URGENT
ACTION FUND
URGENT
ACTION FUND
For Feminist Activism
Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism partners with frontline feminist movements to support women, trans, and non-binary activists striving to create a more just and equitable world.
What We Do
What We Do
Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism provides fast, flexible support to activists so that they can respond to unexpected risks and opportunities, protect and care for themselves and one another, and nurture and sustain thriving frontline movements for a just and equitable world.
$33.8 million
awarded since 1997
4900+
rapid response grants provided
131
countries
When feminist movements have access to timely support from trusted funders, they are better equipped to adapt to real-time risks and leverage opportunities in ways that sustain ongoing movements for social change.
Photo Credit: Andrea Piacquadio
The Chorus We Carry
The Chorus We Carry
The Chorus We Carry is a short film that examines philanthropy and the lack of resourcing of feminist organizations, movements, and activists over time. While funding might be limited, the impact and change that is possible when feminist activists have access to money is clear. Featuring interviews with experts from across the globe, including those who are deeply connected to a network of changemakers, the film discusses the concepts of money, gender, and power and the need to fill the gap when it comes to resourcing feminists who fight for a more just and equitable world.
Feminist Activism Without Fear: Facing Risks with Collective Power & Care
This new campaign shares the stories of feminist activists facing increasingly intense forms of
backlash, or “reprisals,” and provides insights into how funders and policymakers can support
those at risk through a lens of care and connectivity.
Feminist Activism Without Fear: Facing Risks with Collective Power & Care
Illustration by Nafisa Ferdous
Where We Fund
Urgent Action Fund supports feminist activists in Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan, and Yemen.
Our Sister Funds offer support to activists in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Canada
Central Asia
Europe
Southwest Asia
The Balkans
The Caucasus
The United States
What Is Philanthropy Prepared to Do to Sustain Collective Resistance?
Drawing on research across the South Caucasus and Western Balkans in our report, Putting Out Fires Till We Burn Out, we spoke with 87 feminist and LGBTQI+ organizers working under relentless repression, war, and economic precarity. Across these diverse contexts, we heard the same reality: movements are sustained by collective care, a political strategy that emerges as communities step in when institutions fail, and outside support is fragmented or too late.
The birth of UAF Asia and the Pacific: A guide for decolonisation through regionalisation
In November 2025, Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism and Urgent Action Fund-Asia and the Pacific launched a report detailing how and why we created the latter, as a step towards further decentralising and decolonising philanthropy. Serving as inspiration for other philanthropic organisations, the story of UAF A&P’s creation offers one model for how this transformation can happen.
Give today to support
feminist activists in real time
Give today to support
feminist activists
in real time
In critical moments, your gift makes a big difference.
