Institutional Grants - Tinker Foundation
Institutional Grants from the Tinker Foundation support organizations working in Latin America on justice systems and foundational learning to improve lives through changes in policy and practice.
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Funder: Tinker Foundation
Due Dates: January 6, 2027 (LOI opens) | January 19, 2027, 11:59 p.m. ET (LOI deadline) | March 25, 2027, 11:59 p.m. ET (Invited proposals) | July 2027 (Decisions)
Funding Amounts: Typically $50,000–$150,000 annually for up to three years; smaller requests welcome
Summary: Project grants support changes in policy and practice in democratic governance and education to improve Latin Americans’ lives.
Key Information: Applicants must be charitable organizations with an annual budget of at least $50,000 in 2024, 2025, or 2026.
Description
The Tinker Foundation’s Institutional Grants program supports research and advocacy, experimentation, scaling promising interventions, and exchanging knowledge and models. Its goal is large-scale change in policy and practice in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking Latin America, with an emphasis on funding organizations in the region. Activities may include community engagement, capacity-building, applied research, evaluation, workshops, and conferences.
Democratic Governance focuses on independent, reliable, equitable, and transparent justice systems and access to justice. Education focuses on foundational learning recovery and acceleration, particularly early-primary literacy and numeracy. The Foundation welcomes regional, transnational, and comparative approaches, collaboration among Latin American organizations, and engagement with affected stakeholders. Both new and existing projects may qualify, provided funding advances the work rather than simply covering ongoing operations.
