Applications Invited for the Climate Communication Fund Grants

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About the Organization

At The Communication Foundation (CF), we believe understanding drives meaningful change. Through powerful storytelling, we clarify information, embrace diverse perspectives, and support effective advocacy.Beyond our own activities, we help organisations refine their communication strategies and amplify their impact.

About the Grant

The Climate Communication Fund offers grants to increase the communication capacity of climate CSOs. This first round offers communication capacity building grants, worth €10.000.  The Climate Communication Fund is an initiative of the Communication Foundation.

Many climate CSOs work on complex topics with small budgets, missing out on their potential, outreach, impact and speed. They are caught in a circle. The Climate Communication Fund seeks to break that circle.

Climate topics can be hard to understand or easy to ignore. The Climate Communication Fund seeks to strengthen the communication capacity of climate CSOs. With stronger communication skills and tools, CSOs can improve awareness raising, gain public support, influence decision-makers, build trust with communities, and counter misinformation.

We understand that every CSO has its own story and challenges. Therefore, awarded grant tailors capacity building based on the circumstances of each grantee. We specify what is needed, and then act on it. Together. To increase effective and efficient communication skills of climate CSO staff, allowing them to accelerate and increase their impact.

Objectives of the Fund:

The primary objective of the fund is to empower organisations to design, implement and scale effective communication strategies that accelerate meaningful change.

Specific Objectives:

• Communication capacity-building (strategic, written, storytelling, media & press communication, social media, visual)
• Co-create communication strategies
• Co-create (social) media tools
• Stimulate locally-led storytelling

What does the grant award:

Based on their starting point, each grantee will receive a tailored mix of:

• Communication capacity building (training, workshops & coaching)
• Communication Strategy & Plan development
• (Social) Media kit
• Storytelling Audit: video, photo and social media presence
• Media outreach support (press, radio, digital, community media)

All activities will be tailored to the current needs of the grantee, and guided by the team of the Communication Foundation.

Eligibility

The Climate Communication Fund accepts proposals from climate CSOs & NGOs that:

• implement practical activities on-site
• have a maximum turnover of 5 million USD/EUR per year
• are legally registered, located anywhere in the world
• have a maximum of 20 staff members
• are proficient in English
• are available to work on their communication for 16 hours per month

The Climate Communication Fund does not accept proposals from:

• Individuals, Companies, non-registered entities
• Organisations that do not engage in practical activities

Small CSOs are encouraged to apply.

How to Apply

CSOs (incl. NGOs) are invited to apply until August 15th 2025.

Send an e-mail to info@communicationfoundation.org with ‘CCF – organisation name’ as subject.

Submit the following, a maximum of 2 pages is sufficient:

• Country in which you are based
• Description of communication gap, challenges, goals and desires
• Description of current communication strategy, or lack thereof
• Description of in-house communication staff, including amount
• Proof of legal inscription
• Specify which staff and how many, besides communication staff, seek to participate in the grants’ capacity building activities.
• Website & social media presence
• Contact details

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