Open application process
- ICNL - Lifeline: The Embattled CSO Assistance Fund (advocacy for civil society law reform)
- Pro bono assistance to CSOs-The Thomson Reuters Foundation’s TrustLaw Connect (NGOs and social enterprises)
- Alert Fund for Youth (youth activism)
- The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa and for Eastern Africa (human rights and governance, criminal justice, media, foreign policy) (only for CSOs from specific countries, check website)
- MacArthur Foundation (health, peace, human rights)
- The Fund for Global Human Rights (human rights) (only for CSOs from specific countries, check website)
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Global Health Grants (enteric and diarrheal diseases, malaria, pneumonia)
- Google Ad Grants (non-profits)
- The Sasakawa Peace Foundation (international peace and cooperation)
Deadline (listed chronologically)
- Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders Competition 2014 (peace building), deadline: 21 July 2014
- Canadian Government Religious Freedom Fund Call for Proposals (environmental sustainability, gender equality, governance and human rights), deadline: 24 July 2014
- FRIDA’s Youth-led Funds for Social Justice (women’s issues, social justice for youth), deadline: 28 July 2014
- 2015 Ockenden International Prize for Organizations Operating Internationally Registered as Charities(refugees and displaced persons), deadline: 31 July 2014
- Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund (grassroots, empowerment of women and girls), deadline: 31 July2014
- Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Award 2014 (health and well-being, environmental impact, livelihoods), deadline: 1 August 2014
- African Climate Change Fund (climate change/ initiatives in Africa only), deadline: 8 August 2014
- Healthcare Innovation Award (maternal, new-born and child health), deadline: 25 August 2014
- Social Innovators Africa-LEAP (challenges in local communities) (only for Nigerian nationals), deadline: 29 August 2014
- United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security (human security), deadline: 1 September 2014
- Mo Ibrahim Leadership Programme in Africa 2015 (good governance), deadline: 11 September 2014
- 2014 Annual Non-profit Website Fund (non-profits), deadline: 15 September 2014
- Bill and Melinda Gates Essay Competition (future of development assistance), deadline: 15 September 2014
- Second Term of the Peace Projects Grant Program (conflict resolution and peacebuilding), deadline: 30 September 2014
- JWF Grant for NGO Projects Promoting Peacebuilding (conflict resolution and peacebuilding), deadline: 30 September 2014
- African Water Facility Grants (climate change and social equity) (initiatives in Africa only), deadline: 30 September 2014
- 40 Chances Seed Grants Program (innovative solutions to hunger, conflict or poverty), deadline: 15 October 2014
- The Sasakawa Peace Foundation (promote international understanding, exchange, and cooperation) (partly focusing on projects in specific regions, check website), deadline: 31 October 2014
- UN-Habitat Urban Youth Fund mentorship programme 2014 (youth activism), deadline: 4 December 2014
- Vulnerable and Disengaged Young People Fund (vulnerable and disengaged youth), deadline: 6 December 2014
- Arcus Foundation - Social justice programs grants 2014 (LGBT equality, social justice, conservation), deadline: 31 December 2014
- United Nations Democracy Fund (community development, rule of law and human rights, tools for democratization, media, women, youth), deadline: 31 December 2014