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The Baring Foundation has opened applications for its Strengthening Civil Society funding programme under a new corporate accountability theme. Under this theme, grants are available for civil society organisations working to hold companies accountable for corporate harm. The sub theme for this year is migration.
Examples of the type of work we anticipate funding under this call include, but are not limited to:
- undertaking legal research to gather evidence on how companies are using tech to surveil migrant communities;
- bringing legal challenges against companies acting unlawfully in delivering public services to migrants or in relation to migration;
- supporting non-legal CSOs to understand how they can utilise regulators to further their campaign goals; or
- monitoring the implementation of wins already achieved through legal action
Grants of up to £150,000 over three years are available. The foundation will also consider grants of up to £50,000 over 18 months for exploratory projects that need further development. It expects to award six or seven grants.
The fund can support legal action, staff time, supervision, overheads, external legal advice and advocacy costs. Eligible projects could include legal research into corporate surveillance of migrant communities, legal challenges against companies delivering public services to migrants, support for non-legal organisations using regulators, and monitoring legal wins already achieved.
The programme will not fund service delivery work, including advice or support for individuals.
Applicants must be UK legally registered not-for-profit organisations, preferably charities, with at least one year’s accounts and annual income of less than £2 million. The foundation said it may be flexible for organisations slightly above that threshold.
Organisations must have a history of using legal tools for social change. They must also be either corporate accountability organisations or migrants’ rights organisations with a clear interest in corporate accountability.
Applications are being accepted through a one-stage application process. Applicant enquiries must be submitted by 19 August 2026, and the application deadline is 11 am on 7 September 2026.
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