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Mercy Corps Opens Small Grants Challenge; Antigua Organisations Can Apply for Up to $50,000

December 2, 2025
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More details here: https://www.mercycorps.org/tenders/funding-opportunity-strengthening-economic-growth-caribbean-sceg

Mercy Corps’ Strengthening Caribbean Economic Growth (SCEG) program is launching a small grants challenge to support organizations driving economic growth across the region.

Through this opportunity, up to 12 organizations will receive grants of up to $50,000 USD for projects that:

  • Expand employment opportunities
  • Strengthen micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs)
  • Improve access to demand-driven inputs and services

Who can apply:

Registered organizations based in or working across the following Caribbean jurisdictions:  Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, The Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago

Project duration:

Up to 12 months

Open date: 

November 3 to [revised deadline] December 2, 12:00pm AST (and December 19, 12:00pm AST for Jamaica only)

Next steps:

For submissions or to contact us with questions: [email protected]

Information sessions:

Mercy Corps will be hosting two info-sessions on Microsoft Teams for interested participants. Join info session 1 here on November 6th at 1pm EST. Join info session 2 here on November 7th at 1pm EST.

View a recording of the November 7th information session.

Country of destination

The Caribbean

Open date

Nov 3, 2025, 12:00am to Dec 2, 2025, 12:00pm

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