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== <big style="text-shadow:#6dbdc9 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#b7f8db -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"> Funding Opportunities with Specific Deadline</big> == | |||
'''Common Wealth Grants Now Open''' | |||
* Deadline: October 23 | |||
* <nowiki>https://commonwealthfoundation.com/grants/annual/</nowiki> | |||
'''Breakout Fund''' | |||
* Deadline: October 31 | |||
* <nowiki>https://splintercon.net/breakout</nowiki> | |||
'''Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation''' | |||
* November 18th, 2025. | |||
* <nowiki>https://grants.mfa.no/#call/4421/main</nowiki> | |||
'''ACLS Digital Justice Grants''' | |||
* November 20, 2025 | |||
* <nowiki>https://www.acls.org/programs/acls-digital-justice-grants</nowiki> | |||
'''BIRN Journalists Grants for Investigative Stories''' | |||
* Deadline: October 31st, 2025 | |||
* <nowiki>https://birn.eu.com/news-and-events/birn-invites-journalists-apply-for-grants-for-investigative-stories/</nowiki> | |||
'''WSA Young Innovators Award 2025''' | |||
* Deadline: October 31, 2025 | |||
* <nowiki>https://wsa-global.org/wsa_categories/wsa-young-innovators/</nowiki> | |||
'''Malaysia: Financial Support to Young Women Human Rights Defenders''' | |||
* Deadline: November 10, 2025. | |||
* <nowiki>https://www.article19.org/resources/malaysia-financial-support-to-young-women-human-rights-defenders/</nowiki> | |||
'''NLnet Zero Commons Fund''' | |||
* Deadline: December 1 | |||
* <nowiki>https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/</nowiki> | |||
'''NLnet Fediversity Programme''' | |||
* Deadline: December 1 | |||
* <nowiki>https://nlnet.nl/fediversity/</nowiki> | |||
'''John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship''' | |||
* Deadline: December 3 | |||
* <nowiki>https://jsk.stanford.edu/become-a-fellow#why-apply</nowiki> | |||
'''AI Reporting Grant Program''' | |||
* December 31, 2025 | |||
* <nowiki>https://pulitzercenter.org/grants-fellowships/opportunities-journalists/ai-reporting-grants</nowiki> | |||
'''InDiCo-Global. Deadline''' | |||
* Deadline: June 30, 2026 | |||
* <nowiki>https://indico-global-grants.eu/indico-global-third-open-call</nowiki> | |||
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== <big style="text-shadow:#6dbdc9 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#b7f8db -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"> Funding Opportunities Received on a Rolling Basis </big> == | |||
'''AI Security Institute Challenge Fund''' | |||
https://www. | * Deadline: Rolling | ||
* https://www.aisi.gov.uk/grants#challenge-fund | |||
'''Global Fund for Community Foundations''' | |||
* Deadline: Rolling | |||
* https://globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/what-we-do/grants/apply-for-a-grant/ | |||
'''Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Funding Opportunity''' | |||
Deadline: | * Deadline: Rolling | ||
* https://www.drkfoundation.org/apply-for-funding/ | |||
'''The Bitcoin Development Fund''' | |||
https:// | * Deadline: Rolling | ||
* Human Rights Foundation | |||
* https://hrf.org/program/financial-freedom/bitcoin-development-fund/ | |||
'''Digital Rights Fund for WANA Region''' | |||
*SMEX | |||
*Deadline: Rolling Basis | |||
*https://smex.org/digital-rights-fund/ | |||
'''FOSS United''' | |||
*''' | *Deadline: Rolling Basis | ||
*https://fossunited.org/grants | |||
'''Digital Impact Alliance Fellowship''' | |||
* Deadline: Rolling | |||
* https://dial.global/apply-to-our-fellows-program/ | |||
'''Sovereign Tech Fund''' | |||
*Deadline: Rolling | |||
* | *https://sovereigntechfund.de/en/applications/ | ||
'''Incident Emergency Fund''' | |||
*Digital Defenders Partnership | |||
*Deadline: Rolling Basis | |||
* | *https://www.digitaldefenders.org/incident-emergency-fund/ | ||
'''Safety Net Fund''' | |||
Deadline: | *Deadline: Ongoing | ||
https:// | *https://wphfund.org/whrds-safety-net/ | ||
'''Rapid Response Fund''' | |||
* | *Derechos Digitales | ||
* Deadline: Rolling Basis | |||
* | *https://www.derechosdigitales.org/sobre-el-fondo-de-respuesta-rapida/ | ||
'''Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism''' | |||
*Deadline: Rolling Basis | |||
* | *https://urgentactionfund.org/ | ||
'''Urgent Action Fund - Asia & Pacific''' | |||
Deadline: Rolling | *Deadline: Rolling | ||
https://www. | *https://www.uafanp.org/our_grants | ||
'''Apoyos de Respuesta Rápida''' | |||
* | *Fondo Acción Urgente | ||
*Deadline: Rolling | |||
*https://fondoaccionurgente.org.co/es/que-hacemos/apoyos-de-respuesta-rapida/ | |||
'''Open Briefing’s Responsive Assistance''' | |||
*Deadline: Rolling Basis | |||
* | *https://www.openbriefing.org/support/referral/ | ||
