Small Grants 2025

The IKI Small Grants programme supports local actors worldwide, especially non-governmental organisations, in implementing effective climate and biodiversity projects. Since the programme began in 2019, over 200 organisations have been selected for funding in two different funding lines. Through project work, around 48,000 people have been supported in effectively strengthening their resilience to the negative impacts of climate change. This includes measures that help to better cope with or prevent drought-related crop failures or floods.

Significant successes have also been achieved in biodiversity protection. To date, approximately 98,000 hectares of terrestrial, marine, and coastal ecosystems have been effectively protected or converted to sustainable management through the introduction of resource-conserving practices – an area roughly equivalent to the size of 170,000 football fields.

IKI Small Grants not only financially supports the project implementation of the funded organisation but also strengthens local actors through “capacity development”. For example, employees of the organisations undergo training on topics such as project management or fundraising.