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Types of grants

RESIST

Resist grants are for rapid response urgent action. These shall be focussed on grassroots/vulnerable/minority groups who are directly affected by a situation. The grant aims allow them to quickly mobilise and react to recent political developments or unforeseen events. It is not intended to go to larger organisations (approx. budget should be below 50k EUR) or activities that lack money due to bad planning or unsuccessful fundraising.

  • Maximum amount: 2.000 EUR
  • Frequency: Rolling basis throughout the year until the budget is exhausted
  • Launch: Trial launched in April 2020
  • Process: The FG makes sure that proposals follow the grant requirements. The CC takes over this task if FG members submit proposals.


REDISTRIBUTE
Redistribute is a grantmaking experiment to meet the moment, designed at the Annual Assembly 2025. The aim was to give unrestricted grants to individual members to recognise the varying needs of a pan-European network of grassroots activists and to acknowledge the energy and effort spent, at times to the point of burnout.

  • Maximum amount: 150.000€/no. of members - (minus) reallocation amount given + (plus) reallocation amount received = (equals) final amount
  • Frequency: Once so far in 2025, might be annual
  • Launch: Trial launched in Septemberl 2025
  • Process: 150.000€ are made available to everyone who registers their interest by presenting their individual activist practice and need for resourcing.
    Members are then obliged to fill in a survey around self-reflection and positionality (privileges, access, social capital etc.) and relationality after reading all member presentations.
    Optional learnings around mutual aid and a collective assembly are offered.
    Eventually members decide whether they ask for their equal share (150.000€/no. of registrations) or choose to reallocate some of their equal share to other participants who might be more in need.


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These grant types are currently on pause:

RETHINK

Rethink grants are for members of the FundAction platform to undertake exchange and capacity building activities. With Rethink, we hope to support the building of a pan-European network and community of activists through study visits, meetings for collaboration, trainings, translation, research, mentoring, etc. The emphasis is on supporting the ecosystem via opportunities for collaboration, rather than for specific projects.

  • Maximum amount: 5.000 EUR
  • Frequency: Once per year
  • Launch: November 2017
  • Process: Is quite straight-forward: the most voted proposals get the grant.


RENEW

Renew grants aim to fund projects working towards systemic change. Applicants should aim to tackle root causes via relevant leverage points with the aim of tipping a system. They shall oppose old patterns while actively contributing to new ones.

  • Maximum amount: 20.000 EUR
  • Frequency: Once per year
  • Launch: March 2018
  • Process: The Renew grants process takes place over two months, going through several stages: 1. Presentation of proposals, screening by the Facilitation Group, Commenting & voting by FA members, Shortlisting of the 10 most voted proposals, the Peer-to-Peer Review involve the study and feedback of the proposals, video interviews and a collective decision.

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