The Pollination Project — Daily Grants

What the funder says

One-time seed grants up to $500 for early-stage volunteer-led projects worldwide. Organization annual budget must be below $50,000 and project cost below $10,000; no paid staff, with occasional professional contracting allowed. Applications are rolling, with monthly review.

Eligibility

We fund individuals, informally organized groups and organizations, and formally registered or incorporated not for profit organizations based anywhere in the world. We make our application process open to as many people as possible. That said, we do have a few guidelines that help us stay in alignment with our core values. We support: N Early-stage ideas the annual budget for your group or organization must be less than $50,000, and the total cost for the project must be less than $10,000 N Practical dreamers we look for evidence that you have started some level of work on your project N New People & Projects if you, anyone in your group, or your organization has previously received funding from us for this project or for any other work, we ask that you leave the opportunity to apply for seed funding open for others rather than reapply. Similarly, no other representative of your group or organization should currently have a proposal actively under our review at the time that you apply N Grassroots volunteerism your group or organization must not have paid staff. Your project shouldn’t be designed to generate personal profit for you or anyone else. Note: If you sometimes contract for web design, accounting, or other professional services, that is allowed. If you do generate profit, it must be reinvested in a non-profit effort. N Compassion consciousness we will not fund any person or organization carrying out work promoting or advocating for animal agriculture, even if that work is not part of your proposal to TPP N Freedom of all kinds, including religious freedom we can’t support projects or groups who seek to proselytize, evangelize, or require those served to participate in faith-based practices N Equality & Inclusion you and your group/organization must not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, age, or faith N Legal Compliance legally, we can’t support work that seeks to influence the outcome of elections for specific candidates, or work that induces or encourages violations of law or public policy, or work that causes any improper private benefit to occur. Lastly, to receive a grant, you or your group/organization must be able to receive a wire transfer or Paypal payment in US dollars

Application requirements

No prior Pollination Project funding to applicant/group/organization, and no concurrent proposal from the same group. Requires work already begun, nondiscrimination, no personal profit, no proselytizing, and compliance with animal-product and environmental exclusions. No payments to grantee or family for time/services. Funds receivable by USD wire or PayPal; receipts, outcome reporting and project publicity required. Review all official guidelines.