Local Action Fund Grant
In context
This call is open to non-profits, community groups and local authorities and 2 others. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Africa. The funder accepts early-stage applicants.
Supports community-led climate action and climate justice initiatives in African countries, partnering communities on the frontline of climate impacts with government and private sector actors. Funds transformative climate solutions that advance both emissions reduction and equitable climate outcomes.
About this grant
The Local Action Fund is part of the Climate Justice Impact Fund for Africa (CJIFA), which provides innovative and rapid-response funding to support grassroots initiatives and movements addressing climate change and promoting climate justice across Africa. The fund supports robust engagement of communities at the frontline of the climate crisis together with governmental and private sector partners. CJIFA targets groups and organisations that primarily face funding challenges and may not meet strict conventional requirements of traditional formal funding landscapes, including informal groups lacking registration, groups lacking formal recognition due to their relationship with authorities, and disruptive organisations. The fund aims to produce lasting change through collective activism of those who are structurally excluded, disempowered, exploited, or stigmatised.
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Eligibility
Funding is available to organisations and movements in the following countries: Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Nigeria, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Africa. CJIFA supports both registered and unregistered grassroots and independent movements and organizations. The fund explicitly welcomes informal groups lacking registration, groups that may lack formal recognition due to their relationship with authorities, and disruptive organisations. No prior funding experience from mainstream donors is required.
Key requirements
- ✓Community engagement and frontline participation in climate action design and implementation
- ✓Eligible location in an African country
- ✓Partnership with governmental and/or private sector actors
- ✓Focus on transformative climate action aligned with climate justice principles
Recent past awardees
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Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Local Action Fund?
- Eligibility covers organisations in AFRICA; nonprofit, community-group, local-authority, social-enterprise, consortium. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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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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