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Overview
| Donor: | Global Sport Impact Fund (GSIF) |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | United States |
| Reference number: | - |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
| Deadline: | 30.09.2025 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Large - more than $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 500.000$ |
| Total available budget: | - |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 5.000.000€ |
| Funding ratio: | Co-funding preferred |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
- Children & Youth
- Social Inclusion
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
This call for expressions of interest aims to identify a first pool of eligible, promising, and technically feasible projects that may constitute the initial investment pipeline of the GSIF. To be considered, projects must demonstrate a credible revenue-generation model, even if supported by patient or concessional financing structures. While the Fund maintains a strong impact-first orientation, it will only support projects that present a realistic capacity to repay the financing provided, aligned with their operational model and context. Initiatives relying exclusively on grant-based income models will not be eligible for financing through the GSIF’s core investment instruments.
The purpose of the EOI is to:
• Prepare a high-quality project pipeline ahead of the Fund’s first closing
• Identify investment-ready opportunities or projects needing targeted technical structuring
• Build confidence and transparency with future investors and partners
• Accelerate the future deployment phase of the Fund (post-closing)
2) Eligibility
The Fund embraces the principles of blended finance, aiming to crowd in public, philanthropic, and private capital toward high-impact sport-for-development projects. As such, a wide range of institutional applicants may be eligible, provided they meet the Fund’s criteria for impact alignment, financial sustainability, and governance.
3) Location
The project must be located in, or significantly benefit, emerging or developing economies, with particular emphasis on Africa, Latin America, and South/Southeast Asia.
4) Budget
Projects must request an investment amount from the Fund of either: (1) Between EUR 500,000 and EUR 1.5 million for a broad range of initiatives, including pilot projects and targeted scale-up operations; (2) Between EUR 1.5 million and EUR 5 million mainly for, but not limited to, infrastructure-based initiatives or interventions with a broader ecosystem or territorial scope.
5) Application
Deadline for submission: September 30, 2025, 6:00pm GMT. Applications must be submitted online.