Request for Proposals 2026 The Resilience Fund for Women in Global Value Chains Asia, The Resilience Fund is launching a new funding round to support women- and non-binary-led, community-based organizations working to strengthen climate resilience for women and communities across global value chains in South and Southeast Asia.
The 2026 funding round is open to organizations in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, and Vietnam working at the intersection of:
- Women’s health, safety, and economic resilience
- Community-led climate adaptation
- Global value chains
Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the full details and submit their applications before the specified deadline to seize this grant opportunity.
Last Date of Submission: 12th October 2026
Funding & Support Request for Proposals 2026 The Resilience Fund for Women in Global Value Chains Asia
Selected partners will receive $15,000–$50,000 USD in flexible, unrestricted funding over two years.
In addition to financial support, grantee partners will have opportunities to connect, share experiences, and learn with other organizations through the Resilience Fund’s Learning Hub.
Application Timeline Request for Proposals 2026 The Resilience Fund for Women in Global Value Chains Asia
Phase 1 applications open: September 18, 2026
Application deadline: October 12, 2026
Organizations interested in applying should carefully review the eligibility criteria and FAQ sections before applying.
This is an opportunity for community-led organizations to access flexible funding while building connections and sharing approaches to climate resilience across the region.
Who Can Apply?
To be eligible for this funding opportunity, your organization must meet all of the following requirements:
- Be registered and based in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, or Vietnam, and actively operate in one of these countries.
- Be a formally registered organization that is legally authorized to receive foreign funding.
- Be community-based, with established and meaningful relationships with the communities you serve.
- Be women- and/or non-binary-led, with women and/or non-binary people making up at least 50% of your organizational staff.
What We’re Looking to Fund
We are particularly interested in organizations with demonstrated experience working across one or more of the three key pillars of this funding round:
1. Women’s Health, Safety & Economic Resilience
Supporting women’s health, safety, wellbeing, livelihoods, and economic resilience, particularly in communities experiencing heightened social, economic, or climate-related risks.
2. Community-Led Climate Adaptation
Addressing the impacts of climate change while advancing locally led, community-driven approaches to climate adaptation and resilience.
3. Women Workers & Global Value Chains
Strengthening the rights, wellbeing, livelihoods, and economic resilience of women workers, including formal and informal workers and entrepreneurs, within global value chains and/or the communities where they live and work.
Organizations whose work sits at the intersection of these areas are especially relevant to this funding round.
Why This Opportunity Matters
The Resilience Fund is important because it recognizes that climate resilience, women’s wellbeing, economic security, and workers’ rights are deeply connected.
For community-based organizations, the opportunity is particularly valuable because it offers:
- Organizations can use the funding where it is most needed rather than being limited to narrowly prescribed project expenses.
- The longer funding period can give organizations greater stability to build relationships, test approaches, and strengthen community-led solutions.
- Community-based groups bring knowledge, trust, and relationships that are often essential to effective climate adaptation.
- The fund connects climate change with women’s health, safety, livelihoods, and the experiences of workers in global value chains.
- Grantees can participate in the Resilience Fund’s Learning Hub, creating opportunities to exchange experiences and approaches with other organizations across the region.
- The funding can help organizations place communities—particularly women and marginalized workers—at the center of resilience-building efforts.
What Makes a Strong Proposal?
A strong proposal should make it easy for the funder to understand who you are, what you do, why the issue matters, and why flexible funding will help you create meaningful change.
1. Demonstrate a strong connection to the communities you serve
Explain your organization’s history, relationships, and accountability to the community. Show that your work is community-led, rather than simply describing a project delivered to a community.
2. Clearly connect your work to the fund’s priorities
Show how your existing work relates to one or more of the three pillars:
The strongest applications will likely make the connections between these issues clear rather than treating them as completely separate areas.
3. Provide evidence of experience
Use concrete examples of what your organization has already accomplished. This could include:
Focus on meaningful outcomes rather than simply listing activities.
4. Explain why flexible funding matters
Because the grant is unrestricted, explain how core or flexible resources could strengthen your organization and its ability to respond to community priorities.
For example, funding might enable you to strengthen staff capacity, deepen community engagement, respond to emerging climate risks, improve organizational systems, or sustain effective work that would otherwise be difficult to fund through project-specific grants.
5. Show authentic women/non-binary leadership
Don’t just state that the organization qualifies. Explain how women and/or non-binary people influence organizational decisions, leadership, strategy, and relationships with communities.
6. Be specific about climate resilience
If climate adaptation is part of your work, describe the actual climate-related challenges communities face, who is most affected, and how communities are developing or leading solutions.
7. Keep the proposal focused and credible
A strong application does not need to claim that your organization solves every problem. Clearly articulate:
Problem → Community experience → Your approach → Evidence → What flexible funding enables → Expected change
How to apply?
The application process has a two-step proposal process for submitting applications. In Phase 1, you submit the first application to share basic information about your organization and its work and mission. In Phase 2, a longlist of organizations will be invited to submit a second application to complete the process.
Key dates:
18 September – 12 October 2026 (now): Phase 1 applications are open
30 September 2026 – Application support webinar
End of October 2026: Longlisted candidates will invited to submit a Phase 2 application
December 2026: Applications will be shortlisted and selected for funding
Contact Information: Please email general questions to: resfund@unfoundation.org.
You can receive free assistance from the Fund’s Accessibility Partners with language translation, questions answered in Hindi, Tamil, Bangla, Odia, Marathi, Khmer or Vietnamese, or assistance with submitting the online application. We encourage you to use this application support service.
For application support or information in Khmer or Vietnamese, you can contact resfund@unfoundation.org.
For Hindi, Tamil, Bangla, Odia, Marathi please contact nainika@auxohub.org or Hotline Number: +91 9559780178 (available on WhatsApp).
Note: For more comprehensive details click the link below
Get full access to the grant information, visit the Official Website Link
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Can organizations from outside the four countries apply?
No. Based on the stated eligibility requirements, organizations must be registered, based in, and operating in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, or Vietnam.
2. Does an organization need to work across all three funding pillars?
The eligibility information says the fund is looking for organizations with experience in the three key pillars. Applicants should therefore clearly demonstrate how their existing work relates to the relevant pillars rather than assuming that a general climate or women’s empowerment program automatically qualifies.
3. What does “women and/or non-binary-led” mean?
The stated requirement is that 50% of organizational staff must be women or non-binary people. Applicants should also be prepared to demonstrate how women and/or non-binary people hold meaningful leadership and decision-making roles within the organization.
4. Can an organization use the funding for core organizational costs?
Yes. The opportunity describes the funding as flexible and unrestricted, which means the grant is intended to give selected organizations greater flexibility in how they use the funds in support of their work. Applicants should still carefully check the official FAQ for any specific restrictions or excluded costs.
5. What should applicants emphasize in their proposal?
Focus on the intersection between your community’s needs and the fund’s priorities. A compelling application should clearly communicate:
Who you serve → what problem they face → why your organization is well positioned to respond → what community-led change you want to achieve → how flexible funding will help you achieve it.
The strongest applications will likely be those that demonstrate community trust, relevant experience, a clear connection to the fund’s priorities, and a realistic two-year vision rather than simply presenting a long list of activities.
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