Stop wasting time searching for climate funding- grants, accelerators, competitions & fellowships

Yes. The full match runs and the ranked shortlist display on screen without any payment, signup or wall. We ask for an email only if you want the PDF report or our monthly funding-changes email. You can close the tab with all the value already delivered.

We save anonymised answers to improve the matching engine (no name, no email tied to them unless you opt in for the PDF). If you do opt in, you get one welcome email and the monthly funding-changes email- with a one-click unsubscribe in every email.

For most of the programmes in the database, no. A majority accept unregistered teams, individual founders, or are explicitly designed for pre-incorporation ventures (UNEP Young Champions, Hult Prize, MIT Solve, most fellowships). The finder asks your registration status and only surfaces programmes you actually qualify for.

Every programme tagged as a grant, fellowship, prize or ‘non-dilutive accelerator’ in the database is equity-free at the point of award. Some accelerators will invite equity discussions in a later round- the finder calls those out where applicable. If you specifically want zero-equity-ever, you can filter for grants and fellowships only in the quiz.

Idea stage. Roughly 22 of the 78 programmes accept founders with no prototype yet- usually competitions, student programmes, and seed grants like BIRAC BIG or Kerala SUM. The matching engine will tell you which.

There’s no single window- programmes are spread across the year, and roughly 15 of 78 take rolling applications. The biggest annual clusters are Feb–April (UNEP YCE, MIT Solve, ClimateLaunchpad national rounds) and Sept-Nov (most fellowships, including Echoing Green and Activate). The finder flags deadlines that are urgent (next 90 days) so you can prioritise.

For most programmes, yes- they care about where the venture operates, not your passport. A handful of national government grants (especially in India) require citizenship; the finder asks your region and filters accordingly.

No. About a third of programmes explicitly support solo founders. The finder asks your team size and weights matches accordingly. Fellowships in particular tend to fund individuals, not teams.

Three things. One: we run an eligibility check on each programme against your profile- most directories are just lists. Two: the underlying database is hand-curated and refreshed monthly; many free directories haven’t been updated in 12+ months. Three: we surface deadlines that are urgent so you act on what you can win now, not what closed three months ago.

You won’t get matched to zero- every founder profile we’ve tested gets at least 4–6 results across the ‘good fit’ and ‘partial fit’ tiers. Partial-fit matches are programmes you don’t qualify for today but should track. If your matches feel thin, talk to us- sometimes a one-line tweak to your venture profile unlocks ten more.

Every month. We watch each programme’s official site for amount changes, deadline shifts, new tracks and discontinuations. The ‘Last updated’ date at the bottom of this page reflects the latest refresh.

Yes- and please do. Submit your programme here → If it passes our criteria (legit non-dilutive, currently active, climate/sustainability-relevant) we’ll add it in the next monthly refresh.