== <big style="text-shadow:#6dbdc9 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#b7f8db -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"> Emergency Grants and Relocation and Resettlement Support Specifically for HRDs at Risk </big> == | |||
=== Emergency Grants === | |||
'''[https://www.csolifeline.org/ Lifeline]''' (an initiative by Freedom House and Front Line Defenders) provides small, short-term emergency grants to CSOs threatened because of their human rights work. Lifeline grants can address security, medical expenses, legal representation, prison visits, trial monitoring, temporary relocation, equipment replacement, and other urgently needed expenses. | |||
https://www. | '''[https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/programme/protection-grants Front Line Defenders Protection Grants]''' can pay for provisions (grants are for amounts up to a maximum of €7,500) to improve the security and protection of human rights defenders and their organizations including, but not limited to: | ||
* | * improving physical security of an organization or individual, digital security and communication security; | ||
* supporting legal fees for HRDs who are being judicially harassed; | |||
* paying for medical fees for HRDs who have been attacked or who have suffered a medical condition as a result of their peaceful human rights activities; | |||
* providing family assistance for imprisoned HRDs or family members who are at risk because of a HRD's activities. | |||
'''[https://urgentactionfund.org/our-grants/ Urgent Action Fund’s Rapid Response Grants]''' resource the resilience of human rights and gender justice movements by supporting the security and advocacy interventions of activists when a swift response is needed. Specifically, Rapid Response Grants offer quick, flexible funding to respond to security threats or unexpected advocacy opportunities experienced by women, transgender, or gender non-conforming, activists and human rights defenders. | |||
https:// | '''[https://www.civicus.org/index.php/what-we-do-2/defend/crisis-response-fund CIVICUS Crisis Response Fund]''' welcomes applications from formal or informal civil society actors & consortia, including social movements. Grants must be for a 3-6 month period. Amount: US$10,000 - US$20,000 for Advocacy Grants or Resiliency Grants. | ||
'''[https://wphfund.org/ The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund]''' provides rapid, flexible funding and direct logistical support to women HRDs from/working in crisis and conflict-affected areas, working at community, national, regional or international levels. For individuals they have an Advocacy Support Stream and a Safety Net Stream. | |||
'''[https://www.mccaininstitute.org/programs/democracy-programs/human-rights-defenders-program/ McCain Institute's Human Rights Defender Program]''' (under the Democracy Program) provides temporary, transitional support to activists who are forced to work underground or flee their countries so they can continue to fight in the human rights arena. | |||
https:// | '''[https://freedomhouse.org/programs/LGBTI-assistance The Dignity for All: LGBTQI+ Assistance Program]''' is a consortium of six leading human rights and LGBTQI+ organizations that provides emergency assistance, advocacy funding, and security support to human rights defenders and civil society organizations under threat or attack due to their work for LGBTQI+ rights. | ||
'''[https://protectdefenders.eu/ ProtectDefenders.eu]''' provides a range of services to human rights defenders at risk, including an emergency helpline (run by Front Line Defenders), emergency grants, and temporary relocation. | |||
[https://www.omct.org/en/what-we-do/material-support/emergency-support-for-human-rights-defenders-at-risk?utm_source=chatgpt.com '''Emergency Support for Human Rights Defenders at Risk'''] offers vital aid and urgent support to at-risk human rights defenders worldwide. Support includes various interventions such as medical care (including psychological support and rehabilitation), legal aid, social assistance, physical and digital security, communication tools, security training, safe transportation, and temporary relocation assistance. | |||
https://www. | === Relocation and Resettlement support specifically for HRDs at risk === | ||
'''[https://www.mccaininstitute.org/programs/democracy-programs/human-rights-defenders-program/ Human Rights Defenders Program, McCain Institute]''' - Through the Human Rights Defenders program, the McCain Institute provides funding, logistical assistance and referrals to human rights defenders in distress, helping them to: | |||
* Settle into a safe environment | |||
* Receive training involving extra security precautions, networking, and career development if unable to return home any time soon | |||
* Find sustainable employment as a means to continue their human rights work throughout the time they are unable to return to their home countries | |||
