Applying for third-party grants: support & opportunities 💰🌱

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Applying for third-party grants: support & opportunities 💰🌱

Published on July 1, 2026 by Babette

Many collectives in our network are eligible for external funding through third-party grant providers. To make this easier, we’ve put together a simple process and a continuously updated overview of opportunities.

How to apply for a third-party grant

We’ve outlined the full process here:
👉 https://docs.allforclimate.earth/policies/applying-for-a-third-party-grant

In short, the key steps are:

Inform A4C before applying and ask for help if needed
Submit the application
Notify A4C when the grant is likely to be awarded
Provide the grant agreement for us to check, create an MoU and sign
Set up a project on OC to manage the project
Ensure compliance and deliverables during project
Final reporting coordination

If you are unsure at any stage, we’re happy to support you in navigating the process.

Available grant opportunities

We maintain a continuously updated list of third-party grant opportunities here:
👉 https://docs.allforclimate.earth/fundraising-options/third-party-grant-opportunities

This list includes a mix of:

Large institutional funders
Smaller grassroots grantmakers
Organisations that have already worked with us or our collectives

We regularly update this overview as new opportunities become available or as collectives share their experiences with specific funders.

Need support?

If you are considering applying for a grant and would like advice — for example on:

Which grant might fit your project best
How to structure your application
Whether your initiative is eligible
How to coordinate funding through our system

you can always reach out or schedule a call with us.

👉 Contact: [email protected]

We’re here to help you make funding more accessible, transparent, and effective across the network.

Warm greetings,

All For Climate 🌻

liam Noah

on September 4, 2026

This is a great resource to have centralized. One thing that's often underestimated in grant applications, especially for smaller collectives, is how much time compliance and reporting requirements take after the money comes in — sometimes more than the application itself. It might be worth adding a rough estimate of ongoing reporting burden (quarterly vs. annual, financial vs. narrative reports, etc.) next to each opportunity in the list, since that can be a bigger deciding factor for volunteer-run groups than the grant size alone.

Also, for collectives applying for the first time, having a short checklist of what funders typically ask for upfront (legal structure, past financials, letters of support, a theory of change) would help people self-assess eligibility before they even reach out to A4C — could save a round of back-and-forth for both sides.

Really appreciate that A4C is willing to review agreements and set up the MoU process too. That kind of institutional support is often the missing piece that keeps smaller grassroots collectives from applying for larger grants in the first place, since the legal and admin side can feel intimidating without a partner who's done it before.