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The Pollination Project gives $1,000 seed grants to early-stage grassroots changemakers anywhere in the world — individuals, informal groups, and registered nonprofits with annual budgets under $50,000. There is no fixed deadline: applications are reviewed on a rolling monthly basis, with decisions shared at the end of the month following submission. Beyond the money, grantees join a 4,000+ global community with follow-on funding connections, capacity building, and media exposure.
| Qualification Required | No degree requiredfor Grant This grant is offered for early-stage, compassion-driven grassroots projects — not for degree study. |
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| Who can apply | All nationalities — "individuals, informally organized groups and organizations, and formally registered or incorporated not for profit organizations based anywhere in the world" (official). |
| Experience | No experience bar — but the Project looks for "practical dreamers": evidence you have started some level of work on the project already. New people and new projects only: if you or anyone in your group/organization has previously received TPP funding for this or any other work, leave the opportunity open for others rather than reapplying; no other representative of your group may have a proposal under review at the same time. |
| Language Certificate | None published. |
| Other Certificates | None required. |
| Age Limit | No Age Limit |
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All countries eligible (official).
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Review each requirement before you begin the application.
early-stage ideas — group annual budget under $50,000; total project cost under $40,000.
evidence you have started some level of work ("practical dreamers").
no prior TPP funding for you/your group; no concurrent proposal under review from your group.
online application; post-funding report with photos/videos and receipts.
follow through on the project as proposed; allow TPP to highlight/publicize it; spend per the contract.
individuals, informal groups, and registered nonprofits anywhere in the world.
7 steps — follow in order. Each stage prepares the next.
apply page (getting-started guide, funding guidelines, reporting requirements).
your project vision, what you have already started, the community you serve, how the $1,000 advances the objectives, your plan for mobilizing additional resources (volunteer/in-kind), and sustainability/scalability.
applications received in full before the final day of a month are reviewed during the following month.
community, budget use, resource-mobilization plan).
implement the project, track expenses with receipts, document with photos/videos, and submit the final report.
the review month (or early the next).
(after funding — required).
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