Disability Rights Fund 2026 Grant Round
Grants direct to organisations of persons with disabilities to advance disability rights advocacy. Decision-making is led by disabled people, and grants support 12 months of organisation-defined work.
- Indicative award
- up to $50k (total award)The page states that most grants awarded in 2026 will be under $50,000 and will support 12 months of work. No minimum is published.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Jun, AugPublished deadline: 2026-08-23 — 9 days away2026 round: Letter of Interest deadline 21 June 2026 (23:59 EDT); full application deadline Sunday 23 August 2026; final decisions December 2026; projects start 1 January 2027.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation
- Eligibility
- Applicant must be an organisation of persons with disabilities — a majority of staff, volunteers and/or board must identify as people with disabilities or their family members. The 2026 round is limited to Sub-Saharan Africa, South and South-East Asia, Pacific Island countries, and Haiti; US-based organisations are not eligible.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- disability rights · crpd advocacy · disabled-led organising · global south
- Apply at
- https://www.disabilityrightsfund.org/grantseekers/
- 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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