Pollination Project Foundation Grants

Pollination Project Foundation Grants is sponsored by Pollination Project Foundation. Provides seed funding to grassroots changemakers worldwide for projects in areas like environmental regeneration and community health.

Micro Grants for Social Change | The Pollination Project Empowering Visionary Changemakers with Seed Funding for Global Transformation. The Pollination Project Foundation empowers passionate volunteers across the globe by providing the critical funding they need to uplift their communities, cultures and countries. Recognizing the untapped potential of frontline changemakers, we bridge the gap in resources with grants up to $500.

These small yet powerful investments have shown us that even modest support can ignite significant impact. Our dedicated team of 75 grant advisors and 5 country coordinators, all experts in their fields, guide our funding decisions to ensure every dollar fuels meaningful change.

Beyond financial support, The Pollination Project Foundation assists grantees in taking their initial steps towards fundraising and offers first belief in their mission. Additionally, we offer capacity-building workshops, mindfulness retreats to prevent burnout, and resource navigation to ensure that our grantees’ work achieves tangible goals.

For farm animal advocates, we are able to offer large initial capital and follow on funding of up to $10,000. At TPP, we believe in people, so we invest in people. Eston Kimaswoch Ayiego: Guardians of Nature: A School-Based Conservation Education and Habitat Restoration Initiative A seed grant in Kenya’s Rift Valley is turning students into wetland defenders.

Eston Ayiego’s Flamingo Lakes Conservation Network reached 2,000 young people across 20 schools, and the ripple effects are still growing.

The stories behind the grants Young Guardians of Kenya’s Flamingo Lakes Jun 26, 2026 | Climate Resilience , Education , Environmental Regeneration , ShiftHappens When Wamalwa Murefu Juma set out to shift food habits in Saboti Ward, Kenya, all it took was $500, a five-day training, and a community ready to grow its own food. Here’s what happened next.

How One Grant Helped 1,280 Kenyans Eat Better Jun 19, 2026 | Animal Rights & Welfare , Health and Wholeness , ShiftHappens When Wamalwa Murefu Juma set out to shift food habits in Saboti Ward, Kenya, all it took was $500, a five-day training, and a community ready to grow its own food. Here’s what happened next.

Brazil Mobilizes: A Nationwide Stand Against Live Animal Exports Jun 18, 2026 | Animal Rights & Welfare , ShiftHappens Last weekend, one of Brazil's largest coordinated mobilizations against live animal exports brought activists to the streets in more than 29 cities across the country. The Pollination Project was proud to support three grantees contributing to this nationwide effort....

“We’re very grateful for the Pollination Project’s support. This organization was the first (outside of our first supporters) to believe in our mission. As a result of this grant, we have gained credibility in the refugee community and will be able to continue to grow and work towards achieving our mission.

” Linnie Pawlek, Financial Literacy For Refugees Profiles in Compassion: The Story of Black Girls Dive Find out how a small grant helped launch a an eco-step, ocean-science-based STEM program that supports girls as young as nine, following them through when they go to college. The Pollination Project makes small startup grants every single day of the year- all over the world.

We provide #grants for people driving transformational change in their communities and cultures. Support us! View Instagram post by thepollinationproject Open post by thepollinationproject with ID 18558422521070495 Fikadu Bayu grew up in the farming communities of Ethiopia`s Central Rift Valley.

He watched his neighbors face the consequences of soil degradation and unpredictable rains. Now, as a PhD candidate in Climate Change and Bioenergy with 15 years of experience in environmental protection, he is bringing science back to the soil where it belongs. With a TPP seed grant, Fikadu is transforming a traditional wheat farming cluster in Arsi Negele, Sidama, into a Living Laboratory for climate resilience.

He is training 25 smallholder households in organic composting, mulch-based moisture retention, and regenerative soil management — practical, affordable techniques that reduce dependence on costly synthetic fertilizers. Farmers will cut input costs by 30%. Soil organic carbon will rise.

And 25 lead farmers will become Climate-Smart Mentors, equipped to pass these skills on to neighboring clusters in their own languages, Oromiffa and Amharic. This is what our work makes possible: a researcher who never left his community, turning lived experience and academic knowledge into tools that farmers can hold in their hands.

🌾 #FromSeedsToImpact #TPPGrantee #Ethiopia #ClimateResilience #RegenerativeFarming #SoilHealth #GrassrootsChange #heartivism View Instagram post by thepollinationproject Open post by thepollinationproject with ID 17944914561246401 📢 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧: 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 Does your organization work to benefit animals farmed or caught for food?

You are invited to take part in the 2026 State of the Movement Survey, led by our partners at Stray Dog Institute. By participating, your organization helps build an essential picture of the movement`s financial resources. Summary results will be published by the end of 2026 and shared with the full movement to inform strategy.

The survey is open through September 30, 2026. Most organizations finish in 15 to 45 minutes. The survey is available in 130 languages.

🔗 For More Info, Visit: https://zurl. co/Op3KO #FarmedAnimals #AnimalAdvocacy #StateoftheMovement View Instagram post by thepollinationproject Open post by thepollinationproject with ID 18444279565185825 What can $500 do? In Saboti Ward, Kenya, it put seeds in the ground, tools in the hands of 160 households, and nutritious food on the tables of 1,280 people.

With a TPP seed grant, Wamalwa Murefu Juma of Bountiful Gardeners for Africa helped a whole community shift toward plant-based eating — and proved that healthy food doesn`t have to be expensive.

🌱 Read the full project on our website [link in bio] #FromSeedsToImpact #PlantBased #GrassrootsChange View Instagram post by thepollinationproject Open post by thepollinationproject with ID 17918465679180075 Meet our newest grantees 🌍✨ Four changemakers. Four countries. Four projects rooted in community, compassion, and lived experience.

🐾 Mariana Quiroz — Mexico Protecting 28+ free-roaming dogs near her ranch through trap-neuter-return, keeping them safe without harm. Building a student advocacy network at the University of Nairobi to shift campus food culture toward plant-based options. Equipping disabled women in Shanghai to map and address accessibility barriers in their own neighborhoods.

🌾 Fikadu Bayu — Ethiopia Training smallholder wheat farmers in regenerative practices and creating a network of Climate-Smart Mentors. Every seed grant starts with one person who decides to act. We`re honored to walk alongside these four.

💛 #FromSeedsToImpact #GrassrootsChange #SeedGrant #AnimalAdvocacy #FoodSystems #DisabilityRights #ClimateResilience View Instagram post by thepollinationproject Open post by thepollinationproject with ID 17916509493400979 Juneteenth reminds us that freedom is not only a legal status — it is the ability to lead, to create, to shape the future of your own community.

It is what we see every day in the grassroots changemakers we fund across 120+ countries: people who are not waiting for permission or for someone else to fix it. Many of them are Black women and men working in communities shaped by generations of inequity, choosing to show up anyway. Today we honor them, and the stubborn, radical belief that freedom deferred is not freedom denied forever.

Every $500 we raise is another #changemaker we fund.