Incident Emergency Fund
Rolling emergency fund for human rights defenders, journalists and activists under digital attack — replacing seized or damaged equipment, hardening systems, and covering psychological impacts so documentation work can continue.
- Indicative award
- up to $5k (total award)Published ceiling of up to 5,000 USD, for activities spanning a maximum of four months. No minimum published.
- Timing
- Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Rolling, continuously open. DDP aims to respond to requests within two weeks, though processing can take longer depending on volume. Applications accepted in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, other languages on request.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Aimed at women, feminist and LGBTQIA+ organisations, land and environmental rights defenders, and journalists facing digital threats. Legal registration is not required but DDP vets applicants internally. Universities and researchers are not named as an eligible category — the realistic route is through a partner organisation under threat.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- digital security · emergency response · human rights defenders · information management
- Apply at
- https://www.digitaldefenders.org/incident-response-fund/
- 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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