Migrant justice is “the movement of the 21st century.” – Angela Davis
We’re currently unable to accept any unsolicited applications for funding.
- Amount: up to 10.000 EUR
- Tipe: Flexible general operating grant
- Duration: minimum 1 year
Two central themes guide our grantmaking:
Empowered Communities:
Migrant, refugee, asylum-seeking and diaspora communities across Europe have increased resources, capital, and leadership capacity to advocate for their rights and shape their own futures.
Connected Ecosystems:
The grassroots migrant justice ecosystem across Europe is increasingly connected, skilled, and resourced, grounded in transnational solidarity and capable of united action that centers migrant justice as part of a broader commitment to social justice.
What We Fund
We prioritise groups across geographic Europe that face barriers to resources due to their location, marginalisation, or ways of organising—particularly those in Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe. Our evaluation for Northern and Western Europe is based on the leadership of migrants, refugees, asylum-seeking and diaspora communities.
Across our grantmaking, we evaluate how fully initiatives meet our criteria:
- Groups who are operating and have impact in the Council of Europe
- Groups that are led by or meaningfully co-designed with migrant, refugee, asylum-seeking, and/or diaspora communities in Europe
- Groups with annual budgets up to 150.000 Euro
- Work that addresses root causes of oppression, migration, and displacement
- Work that has a structural, rather than an individual, impact
- Groups that align their internal working practices and structures with anti-racist values
For our Connected Ecosystems theme, we also require at least one of the following:
- Groups with meaningful impact in two or more countries in Europe (e.g. shared campaigns, cross-border organising, collective advocacy)
- Groups working across sectors, or building direct alliances between migrant justice and other movements (e.g. labour rights, climate justice, feminist struggles, disability justice)
- Work that actively contributes to the connectedness and resilience of the grassroots migrant justice ecosystem across Europe (e.g. shared infrastructure)
We can only fund organisations with non-profit status. Groups can be unregistered, but should be partnered through a fiscal host. If they are selected for funding, we can work together with unregistered groups to find a suitable fiscal solution.
We do not fund
While we recognise and value the importance of the following activities, to make the best use of our limited funds, they are not currently among our priorities.
- For-profit, commercial or political party-affiliated organisations
- Primarily academic or artistic projects
- Groups whose main focus is service delivery without connection to a theory of systemic change
- Groups whose main focus is enabling integration (i.e. language courses, employment integration) without connection to a theory of systemic change
- An activity or organisation run only by an individual, not a collective group of people
- Individual cases, for example funding that intends to go to individuals seeking asylum or individual legal cases
Who decides?
Our grantmaking is led by an all women* Activist Council with lived or frontline experience of migration and displacement, who bring their collective expertise and experience to decision-making.
Funding decisions are made in consensus whenever possible, and by democratic majority vote if not. Our Activist Council rotates every 2 years, ensuring that diverse perspectives participate over time.
See the decision-makers here
We recognise that sustaining movements requires more than financial aid — it depends on trust, capacity-building, and long-term support.
Through tailored partner accompaniment, we work alongside grantee partners to strengthen a resilient, cross-border migrant justice ecosystem that advances a European democracy rooted in belonging, diversity, and inclusion.
We identify group and place-based needs specific to each grantee partner, and provide practical training, one-on-one coaching, and opportunities for convening and coalition-building.
We aim to act as a bridge that connects civil society, capacity-builders, and social movements, helping to sustain and expand the collective strength of migrant justice efforts across Europe.
These are a selection of organisations that we’ve worked with:
If you are a capacity-building individual or organisation with an offer for our partner accompaniment, please reach out
get in touchSafe Passage Fund works to transform how migrant-led and grassroots organising across Europe is resourced, recognised, and genuinely supported by engaging across philanthropic spaces, with humanitarian actors, and through civil society networks. We bring migrant and grassroots perspectives into the room, challenge traditional funding models, and advocate for approaches that are flexible, participatory, and grounded in trust.
This work spans a wide range of spaces — from participating in conferences and donor cohorts, publishing articles and online media, to organising in-person gatherings. Across these platforms, we highlight the realities of grassroots organising and share learning from our partners, ensuring that funders and institutions are better equipped to support migrant justice movements in meaningful and lasting ways.
