numun found | Seed, Grow & Sustain 3.0 Grant Up $100,000 for Feminist Tech Organising

who is Numan Fund ?

• We are a feminist tech fund grounded in and led by the movements we aim to serve.
• Our aim is to seed, resource and sustain a thriving ecosystem of feminist activists who define, imagine and shape technology for the world weneed.
• Numun means “seed” in Sumerian, and honours the fact that art, science,
  and technology have been led by communities in the Larger Majority World throughout history.
• We are a feminist funding response to the critical role of tech in movement organising, and challenge the current status quo where
  resources and decision-making power around tech are often concentrated in the global north. Numun Fund is the first dedicated fund
  for feminist tech organising in the Larger Majority World.

What is the Seed,
Grow and Sustain Grant?

The “Seed, Grow & Sustain” grant is a multi-year, core, flexible grant open for initiatives, collectives, groups, and organisations advancing feminist tech activism in the Larger Majority World. Now in its third cycle following the first iteration launched in 2022, the programme builds on learnings collated through previous cycles. We will be allocating USD 1.75 million over the two-year duration of this grant cycle.
Recognising feminist tech organising as an emergent movement, the SGS 3.0 cycle offers grants ranging from USD $10,000 to $100,000 over a two-year period, depending on where the group is in the lifecycle of their organised activism.

Grant Categories:

Seed USD 10,000 – 20,000

Seeds the work of emerging collectives or initiatives on feminist tech. The idea is to provide resources to support emergent feminist tech collectives or more established activist groups who want to explore a dimension of feminist tech with this grant.

Grow USD20,000 – 50,000

Supports the growth of groups or initiatives that have been working together for at least 2 years, in formal or informal ways that would like to deepen or expand their networks, communities, strategies, initiatives or activism.

Sustain USD50,000 – 100,000

Contributes to the sustainability of the anchors of the feminist tech movement by providing funding that can be directed or adapted to internal organising needs or strategising towards emerging context shifts.

*Anchors: We use this term to refer to organisations within the feminist tech movement that lead and support local and/or regional processes alongside other organisations, groups, collectives, and activists.

Who Can Apply?

This grant prioritises organising and leadership located in the Larger Majority World. This definition encompasses both geography and politics, addressing historic resource disparities, exploitation, and colonialism that leave groups outside the Global North (Western Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand) significantly under-resourced.

Eligible Regions and Communities include:

• Africa: West, Central, East, and Southern Africa
• Asia: Southeast, South, and East Asia
• WANA: West Asia and North Africa, and across Arabic-speaking countries
• Latin America
• The Caribbean
• Pacific Islands
• Eastern Europe & Central Asia
• Indigenous and migrant communities based anywhere in the world

PLEASE NOTE: Although we have tried to be specific in establishing these criteria to make things as clear as possible, if you believe (based on the politics identified here and our stated goals) that your initiative/collective/group/organisation should be eligible, but you do not feel included by these criteria, we invite you to apply anyway, and let us know in the “additional comments” section your reasons for thinking so.

Ways of organising supported

• Focus: Feminist tech must be central to your activism, advocacy, or approach to change.
• Legal Status: We welcome legally registered, formally organised, unregistered groups, and online-only initiatives (e.g., web projects).
• Stage of Growth: New, emerging, established, or experienced—whatever stage you are at in your organising lifecycle.
• Structure: Feminist-focused or women-led programmes within larger human rights or digital rights organisations are eligible.
• Minimum Size: At least two people—we believe organising is powered by connection and collaboration.
• Leadership: Led by the communities whose realities and priorities you aim to meet or represent.
• Communities Served: Your work must comprise or connect with communities historically subjected to discrimination, oppression, exploitation, or exclusion (e.g., Indigenous, women, Afro-descendant, migrant, refugee, LBTQI+, young people, people with disabilities, rural women, sex workers). If your activism reaches historically marginalised communities in your context, we encourage you to apply.

Deadline: Sunday, 6 September 2026

Timeline

• August
  • Call for application is open! Receiving applications through an online form.
  • Latest submission date: 6 September 2026. We encourage you to submit early to avoid last-minute stress and missing the deadline.
  • We will be holding some Q & A sessions in English, Arabic, and Spanish, please register here to participate.
• September
  • Applications are screened and longlisted by Numun Fund team prioritising activism that meets the criteria in the Who Can Apply section.
• October-November
  • Longlisted applications are reviewed and selected by a community-led selection committee guided by the prioritisation criteria.
• December
  • Recommendations are requested from references and due diligence is conducted. We will be reaching out to your constellation and communities to engage in the due diligence process.
• January 2027 All longlisted applicants are informed of their application status.

Method of Application

Check your eligibility & apply here
1. Complete a Simple Eligibility Check to verify that your group,
organisation, or collective qualifies for this grant stream.
2. If you are eligible, you will be redirected to a Full Application
Form, where we will ask about your activism, your work, and
your vision for change.
3. The form can be downloaded in plaintext so that:
i. It can help support screen readers and those with limited
connectivity
ii. You have time to draft offline with your community and constellations.
iii.You do not need to sign up to any platform to submit your application.
4. Once you have finished drafting, you can submit your responses by filling in the application form. You can find the
link in the form you have downloaded and used for drafting.

check your eligibility & apply here

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