Join our global community of changemakers by starting a project. You’ll get everything you need to make an impact in your community.
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Wait for your application to be reviewed. We'll let you know if it was successful by June 11, 2026 (IST).
Funding is allocated after the closing date, when we review all of the project applications. We'll let you know if your project was successful by June 11, 2026 (IST).
Women's Vocational & Entrepreneurship Training
A livelihood-focused training programme for women from underserved communities that builds practical tailoring skills alongside entrepreneurial thinking and financial literacy, enabling participants to become income earners, small business owners, or skilled workers through market-ready vocational pathways.
Solar Women Upskilling (India)
Train women to operate and maintain solar and battery systems, building local technical capacity, increasing system uptime, and creating pathways to paid, dignified work in communities powered by renewable energy.
Install a turnkey 2 kW roof-mounted solar and battery system at your community facility to keep lights, fans, computers, and connectivity running during outages — ensuring essential services continue when they are needed most.
Install a turnkey 2 kW roof-mounted solar and battery system at a school to keep lights, fans, computers, and connectivity running during outages; enabling uninterrupted learning for students.
Surface rainwater harvesting systems that capture and store rainfall or recharge groundwater to improve water availability for public facilities such as government schools, primary health centres, and community buildings, reducing reliance on tanker water and strengthening dry-season water security.
A grassroots career-readiness programme equipping young people aged 18–25 with practical AI, digital, and workplace skills, followed by structured pathways to internships, gigs, and entry-level jobs through a global partner network.
STEM & Robotics Labs for Schools
Hands-on STEM labs that bring science, coding, robotics, and introductory AI to government schools through practical, project-based learning, with teacher capacity building to ensure the lab is actively used beyond the initial rollout, inspiring students—particularly girls and first-generation learners—to pursue technology careers.
Have your own idea or existing project? Read the terms & conditions, then submit your own project for funding.
Applications close end of April 30, 2026 (IST).
We aim to make the application process as quick and easy as possible.
If applying to start a proven idea in your community, you will complete an application form including details such as the address of your project, and your motivation for starting the project. After ensuring you meet the eligibility criteria of the fund, you will be connected with the social innovator behind the proven idea to discuss the project as part of the evaluation of your application.
If applying with your own project, you will be asked to share a project description, its potential impact, and scope, along with some other details in an application form.
All applications will then be reviewed in the context of the fund criteria and other applications. If your application is allocated funding, you will then have to complete a few very simple steps within 30 days.
Proven Ideas: If your application is approved, the designated partner organisation associated with the idea will receive and manage the grant funds in collaboration with you and your community. Although you will not receive funding directly, you are still responsible for reporting back on the progress and impact of your project.
Own Community Projects: If your application is approved, funding is granted directly to your FCRA-eligible organisation. Funding will be divided into two payments. The first payment (70%) is unlocked upon successful completion of the 30 Day Challenge. The second payment (30%) will be unlocked after you have completed a brief impact survey and shared a project summary and photos that demonstrate the outcome of your project.
All information that you share about the progress and impact of your project will be shared with our funding partners.
Funds can be used to cover:
Funds cannot be used to cover:
If applying to start a proven idea in your community you will not receive the funding. It will be managed by the community organisation that will work with you to implement the project in your community.
If applying with your own project, you must have a bank account to receive funding compliant with FCRA regulation. Once you’ve successfully completed the required steps within 30 days, you can enter your bank details on the ChangeX website to facilitate the bank transfer. ChangeX will then review your application to make sure all elements have been completed successfully before making the payment transfer to your account.
The amount of funding available for your project depends on the idea you choose or the needs of your project. The maximum amount of funding available per project is stated in the green box above.
Individuals and informal organisations can apply for and receive funding for one project at a time. You must report back on the impact of any previously funded projects to be able to apply to start a new project. Informal organisations include groups or associations that are not legally registered organisations.
Legally registered FCRA organisations can apply for and receive funding for up to three different projects at a time, as long as each application and the resulting project is submitted and led by a different member of the organisation's team. If multiple projects will take place at the same location, they must be different.
If you have applied previously and failed the 30 Day Challenge or your project was not selected to receive funding, you are eligible to submit a new application. If you received funding in the past and did not report back on the impact of the project, you are not eligible to apply again.
If you require any additional support to complete the application process or access resources please contact [email protected] and we will help.
