Tamùkke Community Pot opens funding for feminist projects across Guyana

Grassroots groups, youth collectives, and community organisers across Guyana are being invited to apply for funding through the latest cycle of the Tamùkke Community Pot, a community-driven initiative aimed at supporting feminist projects tackling some of the country’s most overlooked social issues.

The fund is designed around the belief that communities themselves are best positioned to identify their challenges and create solutions that directly respond to their realities.

This latest funding round will support projects focused on bodily autonomy, mental health, caregiving, youth development, identity, stigma, and other sensitive social issues that are often left out of mainstream conversations.

The Tamùkke Community Pot is offering two funding categories:

• Micro Projects worth up to USD $500 for smaller community activities with a simplified application process.
• Full Projects worth up to USD $1,500 for larger or more developed initiatives requiring additional planning and detail.

Organisers say applicants should choose the category that best matches the scale and goals of their project.

Focus Areas Include Mental Health, Youth and Taboo Issues

This cycle of funding is centred around four major themes:

• Bodies and Self-Determination — including projects related to disability, chronic illness, mental health, reproductive rights, and gender identity.
• Care and Community — initiatives focused on caregiving, emotional support systems, and mutual aid.
• Youth and Coming of Age — projects supporting young people as they navigate puberty, identity, relationships, and access to accurate information.
• Stigma and Silence — efforts encouraging open conversations around topics such as menstruation, HIV, abortion, addiction, and sex work.

The fund is open to groups of two or more people working together and is targeting grassroots collectives, student organisations, informal community groups, and registered NGOs operating in Guyana or working on issues affecting Guyanese communities.

Importantly, applicants do not need to be formally registered organisations, and no supporting documents are required during the application process — a move organisers say is aimed at making funding more accessible to smaller community-led groups that are often excluded from traditional grant opportunities.

However, projects promoting discrimination, partisan political campaigning, or activities benefiting only one individual will not qualify for funding.

Deadline Set for May 22

Applications close on May 22 at 11:59 PM, and organisers are encouraging groups from across Guyana to submit ideas that reflect the needs, strengths, and lived experiences of their communities.

Interested applicants can apply through the online form below:

Tamùkke Community Pot Application Form