Grants
Heading for Change supports visionary systems change entrepreneurs and nonprofit entities building the field of climate and gender finance.
Grants Strategy
Climate and Gender Field Building
The majority of grant capital will be allocated to build the capacity of the field to move more and smarter capital into climate and gender investments.
Heading for Change will provide philanthropic capital both to already active entities and start-up initiatives that align with our dual mission of promoting gender equity and addressing climate and biodiversity challenges.
Criteria
Is the proposed initiative likely to help move more capital directly or indirectly towards climate/gender ventures?
Will it help climate and gender field builders become more resilient?
Are the needs of the applicant “right-sized” for the scale of our grants?
Is there a clear place for Heading for Change to add value through our expertise and networks?
Do the people leading the initiative have lived experience relating to the problem they are working to solve?
Grants Details
Grants range from $2,500 to $50,000 to organizations and individuals most likely to create new paths for capital investments to flow into climate and gender-positive ventures. We seek to support organizations that will benefit from Heading for Change’s expertise and professional networks.
Invest for Better
Funding to design and deliver a five-part investor training, ‘Private Investing and Blended Capital with a Climate and Gender Lens’.
Artha Networks
Funding to establish a digital investor platform for pipeline and co-investment in climate and gender solutions.
VC Include
Funding to design the 'Fund Fundamentals’ program to provide timely tools, resources, and an ecosystem of support for future fund managers to begin their journey toward firm building and fundraising.
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Grant Categories
Catalytic opportunities that advance gender-smart climate finance.
Small, field-building "booster grants" to address a specific need and encourage success.
Grants that increase the visibility of climate/gender finance in key spaces of influence.
Organizations able to help incubate ideas generated by Heading for Change.
Selection Process
Heading for Change is in the process of identifying suitable organizations that align with our mission and criteria as stated above.
We will be making contact with these organizations and kindly request that you please do not send any unsolicited proposals.
Neurodivergence and Systems Change
A smaller portion of the grants portfolio will be directed to promising systems change initiatives in neurodivergence. Suzanne’s spouse, Dani Maskit, is Autistic and a passionate advocate for the Autistic community.
Given Heading for Change’s ethos, we are committed to folding in these insights to broaden the definition of diversity and understanding of inclusion.
We have conducted a phase of research and landscaping to map the world of neurodiversity. To date, we have been finding it difficult to zone in on organisations that are engaged in systems change in the way which we feel is necessary. We continue to be on the lookout for organisations that meet our criteria of being sufficiently bold and forward-looking.