Accessibility Fund cohort microgrants and storytelling support
A three-year cohort combining unrestricted microgrants with a nonprofit accelerator and storytelling support for grassroots disability organisations, mostly in the Global South.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)The site describes unrestricted microgrants but publishes no dollar figure.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · NovNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Applications for the 2026 cohort opened in November 2025. Year 1 is unrestricted funding plus a peer community, year 2 a 12-month nonprofit accelerator, year 3 flexible support and alumni transition.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Small disability-focused, community-rooted organisations, prioritising Africa, Latin America, South Asia and other under-resourced communities. Both disability-led organisations and non-profits doing ethical disability work are considered. Individuals are not funded, so a researcher must apply through or partner with an eligible organisation.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- accessibility · capacity building · storytelling · grassroots disability organisations
- Apply at
- https://accessibilityfund.org/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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