Deadline Date: November 11, 2026
The Local Impact Mini-Grants is inviting applications to support community groups and individual leaders working to expand digital financial access through local initiatives.
The focus areas of this program include open payments and digital financial access, open source and open innovation, financial inclusion and fintech ecosystems, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI/DPG) and related themes, community-led learning, local ecosystem building, workshops, meetups, hackdays, community conversations, research, storytelling, and content activities.
The grants are designed to support local community groups and individual leaders who understand their communities’ barriers and are working to improve digital financial access from within.
Eligible activities include meetups, workshops, hackdays, community conversations, research, storytelling, and content creation, with activities focused on open payments and digital financial access.
Grantees will receive funding of $500 to $3,000 USD for direct project activities, along with flexible support for community-led learning, events, and local ecosystem building. They will also gain access to Interledger resources, the broader open payments community, and a global network of practitioners working on digital financial access.
The program seeks proposals from individuals and organisations with direct knowledge of the communities they serve. Selected projects should bring local communities together around open payments and digital financial access, create opportunities for learning, discussion, and hands-on experimentation, and share findings with the broader Interledger community.
Projects serving communities in the Global South, rural areas, or peri-urban regions with limited access to formal financial services are a priority for this funding cycle.
The program is open to community organisations, nonprofits, cooperatives, civil society groups, local fintech startups, social enterprises, and individual practitioners with a concrete project plan. Registered and unregistered organisations, as well as individuals, are eligible to apply from any geography.
The Interledger Foundation must comply with economic and trade sanctions programs administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The Foundation is prohibited from providing most goods or services to residents of sanctioned countries, their governmental entities, or individuals and entities listed under applicable sanctions without authorization or exemption.
For more information, visit Interledger Foundation.
