Tipping Point Pacific Grant 2026: Funding for Climate Justice Groups
The Pacific region faces rising sea levels and environmental threats from climate change. Grassroots groups there are leading the fight, but they often lack funding. The Tipping Point Pacific Grant 2026 offers up to €10,000 to support youth-led, women-led, and Indigenous organizations working on feminist climate justice.
About the Program
The Tipping Point Pacific Grant draws from the Pacific idea of Vā, which means the sacred ties between people, land, and ocean. It backs groups that protect these ties against climate change, inequality, and harm from industries like mining. Oxfam Pacific runs the program and focuses on youth-led, women-led, disability-inclusive, and gender-diverse efforts.
These efforts cover climate justice, Indigenous knowledge, resistance to extractive projects, efforts to reduce military presence, storytelling, and community healing. The grant helps informal networks and small groups that big funders often overlook. It gives flexible money to build their work over time.
Why This Opportunity Matters
Pacific islands deal with some of the worst effects of climate change, like stronger storms and lost land. Local communities hold strong cultural knowledge to fight back. Yet many grassroots groups struggle to get funds from global sources.
This grant sends money straight to those on the front lines. It links climate justice to gender equality, Indigenous rights, and community health. By supporting local leaders, it builds lasting strength based on real experiences.
What Participants Will Gain
Groups that win the grant get more than just cash. They receive up to €10,000 in flexible funding for their projects. This covers climate justice work, feminist and Indigenous methods, storytelling, advocacy, and cultural protection.
Other benefits include help with healing, wellbeing, and training new leaders. The program boosts visibility for these movements on regional and world stages. Communities decide how to use the support for their own goals.
Who Can Apply
Youth-led organizations and collectives can apply. Women-led and gender-diverse groups qualify too. Disability-inclusive grassroots efforts and Indigenous or community-based groups are welcome.
Informal networks and unregistered groups can join, with fiscal hosting through Oxfam Pacific. Small organizations with little funding access fit well. Applicants must work in places like Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands, Palau, Nauru, West Papua, Kanaky, and other listed Pacific areas.
Application Process and Deadline
Submit a proposal that covers your group, theory of change, community ties, and plans for 6 to 12 months. Show how your work matches feminist climate justice, with care, inclusion, and Indigenous knowledge. Include a budget and items like documents, media, or past projects.
Applications go in English or French. The deadline is 31 May 2026 at 11:59 PM Fiji Time. A Pacific-led board of experts will pick winners.
For full details and to apply, visit the Oxfam Pacific website.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Tipping Point Pacific Grant 2026?
It offers up to €10,000 in flexible funding to youth-led, women-led, and Indigenous groups in the Pacific fighting climate change through feminist climate justice.
Who can apply for the grant?
Youth-led, women-led, gender-diverse, disability-inclusive, and Indigenous grassroots groups or informal networks in Pacific countries like Fiji, Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea can apply.
What is the application deadline?
Applications must be submitted by 31 May 2026 at 11:59 PM Fiji Time.
How do I apply and where can I learn more?
Submit a proposal with your group’s details, plans, and budget in English or French via the Oxfam Pacific website.