Funding Programs 200 results

Status Enriched New Irrelevant Expired
Source EU Federal (DE) Schleswig-Holstein Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Lower Saxony Foundation Private US Foundation UK Nordic UN / Multilateral Corporate Impact Investor Philanthropic Network International
Relevance ≥70% ≥50% ≥30%
Topic Aquaculture Biodiversity Blue Economy Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Coastal Protection Coral Reefs Education Fisheries Marine Conservation Marine Protected Areas Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Research Seaweed & Algae Waste Management
Mechanism Accelerator Blended Finance Grant Investment Loan / Concessional Finance Prize Technical Assistance
Region Africa Arctic Baltic Sea Global India Mediterranean Nordic / Denmark North Sea Southeast Asia
Audience For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs For Researchers For Startups
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# Program Source Status Relevance ▼ Funding Amount Deadline Updated
1758 SWITCH to Circular Economy in Eastern and Southern Africa (1758)
For NGOs For Startups Government Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
International Enriched – – – 2026-04-20 10:33Enriched
1749 GIZ Circular Economy Solutions Preventing Marine Litter in Ecosystems (1749)
For NGOs Government Multilateral Technical Assistance India Capacity Building Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
International Enriched – €7.8 million total financial commitment; co-financed by the European Union (€2.5 million) 2026-09-30 2026-04-20 11:09Enriched
1738 GEF Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) (1738)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs For Researchers Multilateral Blended Finance Grant Global Biodiversity Capacity Building Climate Coastal Protection Marine Conservation
UN / Multilateral Enriched – USD 161.8 million available in the second programming tranche (total tranche pool, not per-project grant size) – 2026-03-11 16:03Enriched
1734 AfDB Urban Development and Water and Sanitation Projects (1734)
For NGOs Multilateral Blended Finance Grant Loan / Concessional Finance Technical Assistance Africa Blue Economy Circular Economy Climate Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – Large-scale infrastructure financing; individual projects typically range from tens of millions to hundreds of millions USD. Concessional funding available via the African Development Fund (ADF) for least-developed African countries. – 2026-04-20 10:48Enriched
1732 GEF Small Grants Programme - Ghana (2026 Call for Proposals) (1732)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Multilateral Grant Africa Biodiversity Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Fisheries Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – Up to USD 75,000 per project per Operational Phase (ceiling decided by the SGP National Steering Committee; GEF-8 SGP 2.0 guidelines set a maximum of USD 75,000, up from USD 50,000 in prior phases). Co-financing equal to or greater than the grant amount is encouraged. 2026-10-31 2026-04-20 10:47Enriched
1728 ADB Circular Economy Initiatives (1728)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs For Researchers Multilateral Grant Loan / Concessional Finance Technical Assistance India Southeast Asia Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – – – 2026-04-20 10:32Enriched
1722 UNEP Planetary Pollution Fund (1722)
For NGOs For Researchers Multilateral Grant Global Circular Economy Climate Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – Not specified. Rolling contributions accepted; allocation amounts are not disclosed on the page. – 2026-04-20 10:49Enriched
1721 Stiftung Mercator - Climate Protection Funding (1721)
For NGOs For Researchers Foundation Grant Capacity Building Climate
Foundation Enriched – Examples include Impact Factory Accelerator (~250,000 EUR) and climate teams in social organizations (~100,000 EUR); no fixed funding range stated on the page. Rolling submissions 2026-03-11 16:25Enriched
1719 UNEP Special Programme and Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC) Fund (1719)
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Global Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – – – 2026-04-20 10:46Enriched
1718 The Recycling Partnership Grants (1718)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Foundation Grant Technical Assistance Circular Economy Plastic Waste Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
Impact Investor Enriched – Nearly $50 million in total grants distributed to 370 communities since 2014; individual grant amounts not specified on this page. – 2026-03-11 16:22Enriched
1717 UNEP Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML) (1717)
For NGOs For Researchers Multilateral Technical Assistance Global Capacity Building Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – – – 2026-04-20 10:35Enriched
1714 ReFED Catalytic Grant Fund (1714)
For NGOs For Startups Foundation Grant Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Research Waste Management
Impact Investor Enriched – Minimum $100,000 per grant over approximately a two-year period; fund capacity reported up to $20M total. Individual grant amounts not explicitly stated on the page. 2026-05-15 2026-03-11 16:19Enriched
