For funders
Make your funding easy to find. See who else funds your field.
Ona Funds lists your grant, prize, residency or fellowship for creatives to find across Africa and the diaspora. It also shows you who else funds this work, and where the gaps are.
Good funding stays hard to find.
Calls for African creative work move through familiar networks and cluster in a few cities. Talented creatives in smaller markets and across the diaspora often never hear about funding meant for them.
Funders also work without a shared view of the sector. You rarely know who else funds your discipline, where the overlaps sit, or which regions see little support.
Ona Funds closes both gaps.
What a funder gets from Ona Funds
01
A listing creatives can find
List once and your opportunity becomes searchable for creatives across Africa and the diaspora. Filters by country, sector and support type help applicants find the calls that suit them, so the applications you draw are a genuine match.
02
See who funds what
Ona Funds gathers the funding open to Africa's creative and cultural industries in one place. Funders use it to understand who else backs their discipline, spot regions and sectors that see little support, and place their own giving in context.
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A listing the sector can trust
Every opportunity on Ona Funds is checked before it goes live. A verified listing shows creatives that your call is real, and it keeps your name away from anyone who misuses it in scams.
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Applications that fit
Your listing states plainly what you fund, who can apply and how. Creatives can tell whether your call suits them before they apply, so more of the applications you receive are a genuine match.
How to list
Listing is free
Step 1
Send us your open call.
Step 2
We check the details and confirm them with you.
Step 3
We list it so creatives across Africa and the diaspora can find it.
Step 4
It stays live until your deadline.
Collaborate
You are welcome to be part of this.
Ona Funds is new and growing. If you care about your funding reaching creatives across Africa and the diaspora, we would love to hear from you. List an open call, help us keep your funding information accurate, or simply start a conversation about the sector and where it is heading.
Get in touch →Make your funding easy for Africa’s creatives to find.
Or email us at hello@onafunds.com