GrantStation International Insider | October 2025

Application deadline: October 30, 2025
Target population: Animals and general populations
Description: The Craigslist Charitable Fund (CCF) supports organizations worldwide that work to end animal exploitation while advancing planetary health and well-being. Funding priorities address interconnected global challenges such as animal suffering, climate change, food insecurity, biodiversity loss, and public health risks like antibiotic resistance and pandemics. By targeting the root causes of ecological and social crises, CCF empowers nonprofits to create a healthier world for all living beings.

Application deadline: October 31, 2025
Grant amount: Up to £3,000
Target population: Unhoused populations
Description: The Fine & Country Foundation provides grants to charities in the U.K. and internationally that are working to combat homelessness and poverty. Funding supports prevention programs, direct care for people experiencing homelessness, and constructive projects that help individuals secure permanent housing. Both U.K. and international organizations are eligible to apply, with priority given to those located in regions where Fine & Country has an office.

Application deadline: October 31, 2025
Grant amount: €10,000
Target population: Startups in climate tech and clean energy
Description: The Start Up Energy Transition (SET) Award is a global competition spotlighting climate tech innovators and clean energy startups that are driving the shift to a sustainable future. Awards are available in five categories: clean energy and storage, mobility and transportation, industry, buildings and construction, and quality energy access (SDG-7). 

Application deadline: November 28, 2025
Grant amount: $17,000–$20,000 CAD
Target population: Emerging artists
Description: The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation provides grants to young artists working in representational or figurative art, helping them to advance their early careers. Applications are open to students or emerging professionals in painting, sculpture, printmaking, or drawing. Grants may be used to support the study and practice of art, covering expenses such as tuition, studio rental, model wages, art supplies, travel, and living costs. 

Application deadline: November 30, 2025
Grant amount: $100,000 USD
Geographic scope: Mexico and Latin America
Target population: General populations
Description: The Carlos Slim Health Awards, offered by the Fundación Carlos Slim, honor individuals and institutions making significant contributions to public health in Mexico and across Latin America. Awards recognize innovative work in research, care programs, and human resources development to address the region’s main health challenges. The Foundation offers award categories for nonprofit programs with at least ten years of impact and experienced health researchers. 

Application deadline: November 30, 2025
Grant amount:  Up to €5,000
Geographic scope: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
Target population: Youth and young adults aged 14–28
Description: The Van Doorn Foundation supports local organizations in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia that expand access to vocational education for disadvantaged youth. Grants fund improvements to existing programs, new training initiatives, and tuition subsidies. The Foundation also supports adaptations for youth with disabilities, transport solutions, internships, and employment-focused activities. Priority is given to projects that create practical pathways for youth to develop their skills.

Application deadline: October 31, 2025
Grant amount: £50,000
Geographic scope: Global South
Target population: Local communities
Description: The Whitley Fund for Nature supports grassroots conservation leaders in the Global South, with a focus on nationals leading projects in their own countries. The Whitley Awards recognize mid-career conservationists running proven, science-based initiatives that protect wildlife and biodiversity while benefiting local communities. Projects that combine practical conservation action, local engagement, and scientific rigor are prioritized.

Application deadline: None
Grant amount: €2,000–€20,000
Geographic scope: Europe
Target population: Underrepresented populations 
Description: The Guerrilla Foundation supports grassroots movements and activists across Europe working for systemic change. Areas of focus include disability justice, racial justice, trans rights, workers’ rights, and intersectional resistance to the far-right, among others. Grants prioritize groups with budgets under €150,000, particularly those led by people with direct experience of the issues they address. The Foundation emphasizes initiatives that empower marginalized communities, challenge power structures, and foster collaboration across countries. 

This conference being held on October 21, 2025, will bring together nonprofit professionals from across missions and sectors for a unique virtual event designed to inspire, connect, and equip participants with essential tools. Attendees can explore multiple immersive floors and hear from 30+ experienced speakers.

When looking for grant opportunities, it may be beneficial to look beyond your mission and program focus and explore options for your population focus. For example, let's say you have a program focusing on mental health for seniors. While your search may initially be for both terms together and then mental health on its own, don't overlook funders that have an interest in a broad range of issues concerning seniors and the elderly. Funders with an open focus on a population may be a great option for your program, even though they don't state a focus on the mental-health aspect of your work.

Webinar date: October 9, 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Description: In this frenzied moment of private grant seeking, you’re bound to consider approaching the most well-known foundations. Even if you follow funders’ written guidelines, you won’t have the information you need to make a solid first–or second–impression. Many top-tier foundations no longer accept unsolicited proposals, and their program officers can seem unreachable. During this webinar, Susan Schaefer of Resource Partners will lay out a roadmap that creates momentum toward those most elusive foundations.

Webinar date: October 14, 2025, 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Description: Has your nonprofit lost federal funding or are you feeling the ripple effects with private grants? If so, it’s time to explore new strategies to bridge the gap. One powerful solution is pursuing larger donations. This webinar will give you the confidence and tools you need by showing you how to apply capital campaign solicitation strategies to your everyday fundraising. Kevin Wallace and Melissa Sais of CampaignCounsel.org will lead you through a proven process used in capital campaigns that will prepare you to identify, cultivate, and solicit major-gift prospects.

Webinar date: October 16, 2025, 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Description: Funders often look at financials first because they want to support sustainable organizations with realistic project budgets that demonstrate thoughtful planning. Without a compelling budget and appropriate financial package, even the best written grant proposals will be declined. This piece of the proposal writing process is not just for your financial or executive teams to manage. This webinar will help you understand what funders are looking for in your organizational budgets, how you can build effective and accurate program and project grant proposal budgets, and how you can communicate about costs in compliance with funder guidelines.

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