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Rosa's Rise Fund
Created: 15/05/2025
News/Events Category: Funding and Finance
Rosa’s Rise Fund provides organisational development funding for black and racially minoritised-led women’s and girls’ organisations across the UK.
The funding is for organisational development work relating to areas such as strategy, governance, leadership, alliances and partnerships, funding, demonstrating impact and systems and processes.
Rise Fund aims to achieve the following outcomes:
- Women and girls will be supported by women’s and girls’ organisations led by and for black and racially minoritised women, ensuring women and girls can be safe, healthy and equal
- Women’s and girls’ organisations will be empowered and strengthened, meaning that they will be in a stronger position to survive, thrive and grow into the future
Organisations will be able to report one or more of these changes:
- A clearer strategy
- More effective governance
- More effective leadership
- Stronger alliances with other women’s organisations
- More financial sustainability
- More able to attract funding from other sources
- More able to demonstrate the impact of your work
- More effective systems and processes
Maximum: £40,000
Notes on award amounts:
You can apply for a two-year grant of between £10,000 (£5,000 per year) and £40,000 (£20,000 per year). They recommend that you do not apply for more than a third of your last year’s income, per year.
25% of your grant can be for general running costs.
Who can apply?
Not-for-profit women’s and girls’ organisations which are led by and for black and racially minoritised women, that have an income of between £30,000 and £300,000.
Rise Fund will prioritise organisations led by and for black and racially minoritised women, which are also:
- Operating in the top 20% of the most disadvantaged areas in the UK -based on the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)
- Based in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland
- Led by and for disabled women and girls
- Led by and for LGBTQ+ women and girls
Minimum annual income: £30,000
Maximum annual income: £300,000
How to apply
Complete the application form on their website.
The closing date for applications is 4.00pm on Monday 23 June 2025.
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