Applications Invited for ACE Micro Grants 2025

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About the Organization

The Pulitzer Center has a bold vision: to be the venue for the world’s most innovative and consequential reporting, with journalism as the key element for mobilizing society through audience engagement strategies.

Founded in 2006 by Jon Sawyer, the Center is an essential source of support for enterprise reporting in the United States and across the globe. The thousands of journalists and educators who are part of our networks span more than 80 countries. Our work reaches tens of millions of people each year through our news-media partners and an audience-centered strategy of global and regional engagement.

About the Grant

The Pulitzer Center's Africa outreach program is launching the Africa Climate and Environment Micro Grants, or ACE Micro Grants, a call for outreach proposals for local movements in Africa to apply with innovative ideas for climate and environment outreach activities that clearly and creatively integrate Pulitzer Center stories.

The "Knowledge and Action Talks" outreach program—which includes a series of forums, dialogue sessions, collaborations with participatory local radio programs, online campaigns, and exhibitions—enabled young professionals and communities to voice their opinions, share their experiences, and reflect on crucial economic, social, and environmental issues with representatives from the media, public administration, business and civil society, and think tanks.

Building on its model of leveraging Pulitzer Center-supported stories, the Africa outreach program is launching the Africa Climate and Environment Micro Grants, also known as “ACE Micro Grants,” a call for outreach proposals for local movements in Africa to apply with innovative ideas for outreach activities that clearly and creatively integrate one or more Pulitzer Center stories, while targeting young professionals or communities on topics including the rainforest, ocean and marine protection, spaces, and the impacts of climate change on labor and workers.

Through the micro grants, the Pulitzer Center's outreach program seeks to highlight the innovative ideas of local movements to mobilize communities on selected topics and encourage platforms for community members to voice, engage, share, and act for the mutual benefit of their own communities, while showcasing and harnessing the knowledge, information, and inspiration from stories supported by the Pulitzer Center.

Grant Size

Grants range from USD $2,500 to USD $3,000. We expect projects to be implemented and concluded within four months of approval (please see the timeline below).

Eligibility

• Types of organizations: This micro grant is intended for grassroots organizations, civil society organizations and coalitions, youth movements, and other groups working on issues relating to the intersection of climate and labour, the environment, journalism, civil rights, and active citizenship in Africa.
• Capacity for collaboration: A track record of co-creating impactful projects with other organizations and operational capacity to manage micro-grant resources from an international organization.
• Alignment with key issues: Proven experience working on the identified topics (climate change, the rainforest, the ocean, and transparency and governance).
• Affiliation or past experience with the chosen target: Direct connection with the chosen target (young professionals or impacted communities), either through membership or through evidence of past experience of collaboration.

How to Apply

Application process: March 30–April 30, 2025

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