Empowering Children Through Grants and Funding Opportunities

[October 2026] Explore the latest funding opportunities supporting children and young people around the world. This collection features grants, funding programs, competitions, subsidies, and other opportunities focused on child protection, childcare, wellbeing, play, inclusion, safety, and development.

Nominations Open: Apila First Impression Award 2027

Deadline: 14-February-2027

The Apila First Impression Award is a publishing-focused competition designed to discover and support new talent in children’s picture book illustration. Organized in Spain, it provides emerging illustrators with a rare opportunity to transform their work into a professionally published book…[more] Call for Innovation in Play to Improve Child Outcomes

Deadline: 28-October-2026

Innovate UK is supporting organisations to develop innovative, evidence-informed solutions that improve access to high-quality play for children and young people up to age 18…[more] Grants to End Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

Deadline: 31-December-2026

The Childhood Foundation provides grants to organizations developing innovative solutions to help end sexual abuse and exploitation of children in selected countries…[more] Apply for Dubbing High-Quality Foreign Children’s Films

Deadline: 31 December 2026

The Dubbing High-Quality Foreign Children’s Films supports Dutch film distributors in making high-quality foreign children’s films more accessible to young audiences through Dutch-language dubbing…[more] Grants to Strengthen Integrated Child Protection Systems Through Cross-Sector Collaboration

Deadline: 03-November-2026

The European Commission is inviting applications for projects that strengthen integrated child protection systems and create coordinated, child-centred responses to violence against children…[more]

CFAs: Supporting Intermediary Organisations Working on Gender-Based Violence and Violence Against Children

Deadline: 03-November-2026

The European Commission is inviting applications from intermediary organisations to support grassroots civil society organisations (CSOs) working to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children…[more]

Request for Applications: Help For Children Grants Program

Deadline: 15-January-2027

Help For Children (HFC) provides grants to high-impact organizations working to protect children, strengthen families, prevent and treat child abuse, and build safer and more resilient communities…[more]

Call for Childcare in Ukraine: A Systemic Approach for Better Recovery

Deadline: 31-October-2026

The Nanny Qualification Support Program, implemented under the International Labour Organization (ILO) project “Childcare in Ukraine: A Systemic Approach for Better Recovery,” provides financial assistance to help nannies, childcare professionals, and women pursuing careers in childcare obtain a professional qualification…[more] Applications open for Child Protection Compact Annual Program (US)

Deadline: 31-December-2026

The Child Protection Compact (CPC) Annual Program provides large-scale funding support for projects that prevent child trafficking, strengthen prosecution systems, and improve protection services for child victims…[more] 2027 Children’s Week Poster Competition (Australia)

Deadline: 26-November-2026

The 2027 Children’s Week Poster Competition invites children and young people under 18 across Australia to create original artwork based on the theme “Children have the right to share what they learn, think and feel,” inspired by Article 13 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)…[more] OJJDP FY 2026 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance Program

Deadline: 29 October 2026

The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is offering the FY 2026 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance program….[more]

CFPs: OVC Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking Program (US)

Deadline: 14-October-2026

The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is providing funding to state governments and federally recognized Tribal governments in the United States to strengthen coordinated, multidisciplinary responses for children and youth who are victims of human trafficking…[more]

Apply Now: Play Fund Supporting Sustainable Childcare (United Kingdom)

Deadline: 15-February-2027

The Play Fund 2026/2027 supports registered play and childcare providers in Swansea by helping them maintain affordable, accessible, and high-quality services for children and families…[more]

Call for Applications: Child Care Grant Program (Canada)

Deadline: 14-October-2026

The City of Richmond Child Care Grant Program supports eligible non-profit and charitable organizations delivering licensed child care, quality programming, and professional development in Richmond, British Columbia…[more] 2026 Victims of Child Abuse Act Training and Technical Assistance Program (United States)

Deadline: 29 October 2026

The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is offering a cooperative agreement to support a national training and technical assistance program for child abuse professionals…[more] Apply for A Better Childhood Program – The First 1001 Days Fund (United Kingdom)

Deadline: 29 October 2026

The Norfolk Community Foundation (NCF) invites voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations in Norfolk to apply for grants of up to £7,000 under “A Better Childhood – The first 1001 Days Fund.”…[more] Open Call for Protection, GBV and Child Protection Program (Syria)

Deadline: 31 October 2026

Trust Consultancy & Development (TCD) is inviting qualified experts to join its roster of consultants for protection, Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and Child Protection (CP) assignments in Syria…[more] Apply for Child and Youth Inclusion Recreation Subsidy (Australia)

Deadline: 06-May-2027

Frankston City Council is inviting applications for the Child and Youth Inclusion (CAYI) Recreation Subsidy, which provid