Wie geht wahrhaft gerechte Förderung? - Robert Bosch Stiftung

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Der GGF fördert deshalb vor allem Umweltschutz- und Klimagerechtigkeitsprojekte, die von indigenen Gruppen und Frauen initiiert und ...

Source: https://www.bosch-stiftung.de/de/storys/wie-geht-wahrhaft-gerechte-foerderung

Funding Details

Funder

Robert Bosch Stiftung / Global Greengrants Fund (GGF)

Funding Goal

Support grassroots environmental protection and climate justice projects initiated and led by indigenous communities and women in the Global South, with a focus on participatory grantmaking that decentralizes funding decisions to local activists.

Funding Amount

GGF grants are deliberately kept small — typically around €5,000 per project. In 2021, $2.5M+ was distributed across 493 projects globally. (up to 5.000 €)

How to Apply

Applications are not submitted directly — local volunteer advisors identify eligible grassroots movements, and a local advisory council makes funding decisions. No standard application portal described on this page.

Target Region

Global South: Africa, Asia (incl. India, Indonesia), South and North America, Pacific Islands

Contact

Robert Bosch Stiftung contact page: https://www.bosch-stiftung.de/de/kontakt-0. GGF headquarters: Boulder, Colorado, USA. No direct contact email provided on this page.

Last Checked

2026-03-11 16:45

Application Checklist

Eligibility

• Project must be initiated and led by indigenous communities and/or women
• Organization must be a grassroots/community-level group operating in the Global South (Africa, Asia, Americas, or Pacific Islands)

Project Scope

• Project must address environmental protection, climate justice, or related climate change impacts
• Project scope should be locally defined — no external prescriptions on how funds are used; community self-determination is required

Required Documents

• Robert Bosch Stiftung's intersectional program requires demonstrating how multiple forms of discrimination intersect in the project context

Constraints

• Grant amounts are small (approx. €5,000); projects must be viable at grassroots scale
• Selection is made by local in-country advisory councils, not through a public application portal — local GGF advisors must identify the organization

Summary

This page is an editorial story from the Robert Bosch Stiftung about the Global Greengrants Fund (GGF), featuring it as a partner in the Robert Bosch Stiftung's own program "Reducing Inequalities Through Intersectional Practice" launched in 2020. The GGF, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, operates a hyper-local grantmaking model in which volunteer advisors in-country identify grassroots movements needing support, and local advisory councils — made up of activists with local knowledge — make unbureaucratic funding decisions. In 2021, GGF funded 493 projects in 80 countries, distributing over $2.5 million. The GGF focuses especially on environmental protection and climate justice projects initiated and led by indigenous groups and women, who are disproportionately affected by climate change yet receive less than 1% of conventional development aid. Grant amounts are deliberately kept small (around €5,000 per project) to minimize corruption risks and maintain community-level scale. Supported regions include Africa, Asia, South and North America, and Pacific Island nations. The Robert Bosch Stiftung's broader program "Reducing Inequalities Through Intersectional Practice" (started 2020) supports and networks actors working to reduce inequality through an intersectional approach, with GGF as one of the project partners. The article also briefly mentions the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees as another example of innovative participatory funding supported by Robert Bosch Stiftung. Overall, this page serves as a case study in equitable and participatory philanthropy rather than a direct grant call. The programs described are real and ongoing but are strongly oriented toward the Global South, indigenous rights, land rights, and climate justice — with no focus on marine conservation, ocean topics, or circular plastic economy.

Historical Context

GGF was founded in 1993. The Robert Bosch Stiftung launched "Reducing Inequalities Through Intersectional Practice" in 2020. In 2021, GGF funded 493 projects in 80 countries with $2.5M+. This article was published October 24, 2022.

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