Apply for funding
Funding timeline
17 January 2022
Call for applications opens.
20 February 2022
Deadline to submit applications.
March-April 2022
Applications reviewed by SAAF.
After April 2022
Shortlisted organisations notified and invited to submit full proposals. Proposal development support from SAAF.
Between 1 July and 1 October 2022
Funding period begins.
January 2022
Call for applications opens.
February 2022
Deadline to submit applications.
March-April 2022
Applications reviewed by SAAF.
After April 2022
Shortlisted organisations notified and invited to submit full proposals. Proposal development support from SAAF.
Between 1 July and 1 October 2022
Funding period begins.
FAQs
Please note we are not currently accepting funding applications. The FAQs below are a general guide for the grants we offer.
Our most recent call for applications closed on 20 February 2022. Please ensure you are following us on social media and are signed up to our newsletter for regular updates, including further funding opportunities.
We accept applications from groups with an income of less than $1.5 million USD (in 2021), located in countries on this list. Your organisation must be not for profit. We do not accept applications from individuals, university or UN departments, or branches of large international organisations.
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
China (People's Republic of)
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Cuba
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
North Macedonia
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Wallis and Futuna
West Bank and Gaza Strip
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
China (People's Republic of)
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Cuba
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
North Macedonia
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Wallis and Futuna
West Bank and Gaza Strip
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
We can only fund organisations located in countries on the list of Official Development Assistance Recipients due to our own donor requirements. If your organisation does not have its headquarters in one of these countries then unfortunately you will not be eligible to apply.
You can still apply for funding, but you will need a registered non-profit organisaton to act as your ‘fiscal sponsor’. This organisation must also be based in one of the eligible countries.
Yes. If more than one organisation wishes to apply as a group, you will need to choose a lead organisation who would be responsible for managing the funding and communicating with SAAF – this can be noted on the application form.
Certainly! We encourage previous SAAF grantee partners to apply where relevant. Current SAAF grantee partners (and those whose grants ended recently) will be formally invited to apply with some funding kept aside for these organisations.
The amount of funding we offer depends on the amounts we receive from our own donors, and will be shared when we have a new call for funding.
For our latest round of funding grants will start between 1 July 2022 (for current SAAF grantee partners) and 1 October 2022 (for organisations new to SAAF).
At the moment, for organisations who are new to SAAF, we are able to offer funding for up to two years (October 2022 to September 2024). For current SAAF grantee partners the implementation period will be July 2022 – June 2026.
It is our ambition to be able to offer renewal funding beyond these time frames, where our own access to funding allows.
SAAF provides flexible multi-year grants, that can be used for specific projects or to support the work of organisations more generally. The work you propose must relate to abortion. We can fund any work related to abortion, including service provision, political advocacy, behaviour change initiatives, public campaigns, and more.
Your proposal can include staff costs, activity costs, and anything else you may need to reach your stated goals.
Your proposal can include staff costs, activity costs, and anything else you may need to reach your stated goals.
All interested organisations complete an online application, with basic information about their work and their funding proposal. SAAF staff members review and score all eligible applications according to set criteria, and select a small shortlist of high scoring organisations based on considerations about SAAF’s wider portfolio (for example, ensuring we are funding a diverse range of countries). The shortlist is presented to SAAF Board for discussion and approval.
After Board approval, shortlisted organisations are invited to submit a full funding proposal.
After Board approval, shortlisted organisations are invited to submit a full funding proposal.
Yes. We encourage applications from all those who wish to improve access to safe abortion. Though we can provide some support and suggested resources to those with less experience we do expect an existing commitment to the right of safe abortion and organisational values which align with abortion rights, bodily autonomy and reproductive justice.
We understand that abortion is still a very sensitive subject across the world. For this reason, we can provide funding anonymously where this is requested. For example, the name of your organisation would not need to be listed on our website. The activities you propose would be decided by you, based on your knowledge of the local context.
No, please only send one application per organisation.
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