Interledger FoundationGrant

$500 to $3,000 Financial Inclusion Grants

Nov 11, 2026 23:59:00 ET

Opportunity type

Grant

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

Global

Deadline

Nov 11, 2026 23:59:00 ET

About this opportunity

The Interledger Foundation funds locally led work on open payments and digital financial inclusion. Its Local Impact Mini-Grants are deliberately small and deliberately open: $500 to $3,000, and individuals can apply directly without a registered organisation behind them. Applications are reviewed as they arrive rather than held to a single closing date.

What you get:

A grant between $500 and $3,000 USD
Funding you can receive as an individual, with no charity registration required
A rolling review, so you are not waiting for a single decision date

What you'll do:

Propose a locally led project on open payments or digital financial access
Run something concrete: a meetup, a workshop, a hackday, a community conversation, research, storytelling or educational content
Submit a project plan through the Interledger application manager

Key dates:

Applications opened 6 July 2026
Rolling review through 11 November 2026

Who can apply

Open to individuals as well as registered and unregistered organisations
Community organisations, nonprofits, cooperatives, civil society and advocacy groups, local fintech startups, social enterprises and individual practitioners are all eligible
You need a concrete project plan, not just an idea
Applications welcome from any geography, except applicants in OFAC-sanctioned countries
Your project must centre open payments or digital financial access
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis through 11 November 2026
No application fee

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Good to know

+Individuals are explicitly eligible, alongside unregistered groups. No charity registration needed
+Open to any geography except OFAC-sanctioned countries
+Rolling review, so you are not waiting months for a decision
+The eligible activities are ordinary and achievable: meetups, workshops, hackdays, research, storytelling and content
+Free to apply
+The Interledger Foundation publishes its grant programmes and its application manager openly

Worth checking yourself

!Small money. $500 to $3,000 is seed funding for one project, not a programme budget
!Narrow subject: your project has to be about open payments or digital financial access
!You need a concrete project plan; this is not for exploring an idea
!No timezone published for the closing date

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About this opportunity

What you get:

A grant between $500 and $3,000 USD
Funding you can receive as an individual, with no charity registration required
A rolling review, so you are not waiting for a single decision date

What you'll do:

Propose a locally led project on open payments or digital financial access
Run something concrete: a meetup, a workshop, a hackday, a community conversation, research, storytelling or educational content
Submit a project plan through the Interledger application manager

Key dates:

Applications opened 6 July 2026
Rolling review through 11 November 2026

Who can apply

Open to individuals as well as registered and unregistered organisations
Community organisations, nonprofits, cooperatives, civil society and advocacy groups, local fintech startups, social enterprises and individual practitioners are all eligible
You need a concrete project plan, not just an idea
Applications welcome from any geography, except applicants in OFAC-sanctioned countries
Your project must centre open payments or digital financial access
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis through 11 November 2026
No application fee