Daily Seed Grants
Seed grants of up to $500 to individuals, informal groups and small nonprofits worldwide for community-change projects already underway. Reviewed monthly on a rolling basis.
- Indicative award
- $500 (total award)Page states seed funding of "up to $500" per award.
- Timing
- Rolling / openRolling / open · Jan, Feb, MarNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Rolling applications with monthly review. Applications received by month end are reviewed the following month, with decisions announced at month end or early the next month.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner, Master's / undergraduate
- Eligibility
- Open worldwide to individuals, unincorporated groups and registered nonprofits with an annual budget under $50,000 and a project cost under $10,000. No paid staff. Work must already have started. Prior grantees are ineligible. Must be able to receive USD by wire or PayPal.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- community-led projects · grassroots social change · seed funding
- Apply at
- https://thepollinationproject.org/apply/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
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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