The Baobab Community Fund is designed to support Black African/Caribbean and Global Majority individuals, organisations, and collectives who are dismantling systems of oppression and working toward racial justice across the UK.
Launched as a radical response to chronic underfunding and systemic injustice in our communities, the fund embodies our core values of restorative justice, solidarity, and community power.
UNITY
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JUSTICE
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FREEDOM
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UNITY ● JUSTICE ● FREEDOM ●
What The Fund Supports
The Baobab Community Fund provides long-term, flexible funding to grassroots change makers working at the intersections of racial justice, disability justice, community organising, healing, arts, education, and more.
£3 Million
Total Fund
Grants per year
5 Years
Funding Terms Up To
Access-first design: Support for unregistered groups and disabled applicants was embedded in the fund’s structure
The Fund is Open To:
Individuals, collectives, and organisations (Aged 18+)
Those from Black and Global Majority backgrounds
Groups based in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Our approach centres those most marginalised, ensuring funding reaches communities often excluded from traditional philanthropy.
Applicants rooted in community-led racial justice work
Community-Centred
and Co-Created
At Baobab, our funding approach is shaped with our communities, not just for them. Every aspect of the Baobab Community Fund - from design to our Peer Reviewers’ decision-making - ensures that power is built through collaboration and rooted in radical transparency, accessibility and collective care.
We host regular ‘Ask Us Anything’ sessions where applicants can connect directly with our Fund team, ask questions, and receive support throughout the application process. These sessions are open, informal, and include British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation as part of our commitment to Disability Justice.
This is not traditional grantmaking, it’s reparative, trust-based resourcing designed to meet the real needs of Black and Global Majority communities. Our Peer Reviewers are composed of ordinary Baobab Members ensuring those reading applications have lived experiences of the work we seek to resource. Together, we’re reimagining what racial justice funding looks like: inclusive, community-led, and accountable.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Baobab Community Fund is not currently accepting applications, but we’ll be launching again soon. This next phase will continue to build on our commitment to community-led, accessible, and justice-driven funding, resourcing those on the frontlines of racial justice across the UK.