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.
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About The Fund
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.
£3M Funding Pot
Grant Amounts Ranging From £5,000 - £30,000 Per Year
Grant Period Lengths Of Up To 5 Years
Black and Global Majority Background Applicants
Individuals, collectives, and organisations (Aged 18+)
The Fund is Open To:
Those from Black and Global Majority backgrounds
Groups based in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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. Our funding approach strives to centre the most marginalised, ensuring funding reaches communities often excluded from traditional philanthropy.
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.
