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Current Digital Development Grant Funding
Here are the current grant funding opportunities for digital development projects around the world. Be sure to check the requirements of each donor and the funding priorities of each call for proposals.
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Apply Now: $5,000 Seed Grants for African Startup Technology Entrepreneurs
African startups raised only $2.2 billion in 2024, representing just 0.6% of global startup funding, highlighting a massive financing gap that leaves promising...
Apply Now: $14,000 for Independent Media AI Adoption in LMICs
Independent news outlets worldwide face an existential crisis. Media outlets in 160 out of 180 countries report achieving financial stability “with difficulty”...
Apply Now: $1 Million for Free and Open Source Software Projects
The IndiaAI Mission is spending taxpayer money for open-source LLMs. India is also a strong advocate of Digital Public Goods and Digital Public Infrastructure on...
Apply Now: $5,000 for Your African Telecom Hardware Startup Idea
African startups raised just $2.2 billion in 2024. That is only 0.6% of global startup funding. Worse, most startups primarily focused on software-driven solutions,...
Apply Now: $300,000 for Early-Stage Social Impact Organizations
2.8 billion people still live on less than $2 per day and critical gaps persist in healthcare, education, and digital access across the Global South. Yet early-stage...
Apply Now: $20,000 to Deploy Mobile Phone Education Technology
Nearly 250 million children globally face educational disruptions each year due to natural disasters, conflict, illness, and systemic failures.
In many low- and...
Apply Now: $150,000 Unrestricted Funding for Scaling Your Impact
The gap between promising digital innovations and transformative impact at scale remains one of development’s most persistent challenges.
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Apply Now: $25,000 to Combat Africa’s Digital Rights Crisis
The authoritarian playbook is clear: shut down the internet, silence dissent, surveil citizens, manipulate elections. As a result, authorities cut internet access...
Apply Now: $25,000 for Your Generative AI Solutions for Global South Health, Agriculture & Climate Challenges
Artificial intelligence startups dominate global VC funding in 2025, yet the vast majority of this $193 billion in capital flowing to well-funded Silicon Valley...
Apply Now: $150,000 for Your Digital Transformation Solution
1.8 billion people still lack access to essential social services. Yet the nonprofit sector faces a persistent technology gap that undermines mission delivery.
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