The Pollination Project: Daily Grants
Small grants for volunteer-led charitable work, not ordinary private-profit startup operations.
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Is this worth your time?
Consider this for a small, volunteer-led charitable activity, not ordinary startup capital for private gain. The restrictions on staffing, project size and expenditure are more important than the small award ceiling.
Ubunifu editorial assessment, not an organiser eligibility decision.A stronger fit when...
Individuals, groups and startup nonprofits worldwide doing volunteer-led community work. A project budget must be below USD 10,000; an organisation's annual budget must not exceed USD 50,000 and it must not have paid staff.
Pause or look elsewhere when...
Private-profit requests, a previous Daily Grant recipient, or a project involving excluded activities such as animal agriculture. Payments to the applicant or family for their work are prohibited. Academic research and one-time donations are also excluded.
What the support actually means
Applicants may request up to USD 500 for an eligible project. Treat it as support for a defined community activity, not salary replacement or an assumed recurring grant.
Costs and commitments: Funding must benefit the community, not private commercial gain.
Your costs, time and commitments
Applicants must be able to receive a wire transfer. The reviewed eligibility page does not establish a guaranteed decision or disbursement time. Confirm banking costs rather than assuming the full stated sum will be available locally.
How selection or access works
Passing the basic rules is only the first screen. The organisation provides further decision guidance; the current application and reviewer process determine selection, not Ubunifu's listing.
Preparation and application steps
Get these ready first
Preparation advice; the organiser determines mandatory documents.
- Separate the project budget from the organisation's annual budget.
- Check every spending line against the prohibited-cost list.
- Describe the community need, volunteers' roles and a deliverable that the small grant can materially support.
Your next steps
- Read the full Daily Grant eligibility and decision guidance.
- Confirm that the applicant has not previously received this grant.
- Use the official application portal and provide only the evidence it requests.
Questions to confirm and guide sources
Questions to confirm before committing
- Whether any occasional contracted service in your budget is permitted.
- Wire-transfer arrangements, charges and reporting expectations for an award.
Sources behind this decision guide
Reviewed 2026-11-05. Guidance is not a guarantee that an application window remains open.
Full programme facts and official sources
Who this is for
Individuals, groups and startup nonprofits worldwide. Volunteer-led, no paid staff, project under USD 10,000 and organisation budget at most USD 50,000.
- Stage
- Volunteer-led community project
- Sector
- Charitable community projects
- Support type
- Charitable microgrant
- Costs and commitments
- Funding must benefit the community, not private commercial gain.
- Deadline
- Rolling applications; no fixed closing date.
- As published
- Rolling applications; no fixed closing date.
- Format
- Worldwide; locally implemented projects.
- Event dates
- Rolling review; check organiser processing information.
- Travel and visa support
- No travel funding verified.
- Documents and preparation
- Eligibility screening and project application; review all funding restrictions.
- How to apply
- Read the eligibility page and apply through the official Daily Grants portal.
- Applicant route
- Complete the funder's eligibility review, then its Daily Grants application.
Official sources
Official funding eligibility Source checked 2026-11-05
Official Daily Grants application Source checked 2026-11-05
Check before committing
Not a general commercial startup grant. Check restrictions on animal-related activities and previous recipients.
Listing, saving and community ratings do not verify the organiser, guarantee eligibility or promise selection. Check the official terms before committing time or money.