HER Fund General Grant 2026-2027
Donor: HER Fund
Location: Hong Kong
Beneficiaries: Organisations
Project focus areas: Gender equality - “Freedom from Violence”, “Freedom from
Discrimination”, “Freedom from Poverty” and “Advancement for Women’s Civil
Participation”
Funding amount: Up to HKD$80,000
Project duration: 12 months
Deadline: 2 November 2026
The General Grant from HER Fund provides project funding to registered groups and organisations in Hong Kong working to empower women, girls and trans people, advance gender equality, raise awareness of gender-related issues, and strengthen grassroots organisations and community leaders.
HER Fund works with grantees as partners, combining grant-making with networking, capacity building, resource mobilization, and project monitoring and evaluation.
The General Grant of HER Fund aims to:
- Ensure the social visibility of issues about gender and sexual orientation, particularly those neglected or newly arisen, and to initiate changes from an intersectional perspective.
- Enhance the resilience of grassroots organisations or community leaders as they navigate challenges so that the organisation s can develop sustainably. It includes building the capacity to mobilize resources, exploring transformative feminist leadership, etc.
- Build alliances of mutual help and solidarity among marginalised communities in which everyone can feel that they are seen, respected and supported.
Main focus of the grant
- Freedom from Violence
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom from Poverty
- Advancement for Women's Civil Participation
For details of each focus area, visit here.
The maximum grant is HKD$ 80,000. Projects may run for up to 12 months, from 1 March 2027 to 29 February 2028.
Registered groups and organisations in Hong Kong may apply, including organisations with charity status under Section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance, societies registered under the Societies Ordinance, and companies limited by guarantee.
For more information, visit here.