Funds: Yunus Social Business provides finance and support to social businesses aimed at ending poverty and addressing… Grant
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This call is open to social enterprises, startups and small and medium-sized businesses and 1 other, at idea and R&D stage, prototype and pilot stage and pre-seed. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Brazil, Colombia and Kenya and 3 others.
Yunus Social Business provides finance and support to social businesses working to end poverty and address the climate crisis. The fund operates across Brazil, Colombia, East Africa, and India, targeting enterprises with dual social and environmental impact.
About this grant
This funding supports social enterprises and startups addressing poverty and climate crisis through climate adaptation, circular economy and regenerative agriculture initiatives. Applicants must operate in or focus on Brazil, Colombia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda or India, with a demonstrated commitment to dual social and environmental impact. Eligible organisations include social enterprises, startups, small and medium-sized businesses and nonprofits at any development stage. Funding is available as grants, concessional finance or blended finance instruments. Alongside financial support, recipients are expected to engage with mentorship and non-financial assistance. Applicants must demonstrate a core mission centred on poverty alleviation or climate action.
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Key requirements
- ✓Social business model with explicit poverty-alleviation or climate-crisis focus
- ✓Operations or impact in Brazil, Colombia, East Africa, or India
- ✓Demonstrated commitment to dual social and environmental outcomes
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- Who can apply for Funds: Yunus Social Business provides finance and support to social businesses aimed at ending poverty and addressing…?
- Eligibility covers organisations in BR, CO, KE, TZ, UG, IN; social-enterprise, startup, sme, nonprofit.
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Climate adaptation funding helps communities, infrastructure and businesses prepare for heat, flooding, drought and sea level rise. Most of it is public and multilateral money, often targeted at vulnerable regions and delivered with local government. Calls usually ask for a climate risk assessment and evidence that local people shaped the plan.
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