Deadline: 3 February 2025
The Baobab Foundation UK is pleased to announce its call for Baobab Community Funding Program.
Funding Information
- The baobab community fund is offering grants ranging from £5,000 – £30,000 per year for up to 5 years.
Geographical Focus
- The fund is available for communities based in the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales).
Eligibility Criteria
- They welcome applications from black and global majority individuals, organizations and collectives (18+) who are working towards racial justice.
- Baobab has four by and for principles, they will look for all four principles in the fund applications:
- Representation: Individuals identify as Black African/Caribbean and Global Majority people. Groups and organisations have 75% or three quarters of leadership (e.g. director, founder, leader, coordinator, management, board) that identify as Black African/Caribbean and Global Majority people.
- Self-led: Individuals, groups and organisations centre and encourage lived experience in their practices and take an intersectional approach to serve the communities they represent. 75% or three quarters of leadership (e.g. director, founder, leader, coordinator, management, board) have lived experience of the issues they work on.
- Services: The main focus of the individuals, groups and organisations is to serve Black African/Caribbean and Global Majority communities. 75% of the people and communities accessing the services are Black African/Caribbean and/or Global Majority.
- Purpose: Your purpose and practices are intentionally challenging oppressive systems.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Individuals, groups and organisations who do not meet all four Baobab By and For principles.
- Work that intentionally excludes or harms people from marginalised social identities that Baobab wants to support. Some examples of these include women, transgender people, disabled people, LGBTQ+. Please note they recognise the need for safe spaces for acutely marginalised groups.
- Individuals, groups or organisations who are based outside of the UK.
- Grant applicants who are under the age of 18.
- Activities that are based outside of the UK.
- Any activity that does not have a clear charitable purpose
- Any activity that does not have a clear public benefit e.g.personal equipment that benefits an individual exclusively
- Political parties or any groups set up exclusively for political activities.
- Work that exclusively seeks to promote religion.
- Government agencies and public sector bodies including universities.
- Statutory bodies including local authority and academy schools.
- Current Baobab grant partners.
For more information, visit Baobab Foundation UK.
