The Commonwealth Foundation Grants Program 2025/2026 is now accepting applications. Interested candidates are urged to visit here for further information and to apply.
About Commonwealth Foundation Grants
Opportunity Details
- Date Published: September 18, 2025
- Application Deadline: October 23, 2025
- Category: Entrepreneurs
Grants
Our open call grants seek to facilitate constructive engagement between civil society and decision-makers, including civil society participation in policy development and implementation.
Applications must address one or more of our three priority themes. All applications are required to demonstrate how they will integrate gender considerations into their project design and implementation.
Benefits of Commonwealth Foundation Grants
- They offer grants of up to £60,000 to civil society organisations in the Commonwealth.
Commonwealth Foundation Grants Requirements
- The applicant must be a not-for-profit civil society organisation (CSO) registered in an eligible Commonwealth Foundation Member State.
- The applicant organisation must have a minimum of three years’ demonstrable experience working on participatory governance and advocacy within the area/theme(s) of the proposed project. Organisations that have been registered and operating for less than three years are not eligible.
- Applicant organisations that are currently implementing, or that have recently completed, a Commonwealth Foundation Grant but have not received their final payment, are not eligible to apply to this grant call.
- 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 (see above).
- Proposals must relate to projects that are expected to begin after the 1 August 2026 and before the end of September 2026.
Application Date and Process
Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
23 October, 2025
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