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Overview
| Donor: | Sorenson Impact Institute & Ford Foundation |
| Application procedure: | Concept Note |
| Donor base: | United States |
| Reference number: | - |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation |
| Deadline: | 11.06.2026 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Medium - up to $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 100.000$ |
| Total available budget: | - |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 400.000$ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
Project Locations
Africa
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
America
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Asia
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen
Europe
Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Pacific
Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Description
1) Objective
The Collaboration Fund is a pooled grant fund that will provide financial support to relevant nonprofit organizations exploring and executing strategic mergers and collaborations. Possible uses of proceeds include:
- Feasibility studies and due diligence: Helping organizations assess alignment and potential synergies before committing to a merger.
- Legal and consulting costs: Covering essential professional services to navigate the complexities of structuring a successful merger.
- Integration planning and implementation support: Ensuring smooth operational, financial, technological, and cultural transitions post-merger.
- Staff transition and change management: Providing resources to support leadership transitions and mitigate disruption for employees and stakeholders.
- Reputation-enhancing strategic communication: Celebrating strategic mergers and the leaders willing and able to participate in them to provide reputational cover to leaders willing to put the mission above their job security.
2) Eligibility
The Collaboration Fund is targeting nonprofit field-building organizations in the impact investing or inclusive capitalism space, or immediately related fields, with a mission to create collective value and benefits for the field that everyone can use.
3) Location
Actions can take place worldwide.
4) Budget
There is no specific grant range required, though they anticipate most grants will be between $100,000 and $400,000.
5) Application
The RFP will go live on Thursday, March 12, 2026, and responses will follow a two-step process: a letter of intent (LOI) followed by a full proposal for those organizations invited to the second step. LOIs will be due on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Organizations invited to submit a full proposal will be notified by email within 30 days of the LOI due date. Full proposals will be due on Friday, August 22, 2026, with funds distributed in one lump sum within 30 days of notification.