ACT Trust Foundation Grant Program 2026 For African Non-Profit Organizations (Grant Funding & Technical Support)

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Applications are open for ACT Trust Foundation Grant Program 2026. ACT Foundation seek to promote broad-based participation and partnership with other institutions and/or donor organizations aimed at building sustainable communities that provide innovative solutions to social, economic, and environmental challenges.They provide organizations with grants to ensure sustainable action in areas that align with their priority focus areas. ACT Trust Foundation also guide their implementing partners through every step of the grant process so that they are not isolated.
They strength lies in the partnerships they create and sustain through grants for interventions with the potential of overturning the downward trajectory of development on the continent.

ACT Trust Foundation Grant Program Focus Areas

Health: We will support interventions such as:

- Community Health Screenings: Partner with relevant health institutions to run large-scale non-communicable diseases screening campaigns and referral programs for hypertension, Hepatitis, diabetes, cancers and eye health etc.
- Maternal & Child Health: e.g community health education sessions and campaigns, provision of safe delivery kits for pregnant women, prevention of malaria in pregnancy and pregnancy-induced diseases.
Entrepreneurship: They will support interventions such as:
- Supporting young, female-led entrepreneurs: Digital and vocational skills programs tied to entrepreneurship pathways e.g. seed funding for youth-led and female-led social enterprises, access-to-finance initiatives with capacity building for sustainable growth.
- Financial Literacy Campaigns: leveraging Radio programs and social media.
- Climate and renewable energy: Training of youth/women to run recycling businesses, public-private partnerships for waste-to-wealth initiatives.
- Micro-farming (Sustainable agriculture): Community-based interventions on sustainable agriculture.

Benefits

Successful applicants will benefit from:

Grant funding to implement high-impact programs
Support to scale proven interventions
Opportunity to strengthen organizational capacity and sustainability
Increased visibility and credibility through association with ACT Trust Foundation
Contribution to inclusive, community-driven development across Africa

Eligibility Criteria for ACT Trust Foundation Grant Program

Organizations applying for ACT Foundation’s grant must meet the following criteria:

Work within ACT Foundation’s focus areas of Health and Entrepreneurship.
Be registered with the appropriate legal entity within their respective (African) countries for not less than two years (24 months).
Be legally registered as a non-profit or social enterprise.
Show a strong governance structure – Board of Directors or Trustees, management team etc.
Show evidence of previous/other sources of funding.
Must show evidence of matching funds for the application.
Partnership with another organization is an added advantage.
Have a minimum staff strength of 3 full-time or part-time paid Individuals.
Be directly responsible for the execution of the proposed intervention.
Including marginalized and vulnerable groups (women, rural youth, children, and persons with disabilities) is an added advantage.
Program/Initiative must be implemented within Africa.

Ineligibility Criteria

ACT Foundation grants WILL NOT be extended to the following:

Individuals.
Non-profit without a legal Board of Directors or Trustees.
Any entity that has mismanaged other foundations’ funds in the past.
Political parties, campaign groupings, institutions or their subsidiaries and affiliates.
Organizations that advocate, promote, or espouse inhumane policies, illegal activities or terrorism.