Open - accepting rolling Daily Seed Grant applications with monthly review, subject to a brief year-end closure.
International – The Pollination Project 2026 Daily Seed Grants ($500; Rolling)
FundingFixed $500 one-time seed grant per approved eligible project or group under the Daily Grants Program. The under-$10,000 project budget and under-$50,000 organizational budget are eligibility ceilings, not award amounts.
DeadlineRolling applications with monthly review; no fixed current application deadline. Applications submitted by month end considered the following month. Brief year-end application closure is announced by the funder without an exact date.
Last verified2026-10-27
Required next actionReview current eligibility and exclusions at https://thepollinationproject.org/apply/ and complete the official Daily Grants Program application through https://thepollinationproject.smapply.us/. Provide an English-language project description, project and organizational budget, expected charitable impact, and a referee contact. No emailed submissions accepted.
Broad Eligibility
Eligible individuals, informal volunteer groups, and registered early-stage nonprofits worldwide with no paid staff, project budgets below $10,000, organizational budgets below $50,000, evidence of prior project planning or activity, and no previous Pollination Project seed grant. Grants require charitable, nondiscriminatory, non-proselytizing uses and ability to receive U.S.-dollar payment by wire or PayPal.
Atlas Analysis
Verified October 27, 2026 against The Pollination Project official 2026 application guidelines and the funder-operated SurveyMonkey Apply portal, which identifies the Daily Grants Program as an open call for $500 seed grants. This is applicant-facing charitable project funding, not procurement or an aggregate funding allocation. Applications are rolling with monthly review and a brief year-end closure, not a fixed public deadline. Excludes grant recipient personal compensation, proselytizing, political campaigns, animal agriculture promotion, restricted animal products, prohibited synthetic materials and pass-through donations. Recipients submit expenditure records and project reporting. No universal cash match or reimbursement mechanism was published.
Daily Seed Grants applications are currently accepted on a rolling basis, with monthly review and a brief year-end closure. The Pollination Project provides $500 grants to eligible volunteer-led charitable community projects anywhere in the world. The program supports grassroots projects with demonstrable community benefit, including education, inclusion, public well-being, environmental stewardship and other compassionate social-change activities.
Who can apply: Individuals, informally organized groups, and registered early-stage nonprofit organizations anywhere in the world can apply, provided the project has already begun some substantive work or planning, is volunteer-led without paid staff, has a total project budget under $10,000, and has an organizational budget under $50,000. Previous Pollination Project seed grantees and groups already benefiting from a seed grant cannot receive an additional seed grant for another project.
Significant restrictions: Projects must be non-discriminatory, non-proselytizing and charitable rather than for private gain. Grants cannot fund political campaigns, payments to grantees or family members, pass-through donations, projects promoting animal agriculture, animal products at events, or certain other prohibited materials and activities listed in the official guidelines. Some food-distribution infrastructure costs may be eligible even when donated food contains animal products, but grant funds cannot buy the animal products.
Application requirements: Submit the English-language application through the Pollination Project SurveyMonkey Apply portal with the project plan, realistic budget, expected impact and a referee who knows the work; applicants outside the United States must supply referee contact details. Funds must be receivable in U.S. dollars by bank wire or PayPal. Applications completed by the end of a month are normally considered the next month, with decisions typically communicated within 6 to 12 weeks. Grant recipients must report outcomes, provide spending receipts and photos or video as described in the award terms. No fixed closing date is published for the current open rolling period.
Source verificationReferenced source · thepollinationproject.orgAtlas last verified this record 2026-10-27. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