'''[https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/canada-program-canada-global-refugee-stream-human-rights-defenders Canada Global Refugee Stream for Human Rights Defenders]''' - The Canadian government has established a dedicated refugee stream for human rights defenders for resettlement to Canada. | |||
'''[https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/ Rainbow Railroad]''' is a global not-for-profit organization that helps at-risk LGBTQI+ people get to safety worldwide. | |||
'''[https://www.journalistsindistress.org/ Journalists in Distress Network]''' resources for journalists who have received serious threats or are in distress in relation to their work, and may need emergency relocation | |||
= | [https://crd.org/emergency-fund/temporary-relocations/?utm_source=chatgpt.com '''Civil Rights Defenders – Emergency Fund / Temporary Relocations'''] Supports HRDs under threat with rapid assistance: legal fees, security training, psychosocial support, temporary relocations of HRDs and their families from high-risk contexts. | ||
[https://wphfund.org/whrds/?utm_source=chatgpt.com '''UN Women Fund – Window for Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs)'''] The “Safety Net” Stream provides urgent costs including relocation for women (and trans/LGBTI) HRDs, up to USD $10,000. | |||
Latest revision as of 16:37, 22 October 2025
Do you have a funding opportunity you want to share? Send it to us using our simple online form. We will post it here and in Weekly Digital Rights Newsletter. Make sure to sign up!
Funding Opportunities with Specific Deadline
Common Wealth Grants Now Open
- Deadline: October 23
- https://commonwealthfoundation.com/grants/annual/
Breakout Fund
- Deadline: October 31
- https://splintercon.net/breakout
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
- November 18th, 2025.
- https://grants.mfa.no/#call/4421/main
ACLS Digital Justice Grants
- November 20, 2025
- https://www.acls.org/programs/acls-digital-justice-grants
BIRN Journalists Grants for Investigative Stories
- Deadline: October 31st, 2025
- https://birn.eu.com/news-and-events/birn-invites-journalists-apply-for-grants-for-investigative-stories/
WSA Young Innovators Award 2025
- Deadline: October 31, 2025
- https://wsa-global.org/wsa_categories/wsa-young-innovators/
Malaysia: Financial Support to Young Women Human Rights Defenders
- Deadline: November 10, 2025.
- https://www.article19.org/resources/malaysia-financial-support-to-young-women-human-rights-defenders/
NLnet Zero Commons Fund
- Deadline: December 1
- https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/
NLnet Fediversity Programme
- Deadline: December 1
- https://nlnet.nl/fediversity/
John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship
- Deadline: December 3
- https://jsk.stanford.edu/become-a-fellow#why-apply
AI Reporting Grant Program
- December 31, 2025
- https://pulitzercenter.org/grants-fellowships/opportunities-journalists/ai-reporting-grants
InDiCo-Global. Deadline
- Deadline: June 30, 2026
- https://indico-global-grants.eu/indico-global-third-open-call
Funding Opportunities Received on a Rolling Basis
AI Security Institute Challenge Fund
- Deadline: Rolling
- https://www.aisi.gov.uk/grants#challenge-fund
Global Fund for Community Foundations
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Funding Opportunity
- Deadline: Rolling
- https://www.drkfoundation.org/apply-for-funding/
The Bitcoin Development Fund
- Deadline: Rolling
- Human Rights Foundation
- https://hrf.org/program/financial-freedom/bitcoin-development-fund/
Digital Rights Fund for WANA Region
- SMEX
- Deadline: Rolling Basis
FOSS United
- Deadline: Rolling Basis
- https://fossunited.org/grants
Digital Impact Alliance Fellowship
- Deadline: Rolling
- https://dial.global/apply-to-our-fellows-program/
Sovereign Tech Fund
- Deadline: Rolling
Incident Emergency Fund
- Digital Defenders Partnership
- Deadline: Rolling Basis
Safety Net Fund
- Deadline: Ongoing
Rapid Response Fund
- Derechos Digitales
- Deadline: Rolling Basis
Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism
- Deadline: Rolling Basis
Urgent Action Fund - Asia & Pacific
- Deadline: Rolling
Apoyos de Respuesta Rápida
- Fondo Acción Urgente
- Deadline: Rolling
- https://fondoaccionurgente.org.co/es/que-hacemos/apoyos-de-respuesta-rapida/
Open Briefing’s Responsive Assistance
- Deadline: Rolling Basis
Emergency Grants and Relocation and Resettlement Support Specifically for HRDs at Risk
Emergency Grants
Lifeline (an initiative by Freedom House and Front Line Defenders) provides small, short-term emergency grants to CSOs threatened because of their human rights work. Lifeline grants can address security, medical expenses, legal representation, prison visits, trial monitoring, temporary relocation, equipment replacement, and other urgently needed expenses.