1711 DBU General Project Funding - Environmental Protection (1711)
For NGOs For Researchers For Startups Foundation Grant Biodiversity Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Education Marine Conservation Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Research Waste Management
Foundation Enriched – – – 2026-04-20 10:25Enriched
1710 Closed Loop Partners - Circular Plastics Strategy (1710)
For NGOs Impact Investor Investment Loan / Concessional Finance Circular Economy Plastic Waste Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
Impact Investor Enriched – – – 2026-04-20 10:02Enriched
1709 Bezos Earth Fund - Climate and Nature Approach (1709)
For NGOs For Researchers Foundation Grant Global Biodiversity Blue Economy Climate Marine Conservation Marine Protected Areas Research
Foundation Enriched – USD 10 billion committed by 2030 (total portfolio); individual grant amounts not specified. $1 billion earmarked for food system transformation by 2030. 2030-12-31 2026-03-11 16:04Enriched
1707 Ellen MacArthur Foundation - Plastics & Circular Economy (1707)
For NGOs For Startups Foundation Technical Assistance Global Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
Foundation Enriched – – – 2026-04-20 10:24Enriched
1704 UNDP Partnership for Preventing Riverine Plastic Pollution - Indonesia (1704)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Multilateral Grant Southeast Asia Capacity Building Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – Grants up to $300,000 March 2026 round passed; next round TBD 2026-04-20 11:00Enriched
1700 DevelopmentAid - DANIDA Grants Search Portal (1700)
For NGOs For Researchers For Startups Government Grant Africa Global Nordic / Denmark Southeast Asia Blue Economy Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Education Research
Nordic Enriched – Highly variable across calls: from EUR 10,000 (small local competitions) to EUR 100,000,000 (multi-donor mitigation facilities). Danish CSO small grants budget not specified. Research calls: up to DKK 250,000,000. 2026-09-09 2026-04-20 10:59Enriched
1701 Terra Viva Grants - Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Funding Overview (1701)
For NGOs For Researchers Government Grant Africa Global Southeast Asia Biodiversity Capacity Building Climate Research
Nordic Enriched – – – 2026-04-20 10:22Enriched
1694 Wipro Earthian Awards - Sustainability Education Program (1694)
For NGOs Corporate Prize India Biodiversity Education Waste Management
Foundation Enriched – Cash prizes awarded to winning teams; specific amounts not disclosed on the page. Annual program; the 2025 cycle has closed. Next round timing not specified. 2026-03-11 16:06Enriched
1663 UNDP Management of Plastics Waste and Circular Interventions in South and Southeast Asia (1663)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Corporate Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance India Southeast Asia Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – – – 2026-04-20 10:02Enriched
1658 Plastic Waste Management Manual - Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (1658)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Government Grant Technical Assistance India Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
government Enriched – Up to INR 16 lakh (~USD 19,000) per Plastic Waste Management Unit at block/district level; SWM grants of Rs. 45–60 per capita for villages; minimum Rs. 1 lakh per village for combined SWM/greywater management. Total scheme outlay: Rs. 1,40,881 crores. Ongoing (SBM-G Phase-II runs until programme targets are met; no fixed application deadline published) 2026-04-20 10:57Enriched
1657 Alliance to End Plastic Waste - Progress Report 2024 and Strategy 2030 (1657)
For NGOs Philanthropic Network Blended Finance Technical Assistance Africa Global India Southeast Asia Circular Economy Plastic Waste Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
Philanthropic Network Enriched – At least US$100M in collective financing per priority country (India, Indonesia, South Africa); total third-party funding catalysed since 2019: US$610M+ – 2026-04-20 10:55Enriched
1655 Alliance to End Plastic Waste - Global Plastic Waste Solutions (1655)
For NGOs For Startups Corporate Philanthropic Network Blended Finance Grant Technical Assistance Africa Global India Southeast Asia Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
Philanthropic Network Enriched – No fixed per-project funding amount disclosed. The Alliance has allocated US$299 million to mission-related activities since 2019 across 80+ supported projects globally. – 2026-04-20 10:53Enriched
1642 World Bank - PROBLUE (Ocean Plastics and Circular Economy) (1642)
For NGOs For Researchers Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Global Southeast Asia Aquaculture Biodiversity Blue Economy Circular Economy Coastal Protection Fisheries Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – Overall portfolio of USD 182 million supporting 247 activities across 100+ economies; FY2024: 64 proposals approved totaling USD 37.8 million. Individual activity sizes not publicly specified. – 2026-04-20 11:01Enriched