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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 improving food insecurity anywhere in Sub-Saharan Africa. For more context on how the +1 process works, please see the +1 Overview page. And, for examples of organizations/enterprises 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 USD 1,000 honorarium (per selected organization, up to USD 3,000). When nominating organizations, please keep the following requirements and preferences in mind, in order to improve your chances of making a successful nomination.

<aside> ⚠️ Please note that self-nominations are NOT allowed. If you believe you are a good fit for +1 support (per the requirements and preferences noted below), please email Gurpreet Singh ([email protected]) instead of nominating yourself.

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Required (all)

  1. Strengthening food security—physical or economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet dietary needs—for vulnerable communities anywhere in Sub-Saharan Africa
  2. Annual organizational budget or revenue less than USD 500,000
  3. Locally-led—i.e. majority of the organization's executive leaders were born and/or raised in, or are otherwise reflective of communities in, Sub-Saharan Africa
  4. Headquartered anywhere in Sub-Saharan Africa
  5. Non-profit, for-profit, or hybrid organizations with a charitable purpose, excluding government entities

Preferred (one or more)*

  1. Not already well-connected with Western or Global North funders or partners
  2. Ambition to influence the food system at a regional or national level, and influencing governments, markets, or other system actors to that end (such as through advocacy, coordination, or capacity building)
  3. Targeting historically underserved communities facing significant food insecurity
    1. For example, serving communities in countries like Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, CAR, Chad, DRC, Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe