Upstream Grant Fund
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This call is open to non-profits, registered charities and social enterprises and 2 others. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: any country. The funder accepts early-stage applicants.
The Workday Foundation's Upstream Grant Fund supports organisations addressing global challenges including disaster prevention, health emergencies, and human connection through upstream interventions. Eligible applicants work on disaster risk reduction, global health, and social connection initiatives.
About this grant
The Upstream Grant Fund is a grant programme run by the Workday Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Workday. It supports organisations tackling global challenges such as disaster prevention, health emergencies, and strengthening human connection. The page frames these as upstream investments that address root causes rather than downstream symptoms. The Foundation's wider portfolio centres on workforce development, including AI skills training, technical training, and stackable credentials for wage careers, and on human connection, which it describes as deepening relationships and trust at work. The Upstream Grant Fund sits alongside regional grant programmes in North America, EMEA and APAC, and a Global Health and Disaster Preparedness area. Grants are described as including funding, employee volunteering and mentoring, technical assistance, and trust-based collaboration. The page does not list application steps, grant amounts, or a deadline for the Upstream Grant Fund. Interested organisations are asked to email a description of their work. If there is a fit, the Foundation says it will contact the organisation to request further information.
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Eligibility
Organisations whose work pioneers workforce development programmes for adults, or who strengthen human connections, and who believe their mission aligns with the Foundation's, may apply by emailing a description of their work. The page does not state organisation types, geographic limits, legal status, or prior-recipient rules for the Upstream Grant Fund.
How it's scored
The page does not describe scoring criteria, weightings, or panel composition. It says only that the Foundation will review emailed descriptions of mission alignment and contact organisations whose work appears to be a fit.
Key requirements
- ✓Organisation must tackle global challenges in disaster prevention, health emergencies, or human connection
- ✓Upstream investment approach required (preventative/systemic rather than reactive)
- ✓Alignment with at least one of: disaster-risk, global-health, or social-connection focus areas
Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Upstream Grant Fund?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; nonprofit, charity, social-enterprise, community-group, research-institution. 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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