The Global Fund for Children UK Trust backs community-based organizations and young leaders that help children and youth be safe, strong, and valued, with a strong emphasis on locally led, grassroots solutions. Its grantmaking spans child protection, youth power, climate justice, gender justice, early childhood development, and play-based education, often through country-specific initiatives in the Global South and the U.S./Latin America. A defining feature is its preference for invite-only, cohort-style partnerships and flexible support to organizations already working closely with vulnerable communities.
Primarily invite-only, program-specific grants delivered through cohort or initiative-based partnerships; funding is often flexible and aimed at strengthening community-based organizations rather than one-off project support. Grantmaking appears to prioritize smaller grassroots partners, with occasional emergency response funding and support for individual youth changemakers or fellows.
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This funder does not appear to use an open application process for most programs; partnerships are generally invite-only and tied to specific initiatives and geographies. Nonprofits best aligned with their work should build visibility around community-led, youth-centered, and locally rooted programs, and monitor the Global Fund for Children site for initiative-specific calls or fellowship opportunities.
Current and upcoming funding from The Global Fund For Children UK Trust that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Community-based organizations working with children and young people; GFC does not support local offices or affiliates of international organizations, efforts to support or oppose candidates for public office, evangelism or proselytizing, discriminatory organizations, or groups supporting violent activities or violating criminal law.
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