To provide rapid and flexible support to frontline feminist activists and movements facing urgent threats or time-sensitive opportunities, the Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism is accepting applications for its Security and Opportunity Grants on a rolling basis.
The grants support women, trans, and non-binary-led groups responding to unexpected security risks or emerging advocacy opportunities. Applicants may request up to USD 8,000, with applications accepted in any language. Urgent Action Fund aims to confirm receipt within 24 hours, issue decisions within 15 business days, and transfer approved funds within five to ten business days.
What Funding Can Support:
Security Grants can fund urgent measures that protect the safety and security of feminist activists. Supported actions must be implemented within three months of grant approval.
Opportunity Grants can support urgent advocacy, awareness-raising, efforts to influence policy, and initiatives seeking to change public discourse. Supported actions must be implemented within six months of approval.
Receive rapid and flexible funding based on the urgent needs of activists and movements
Access grants of up to USD 8,000
Apply in any language through the online portal or by submitting the application form by email
Receive a funding decision within approximately 15 business days
Respond quickly to emerging risks, political developments, or advocacy opportunities
Who Can Apply:
Frontline feminist activist groups, organizations, and movements
Groups primarily led by women, trans, or non-binary people, who must serve as the principal decision-makers
Groups proposing actions that benefit the rights and wellbeing of women, trans, and non-binary people
Applicants responding to an urgent, unexpected, and time-sensitive situation
Groups supported by local or international feminist activists or networks
Applicants based in Canada, Central Asia, Europe, Southwest Asia, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and the United States—including applicants based in Lebanon and other Arab countries covered by the fund.
What Is Not Funded:
Pre-planned projects or regular service-delivery programmes
Charitable or humanitarian assistance and social services
Annual operating expenses, including regular rent, salaries, and overhead costs
Bridge or gap funding
Scholarships
Capital and construction projects
Organizations with annual budgets exceeding USD 1 million
Why Apply:
These grants provide timely support when conventional funding processes may be too slow to address immediate risks or short-lived opportunities. Through flexible rapid-response financing, feminist activists and movements can strengthen their security, protect their work, respond to changing political circumstances, and pursue advocacy opportunities before they disappear.
