CALL FOR FLOURISH MENTORSHIP GRANT
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) is calling for the submissions proposals for the FLOURISH Mentorship Fund, which is open to Young Women-Led Organizations (WLOs) working within humanitarian and emergency response contexts in the BAY States (Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe).
ABOUT ACTIONAID NIGERIA: ActionAid is a global movement of people working together to further human rights for all and defeat poverty. We prioritize works with the poor and excluded, promoting values and commitment in civil society, institutions and governments with the aim of achieving structural changes to eradicate injustices and poverty in the world. ActionAid Nigeria is a member of ActionAid global federation. We maintain a strong relationship of interdependence and mutual accountability within the international federation while ensuring a strong balance between self-rule and shared-rule. Registered in Nigeria in 1999 as a Country Programme of ActionAid International, we have transformed into an autonomous national organization with a strong national governance structure
ABOUT THE FLOURISH MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME: The FLOURISH Mentorship Programme is a capacity-strengthening initiative led by ActionAid Nigeria, specifically designed to build the leadership, governance, financial system, and organizational capacities of underrepresented Young Women-Led Organizations (WLOs) in humanitarian and emergency contexts in the BAY States (Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe). As part of this ongoing mentorship programme, ActionAid Nigeria has trained a cohort of Young Women-Led Organizations through structured mentorship and capacity-building sessions aimed at enabling the Underrepresented Young Women-Led Organization to play a more strategic, sustainable, and accountable role in humanitarian space across Northeast Nigeria. In continuation of this mentorship journey, the FLOURISH Mentorship Fund has bee introduced as an integral part of the ongoing programme to provide a practical platform for Young WLO organizations to apply their acquired skills, test their internal systems, and lead community-based humanitarian initiatives. The grant forms part of the core component of the FLOURISH Mentorship Programme.
ABOUT THE GRANT: The grant is designed to test the organizational systems, leadership capacity, and financial management processes of participating Young Women Led organizations following the recently concluded mentorship training and continuation of the capacity-building journey. The opportunity will prioritize 80% of the grants for Young Women-Led Organizations currently undergoing the FLOURISH Mentorship Training, while 20% of the grants will be made available to new and emerging Young Women-Led Organizations not currently in the FLOURISH programme but working within humanitarian and emergency response in the BAY States. The selected organizations will receive a small seed grant ranges from $500 to $1,000 USD per organization and will run for three (3) months to address identified key community-based challenges in humanitarian and emergency settings through practical project implementation.
OBJECTIVES OF THE GRANT:
- To provide an opportunity for young women-led organizations to practically apply the knowledge and skills acquired during the FLOURISH mentorship training.
- To promote gender-responsive, community-driven humanitarian interventions led by young women. To build trust and track records for young women-led organizations within the humanitarian sector.
- To build the capacity of underrepresented Young Women-led organizations in understanding the Humanitarian Architecture, including the Cluster System, Humanitarian Program Cycle, and response frameworks through direct implementation.
GRANT DURATION:
August to October 2025 (3 months)
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
To qualify for a grant award, the applicant must:
- Please do not apply if your organization is not from Bono, Yobe or Adamawa (BAY States)
- Be registered with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), relevant government agency or recognized youth network and have an organizational bank account.
- only Young Women Led organization are from BAY states are eligible to apply (the lead must be between the age range of 18 - 35). Members can be younger or older so long as the leadership is within the stipulated age range.
- Have relevant experience and proven records of working with communities and groups in activities related to women and girls in their communities.
- Open to all Young Women-Led Organization in BAY states with prioritization to organizations currently in the program and have gone through AAN due diligence process.
- Must be working within humanitarian and emergency response contexts.
- Must demonstrate readiness to test internal systems, apply learning, and manage small-scale grant
MONITORING AND REPORTING
- Funded organizations will provide monthly progress and financial reports and participate in monitoring and evaluation activities.
Ineligible Costs:
Kindly note that the following costs will be deemed ineligible as the fund are meant only for direct program implementation
- payment for office rent, deposit for
- Purchase of assets such as laptops, phones, furniture etc
- Operating and administrative expenses for another organisation
- Payment of salaries, pension, statutory deductions etc.
- International travel
- Contingencies, miscellaneous expenses
- Upgrading of facilities
- Indirect costs and organisational overheads
- Debt and debt service charges
- Insurance costs, among others.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified young Women-led organizations are invited to download, fill and upload the completed proposal templates in a zipped/compressed folder (labeled in your organization’s name). The proposal templates can be accessed below:
Note
- Any proposal not submitted in the stated format will be disregarded.
- Applications submitted after deadline will not be considered.
- Please ensure that you read the call and instructions thoroughly before applying.
- Only successful applicants would be notified
- ActionAid Nigeria reserves the right to determine the final winners of the FLOURISH Mentorship Fund.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
20, July 2025.