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Rapid Response Grant is a grant from Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Movements that funds frontline feminist activists facing immediate safety threats or urgent organizing opportunities. The fund provides fast, flexible support to women, trans, and non-binary led organizations and movements, including sex worker rights activists, when they face time-sensitive challenges.
Grants of up to $8,000 are available to support advocacy, awareness raising, policy influence, and public discourse efforts, as well as activist safety and security. Eligible applicants are women, trans, and non-binary led organizations or movements globally. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis for urgent needs.
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Our Grants – Urgent Action Fund At Urgent Action Fund, frontline feminist activists and movements are our Guiding Star. Guided by the priorities and expertise of our activist partners, we deliver holistic timely support to frontline feminist movements when, where and how it matters most.
In directing fast, flexible funds to individual activists, organizations and the larger movements they lead, we deliver the resources feminist movements require to navigate immediate challenges and opportunities and thrive collectively over time. Learn more below about the criteria for applying for and receiving a grant from Urgent Action Fund.
Photo Credit: Goldman Environmental Prize Available to activists whose safety and security is at risk. Grant amount: up to $8,000 Support efforts focused on advocacy, awareness raising, influencing policy, and changing public discourse. Grant amount: up to $8,000 We resource our partners’ holistic safety, protection and collective care.
We fund activists and movements to respond creatively and courageously to unexpected opportunities. We make grants to individual feminist activists, organizations, and movements in Canada, Central Asia, Europe, Southwest Asia, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and the United States. We accept applications in any language.
Urgent Action Fund partners with frontline feminist movements to support women, trans, and non-binary activists in Canada, Central Asia, Europe, Southwest Asia, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and the United States. Use the map to determine whether or not we offer funding in your country. If not, one of our Sister Funds may be able to help.
Urgent Action Fund – Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Your country is part of the African region which is covered by our sister fund in Africa Urgent Action Fund- Africa Urgent Action Fund – Asia & Pacific Your country is part of the Asia Pacific region which is covered by our sister fund in Asia & Pacific Urgent Action Fund Asia & Pacific Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism Your country is part of the regions Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism funds in.
Urgent Action Fund Latin America and the Caribbean Your country is part of the Latin America and Caribbean region which is covered by our sister fund in Latin America Urgent Action Fund Latin America and the Caribbean Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba British Indian Ocean Territory Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo Falkland Islands (Malvinas) French Southern Territories Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands Holy See (Vatican City State) Iran, Islamic Republic of Lao People’s Democratic Republic Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands United States Minor Outlying Islands Sorry, UAF does not provide funding in this country.
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Design by Studio Lutalica Chinyere Ezie is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she advocates for racial justice, gender justice, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) rights, and challenges governmental abuses of power. Chinyere previously worked at the Southern Poverty Law Center where she brought cases defending the rights of LGBTQI+ Southerners.
She also served as a Trial Attorney at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where she litigated employment discrimination cases and secured a $5. 1 million jury verdict on behalf of workers subjected to unlawful treatment. Chinyere is a William J.
Fulbright Scholar, a White House Fellows Program Regional Panelist, and a cum laude graduate of Yale University. She also received a Juris Doctorate from Columbia Law School, where she was an Alexander Hamilton Scholar and served as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Gender and Law. Chinyere serves on the Board of Directors of the Transgender Law Center and the feminist grant-making organization the Urgent Action Fund.
She was also a Founding Board Member of the National Trans Bar Association. In 2018, she was named one of the nation’s Best LGBTQI+ Lawyers Under 40.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Women, trans, and non-binary led organizations or movements; includes sex worker rights activists. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates Up to $8,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
Federal grant success rates typically range from 10-30%, varying by agency and program. Build a strong proposal with clear objectives, measurable outcomes, and a well-justified budget to improve your chances.
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Many federal programs offer multi-year funding or allow competitive renewals. Check the official solicitation for continuation and renewal policies. Non-competing continuation applications are common for multi-year awards.
Rapid Response Grants is a grant program from the Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism that funds frontline feminist activists and women- and trans-led organizations responding to time-sensitive human rights situations. Grants of up to $8,000 support advocacy, awareness-raising, influencing policy, and changing public discourse, as well as safety and security needs for activists at risk. The fund prioritizes holistic safety, protection, collective care, and creative responses to unexpected opportunities. Eligible applicants include individual feminist activists, organizations, and movements in Canada, Central Asia, Europe, Southwest Asia, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and the United States. Applications are accepted in any language on a rolling basis; no fixed deadline is listed.
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights (Rapid Response Grants) is sponsored by Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism. This fund offers small, rapid response grants to support women, trans, or gender non-conforming people who are human rights defenders. Grants are for unanticipated and time-sensitive issues, with responses typically within 24 hours and funds dispensed within 1-10 days.