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Welcome to the +1 Global Fund for Food Security! You have been invited to submit up to 3 nominations for locally-led, earlier-stage organizations addressing food insecurity anywhere in Africa. For more context on how the +1 process works, please see the +1 Overview page. And, for examples of organizations already supported, please see the +1 Food Security Directory.
If one of your nominated organizations is selected, they will receive a USD $12,000 grant and a suite of non-financial support, and you will receive a $1,000 honorarium (per selected organization). When nominating organizations, please keep the following requirements and preferences in mind, in order to improve your chances of making a successful nomination.
Required (all)
- Strengthening food security—physical or economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet dietary needs—for vulnerable communities anywhere in Africa
- Annual budgets less than USD $500,000
- Locally-led—i.e. majority of the organization's executive leaders were born and/or raised in, or are otherwise reflective of communities in, Africa
- Headquartered anywhere in Africa
- Non-profit, for-profit, or hybrid organizations with a charitable purpose (excluding government entities)
Preferred (one or more)*
- Working in countries and communities facing significant food insecurity (e.g. Burkina Faso, Burundi, CAR, Cameroon, Chad, DRC, Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
- Targeting those facing significant economic, political, environmental, or other shocks (e.g. conflicts, natural disasters, climate-related stressors), and building their resilience
- Targeting women and girls specifically