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The Grant Brief
One short brief a day on grants that are genuinely open and worth your time — real funders, honest fit notes, and links straight to the application. Open isn't the same as winnable; we read the fine print so you don't have to.
12 briefs found
Three international development grants open now: Jewish Helping Hands (Sep 9 LOI), Butterfield Foundation healthcare (Aug 15 LOI), and Giant Steps Foundation (open inquiry).
Two global health corporate grants with rolling applications: BMS corporate giving and Gilead corporate grants.
Two rolling global grants for humanitarian and community work: Bristol Myers Squibb corporate giving and Humaniti Foundation project funding.
Three funders that take open applications for Global South work — Global Innovation Fund (UK) and Rabo Foundation (Netherlands), plus Draper Richards Kaplan's unrestricted funding for early-stage social entrepreneurs.
Two credible funders for globally-minded work: GiveWell (evidence-first global health, Against Malaria/Helen Keller) and the Commonwealth Fund's international learning & exchange program.
Three doors into global development: Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) global-health funds, USAID-born DIV Fund innovation grants (up to $1.5M, rolling), and a Tanzania-focused family foundation.
Two global development grants opening this summer: Gupta Family Foundation (closes Aug 31) and Ploughshares Fund nuclear threat reduction (closes Sep 1).
Myanmar health & education: B.K. Kee Foundation runs rolling LOIs at $10K-$100K, but two organizations absorbed ~77% of $1.7M in lifetime giving.
Two broad-audience global funders, two honest reads: Cisco Systems Foundation (up to $100K, 70 grants across 22 countries, rolling) and Climate Emergency Fund ($25K-$85K for US-based climate organizers, rolling).
Both of these grants fund frontline work in vulnerable communities, but each has a gatekeeper built into the design: one requires a sponsor from the financial services industry, the other requires a Dutch or Belgian fundraising partner. Knowing who holds the key matters more than the dollar amount.
Two very different funders, one shared structure: both of these programs use a staged review process that rewards early prep. The U.S.-Japan Foundation screens through a short LOI before inviting full proposals. RADIAN 2.0 requires a concept note and budget upfront. If you're doing international work, that front-end filtering is actually useful. It means you can test fit before investing weeks in a full application.
Three funders are quietly building the supply chain for maternal and child health in low-resource settings. Not with massive institutional grants, but with practical support sized for local organizations already doing the work.