Dow Business Impact Fund 2025 — Project Announcement

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Dow Business Impact Fund (BIF) is a competitive accelerator grant programme supporting NGOs and nonprofits to solve social/sustainability challenges in Dow communities globally. 2025 cohort launched 6 projects in the US, Brazil, Spain, India and Vietnam. Next open call timing not specified on this page.

Source: https://corporate.dow.com/en-us/news/seek-together/2025-business-impact-fund-projects.html

Funding Details

Funder

Dow

Funding Goal

Support NGOs and nonprofit organizations to solve social or sustainability challenges within Dow communities globally, with focus on creating shared value for Dow, customers, and communities. Areas include recycling, circular economy, sustainability, and social impact. Projects in the 2025 cohort included plastic film recycling, post-consumer plastics infrastructure, and sustainable packaging.

Funding Amount

Grant amount not specified per project; over 10 years the programme supported 71 projects in 25 countries

Deadline

Annual, typically early in the calendar year (2025 cohort launched in 2025; 2026 cohort timing not stated) (periodic)

How to Apply

Application process details not fully described on the page. Historically launched annually. Contact via Dow's Global Citizenship / Grants and Investments page: https://corporate.dow.com/en-us/purpose-in-action/global-citizenship/grants-investments.html

Target Region

Global — communities where Dow operates (United States, Brazil, Spain, India, Vietnam, and others in 2025 cohort)

Last Checked

2026-05-06 22:34

Application Checklist

Eligibility

• Applicant must be an NGO or nonprofit organisation
• Project must address social or sustainability challenges in communities where Dow operates

Project Scope

• Project should align with Dow's themes: circular economy, climate protection, safer materials, or inclusion
• Dow employees will serve as active co-advisors on the project

Constraints

• Implementation must take place in a geography where Dow has operations
• Annual cycle; application timing and process published separately each year

Summary

The Dow Business Impact Fund (BIF) is an annual competitive accelerator grant programme that has operated since 2016, bringing together NGOs, nonprofit organisations, Dow customers, and Dow employees to solve social or sustainability challenges within Dow's global community footprint. The programme is managed by Dow's Global Citizenship team. Thematically, the programme funds projects across climate protection, circular economy, safer materials, and inclusion/diversity themes. Sustainability projects in recent cohorts have included plastic film recycling at scale (post-consumer), food-grade polypropylene recovery, and similar circular economy initiatives directly linked to Dow's materials science products. Social impact projects address community health, economic development, and skills training. Eligible activities include piloting scalable recycling or circular economy solutions, developing community-based sustainability programmes, and creating shared value between Dow's business interests and community needs. Projects in the 2025 cohort were implemented in the United States, Brazil, Spain, India, and Vietnam. Geographically, the programme targets communities where Dow has manufacturing or commercial operations globally. There are no fixed country restrictions beyond Dow's operational footprint. Eligible applicants are NGOs and nonprofit organisations. Dow employees serve as active co-advisors, making this a corporate-NGO partnership model. The programme is annual, with cohorts typically launched in the first half of each year. Specific grant amounts per project are not published. Over 10 years, 71 projects have been funded, suggesting modest per-project awards. The 2026 cohort had not announced an open application period as of the date this page was published (February 2026).

Historical Context

Launched in 2016. Over the past decade, 71 projects in 25 countries have been supported. Outcomes include 3,600+ community jobs created, 17,750+ MT of materials recycled, 379,000+ people with improved health/wellbeing. The 2025 cohort included 6 projects in the US, Brazil, Spain, India, and Vietnam, including GoodFlex (plastic film recycling with Goodwill of Arizona), projects on food-grade post-consumer polypropylene, and others.

Why it was added

discovered from funder #689: Dow Business Impact Fund 2025

Sources

• https://corporate.dow.com/en-us/news/seek-together/2025-business-impact-fund-projects.html

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