Fundo Agbara thematic funds — Apoio Imediato, Fundo Bem Viver and Asa Dudu

Nontraditional Participatory grantmaking

Fundo Agbara is a Brazilian fund by and for Black women, channelling resources through thematic funds. Apoio Imediato supports Black women students taking up study opportunities abroad and human rights defenders at risk. Fundo Bem Viver resources well-being initiatives, with a Malunga Bem Viver line for collectives and organisations and a Descansa, Nêga line that pays for Black women's rest. Asa Dudu offers strategic business guidance. The fund reports more than R$6.8 million invested, a network of around 600 Black women's initiatives, and more than 5,000 Black women strengthened. It is a rout

Indicative award

Amount not published (varies by call)No per-grant figure is published on the homepage. The only published figure is cumulative: more than R$6.8 million invested in Black women's initiatives. Brazilian reais, so numeric fields are left null rather than converted.

Timing

Varies by programmeNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The homepage describes standing thematic funds, including an Apoio Imediato line whose framing is immediate/urgent support, alongside periodic named calls such as Descansa, Nêga. No deadline dates are published on the homepage; check each programme page.

Who can apply

Community organisation, Practitioner, Master's / undergraduate

Eligibility

Grantees are Black women, and Black women's collectives and organisations, in Brazil; specific lines target Black women students with study offers abroad, human rights defenders at risk, and collectives seeking well-being support. A university cannot be the applicant — an academic route runs through partnership with a Black women's collective in the Rede Agbara Obìnrin network, or through an individual Black woman applicant to the study/defender lines. Per-line eligibility criteria are published on the individual programme pages, not the homepage.

SSWR clusters

Topics

black women's wellbeing · human rights defenders · study abroad support · collective care · enterprise support

Apply at

https://fundoagbara.org.br/

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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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Fundo Agbara thematic funds — Apoio Imediato, Fundo Bem Viver and Asa Dudu

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