Front Line Defenders Protection Grants can pay for provisions (grants are for amounts up to a maximum of €7,500) to improve the security and protection of human rights defenders and their organizations including, but not limited to:
- improving physical security of an organization or individual, digital security and communication security;
- supporting legal fees for HRDs who are being judicially harassed;
- paying for medical fees for HRDs who have been attacked or who have suffered a medical condition as a result of their peaceful human rights activities;
- providing family assistance for imprisoned HRDs or family members who are at risk because of a HRD's activities.
Urgent Action Fund’s Rapid Response Grants resource the resilience of human rights and gender justice movements by supporting the security and advocacy interventions of activists when a swift response is needed. Specifically, Rapid Response Grants offer quick, flexible funding to respond to security threats or unexpected advocacy opportunities experienced by women, transgender, or gender non-conforming, activists and human rights defenders.
CIVICUS Crisis Response Fund welcomes applications from formal or informal civil society actors & consortia, including social movements. Grants must be for a 3-6 month period. Amount: US$10,000 - US$20,000 for Advocacy Grants or Resiliency Grants.
The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund provides rapid, flexible funding and direct logistical support to women HRDs from/working in crisis and conflict-affected areas, working at community, national, regional or international levels. For individuals they have an Advocacy Support Stream and a Safety Net Stream.
McCain Institute's Human Rights Defender Program (under the Democracy Program) provides temporary, transitional support to activists who are forced to work underground or flee their countries so they can continue to fight in the human rights arena.
The Dignity for All: LGBTQI+ Assistance Program is a consortium of six leading human rights and LGBTQI+ organizations that provides emergency assistance, advocacy funding, and security support to human rights defenders and civil society organizations under threat or attack due to their work for LGBTQI+ rights.
ProtectDefenders.eu provides a range of services to human rights defenders at risk, including an emergency helpline (run by Front Line Defenders), emergency grants, and temporary relocation.
Emergency Support for Human Rights Defenders at Risk offers vital aid and urgent support to at-risk human rights defenders worldwide. Support includes various interventions such as medical care (including psychological support and rehabilitation), legal aid, social assistance, physical and digital security, communication tools, security training, safe transportation, and temporary relocation assistance.
Relocation and Resettlement support specifically for HRDs at risk
Human Rights Defenders Program, McCain Institute - Through the Human Rights Defenders program, the McCain Institute provides funding, logistical assistance and referrals to human rights defenders in distress, helping them to:
- Settle into a safe environment
- Receive training involving extra security precautions, networking, and career development if unable to return home any time soon
- Find sustainable employment as a means to continue their human rights work throughout the time they are unable to return to their home countries
Canada Global Refugee Stream for Human Rights Defenders - The Canadian government has established a dedicated refugee stream for human rights defenders for resettlement to Canada.
Rainbow Railroad is a global not-for-profit organization that helps at-risk LGBTQI+ people get to safety worldwide.
Journalists in Distress Network resources for journalists who have received serious threats or are in distress in relation to their work, and may need emergency relocation
Civil Rights Defenders – Emergency Fund / Temporary Relocations Supports HRDs under threat with rapid assistance: legal fees, security training, psychosocial support, temporary relocations of HRDs and their families from high-risk contexts.
UN Women Fund – Window for Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) The “Safety Net” Stream provides urgent costs including relocation for women (and trans/LGBTI) HRDs, up to USD $10,000.
