Apply for Spark Fund Grants 2021. Mama Cash supports up-and-coming feminist activism in the Netherlands, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao Saba, Sint Eustasius or Sint Maarten (ABCSSS islands) with small grants.

These grants, from Mama Cash’s Spark Fund, are intended to strengthen the bold work of self-led groups in the Netherlands and the ABCSSS islands working on the rights of women, girls, trans people and intersex people. Mama Cash will accept applications for funding between August 2nd and August 29th 2021 at 11:59 pm CEST.

Candidates can submit their request via an online application form, as a video recording or audio recording. Mama Cash accepts applications in English and Dutch. If you prefer to not submit your application in English or Dutch, you can contact us at [email protected] and we will work with you to submit the application in your preferred language.

Grants Fund

Mama Cash Spark Fund Gants range from €1,000 to €3,000 per project.

Eligibility

Spark Fund Grants are open to groups

• Led by women, girls, trans people, and intersex people. Those whose rights are at stake are the decision-makers in the project.
• Working from a feminist and/or a women’s, girls, trans, or intersex rights perspective.
• Working on urgent and contested political issues in the Netherlands or the ABCSSS islands.
• That is working on structural and systemic change.

In addition, the Spark Fund will prioritize non-formalized/non-registered, nascent groups that have a budget below €30,000 per year, and that have limited resources (e.g. no paid staff, no office space, etc.)

Application 

Mama Cash’s 2021 online grantmaking window for the Spark Fund is open for applications from 2 August – 29 August 2021, 11:59 pm CEST. You can submit an application in one of the three formats below.

• Written application form
• Video recording form
• Audio recording form