects that contribute heritage data to the Cultural Heritage Cloud and that would like to make use of its tools and infrastructure. Projects should address specific use scenarios, for instance related to facilitating academic research, enhancing educational materials, or enabling virtual exhibitions. Cultural heritage institutions based in a EU country or Horizon Europe country are eligible to apply.

Application deadline: Applications will be accepted from May 6 to June 6, 2025.
Grant amount: Grants range from $35,000 to $50,000 over two years.
Geographic scope: Developing countries
Description: Together Women Rise is a community of women and allies dedicated to achieving global gender equality. Through the Featured Grants Program, Together Women Rise provides funding to organizations that empower and support women and girls in low-income and marginalized countries in the Global South. (This primarily includes many of the countries in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific, and the Middle East.) Organizations and projects should provide solutions identified by the women or girls being served, and must actively include their perspectives. Support may also be provided for projects with boys and men provided the project is primarily focused on women and girls or on promoting and achieving gender equality. Funding is provided for capacity building, new programs, and the expansion of existing programs.

Application deadline: May 29, 2025, for pre-applications
Geographic scope: Low- and middle-income countries
Grant amount: £3,000 and £10,000 per year, up to a total of £20,000
Description: The People's Trust for Endangered Species offers Conservation Insight Grants to support work that is aimed at the preservation of endangered species in low- and middle-income countries. Funds are awarded for work that seeks to generate the scientific evidence that will facilitate the conservation of a species, including testing a conservation intervention to address a particular threat or answer a key conservation question. Priority is given to conservation and research work on species classified as endangered, critically endangered, and extinct in the wild by the IUCN. Scientific researchers and those working in the field of practical conservation who are affiliated with a non-governmental organization or university research department are eligible to apply. 

Application deadline: May 2, 2025
Geographic scope: Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean
Description: The Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellowship Program, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State, empowers emerging entrepreneurs from the Western Hemisphere to enable the full economic potential of the region’s citizens. YLAI promotes U.S. business models, increases trade, encourages job creation, and builds lasting and sustainable networks of young entrepreneurs and business and social leaders across Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States. Young entrepreneurs between the ages of 25 and 35 are eligible to apply. Applicants must have a minimum of two years of experience in a for-profit or nonprofit business and be a resident and citizen of Canada or one of the participating countries in Latin America or the Caribbean. Fellows receive support for travel expenses to and within the U.S., J-1 visa support, a housing and meal stipend, leadership coursework and mentoring, and a four-week professional placement within a host organization. (If safe travel is not possible at the time of the YLAI Fellowship, this program will be conducted virtually.)

Application deadline: May 21, 2025
Geographic scope: Specific countries in the Global South
Grant amount: Up to $100,000 USD
Description: UNESCO's International Fund for Cultural Diversity supports arts and cultural bodies, government institutions, and non-governmental organizations in the Global South to develop stronger cultural and creative industries in their countries. (A list of specific eligible countries is available in the call for applications.) The aim to foster the emergence of a dynamic cultural sector, primarily through facilitating policies and strategies that protect and promote the diversity of cultural expressions and reinforcing institutional infrastructures supporting viable cultural industries. Eligible sectors include audio-visual/cinema, design, media arts, music, performing arts, publishing, and visual arts.

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When we find a potential grant, sometimes we get so excited about what does qualify that we forget to look at what doesn't qualify. Always remember to check out a funder's restrictions before moving into deeper research. Not only can you verify that you won't be wasting your valuable time, but the restrictions section often includes clarifications about certain types of support. Also double-check any geographic restrictions, such as whether your organization needs to be headquartered in the funder's service area or just providing services in the region.

Webinar date: April 28, 2025, 2:00 to 2:45 PM Eastern Time
Description: As the funding landscape evolves, more grantmakers are prioritizing economic value alongside social good. In this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will guide you through strategies for quantifying and communicating your program’s economic impact. You’ll learn how to translate social outcomes into compelling economic benefits that resonate with funders focused on social investments with tangible returns. (This webinar is part of the TargetEd series Shifting Perspectives to Enhance Your Grant Competitiveness.)

Webinar date: April 29, 2025, 2:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern Time
Description: While your organization may be ready to reap the benefits of grant awards, many nonprofits have not developed the infrastructure necessary to be competitive in the application process. During this webinar, Alice Ruhnke will guide you through a process which can help you assess your organization's grant readiness.

Webinar date: May 6, 2025, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Description: If the current funding environment is making you feel on edge, it’s time to channel that angst into action. In this session, we’ll tackle the concerns that even the most seasoned grant professionals face to help you move forward with confidence. Join Susan Schaefer as she introduces a fresh approach grounded in today’s philanthropic trends—whether it’s shifting award sizes or how funders make decisions. You’ll leave with practical, cross-departmental strategies that turn your next big grant into a true team effort.

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