In the Pacific, the concept of Vā represents the sacred space of relationship and responsibility between people, communities, land, and ocean. It is a space of connection, care, and collective continuity. Tipping Point Pacific is a decolonial and feminist grant initiative supporting youth-led, women-led, disability-inclusive and gender-diverse groups across the Pacific who are defending this Vā in the face of the climate crisis. We believe that those most affected by ecological and social injustice are best positioned to lead solutions rooted in care, dignity, and collective wellbeing. This grant is designed to resource and seed transformative, feminist and locally led action that bridges climate and gender justice, across the least funded countries and occupied territories in the region. We invite applications to support and strengthen small grassroots organisations and seed fund groups, collectives, associations and alliances to establish formally. This grant is not suitable for international NGOs and organisations with established funding support.

The grant supports Indigenous and community rooted youth-led, women-led disability-inclusive and gender-diverse initiatives addressing feminist climate and structural injustice in the Pacific. The grant centers care, justice, autonomy, and collective wellbeing, recognising that communities most affected by the climate crisis experience displacement, violence, economic marginalisation, and for many, oppressive colonial legacies.  These communities are also best positioned as Vā defenders to build their collective resistance, resilience and lead climate solutions.

Grants may support work in one or more of the following areas:
 

1. Feminist Climate Justice
   Gender equality and equity intersecting with climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, land sovereignty, ocean protection, and climate mobility.

2. Confronting Extractive Industries and Capitalism
   Ending poverty, economic/trade/debt justice, corporate accountability, locally owned/led just transition, deep seabed mining, land-based mining, care economy, degrowth, ecological accounting, alternatives - indigenous, cultural and traditional revival of practices promoting living in harmony and sustainably with nature.

3. Demilitarization, and land and ocean sovereignty
   Nuclear free Pacific, anti-war/genocide, peace, anti-imperialism, fascism, resistance in occupied territories (North Pacific, Kanaky, West Papua, Ma’ohi Nui, Wallis and Futuna), reparations.

4. Narrative Power and Knowledge
   Feminist storytelling, anti-rights agenda, artivism, cultural political expression, cultural memory, Indigenous research, decolonial frameworks, feminist ethics

5. Leadership, Healing and Intergenerational Work
   Mentorship, trauma-informed leadership, youth–elder knowledge exchange

• Grant type: Flexible feminist grant
• Grant size: Small Scale
• Grant amounts: Up to EUR 10,000 - Approximately USD $12,000
• Grant Duration: 6–12 months

 
Funds will consider:

• Strengthening existing and building rights-based feminist climate actions, activities, campaigns and events
• Volunteer labour and community organiser stipends for organised activities
• Legal actions in the defense of Vā and feminist climate justice
• Startups and new environment/climate collectives led by girls/women/gender diverse people
• Core/operational funding        
• Care, wellbeing, and healing work        
• Creating spaces, convenings, collective learning, and strategy building        
• Storytelling, filming, documentary, art exhibitions, documentation, or cultural memory projects

1. Youth-led, women-led, peoples living with disability or gender-diverse groups        

2. Indigenous, community-rooted and grassroots collectives       

3. Informal networks or unregistered groups (fiscal hosting available with Oxfam Pacific)        

4. Groups with limited access to funding        

5. Must be based in one of the following locations:
   West Papua, Kanaky, Guam, Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands, Hawai’i, Ma’ohi Nui (French Polynesia), Wallis and Futuna, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu, Fiji.

You can access our full step-by-step guide to applying here. 

Applications must include:

• Background information of your organization, collective or grassroots alliances and networks
• A clear description of your advocacy including your theory of change in any of the areas of gender equality, climate justice, demilitarization, land and ocean sovereignty, indigenous alternatives, feminist climate conscience raising and narrative shifting, healing and collective well being
• Describe your connection to communities particularly working with women, girls, youth and gender diverse peoples.
• Share highlights of your work through links to videos, photos, social media, websites, etc
• A proposed budget for 6-12 months.
• Applications can only be accepted in English and French

THE GRANT WILL PRIORITISE:

• Use of intersectional, decolonial and feminist frameworks and practices        
• Work at the intersection of climate justice and gender justice        
• Centre care, safety, and collective wellbeing in their approach        
• Are led by those facing intersecting marginalisation (e.g., young women and girls, Indigenous youth, people living with disability and gender-diverse folk)        
• Demonstrate intergenerational equity through dialogue, community solidarity and accountability

An independent Pacific-led Advisory Board of Feminist Climate Activists and professionals will co-lead the review and selection process, ensuring decisions are transparent, rooted in lived experience and regional wisdom.

1.       Community leadership and accountability
2.       Integration of intersectional, feminist, decolonial and climate justice principles
3.       Focus on care, safety and collective wellbeing
4.       Potential for building, learning and solidarity across grassroots alliances
5.       Knowledge production on alternatives, revival of indigenous knowledge systems and governance
6.       Supporting community resistance against extractivism, occupation and militarization

•        Call opens: 30 March 2026
•        Deadline for submissions: 31 May 2026
•        Review by Tipping Point Pacific Advisory Board: June 2026
•        Grantees notified: July 2026
•        Grants begin: August 2026

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All grantees must commit to:

1.      Oxfam’s safeguarding policies and code of conduct

2.      Community-led safeguarding and gender-based violence prevention

3.      Confidentiality, consent, and cultural safety protocols

4.      Transparent and accountable use of resources

Deadline: 31 May 2026, 11:59 PM Fiji Time
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A full FAQ is available here. 

However, if you need more information you can email: info@oxfampacific.org