Sustainable Fashion Funding Tracker: Grants & Awards

Grants and competitions for sustainable fashion designers and entrepreneurs — updated weekly.

Collage of sustainable fashion grants, funding opportunities and awards

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Top Funding Opportunities for Sustainable Fashion Designers, Brands, and Producers:

🏭 CFDA Local Production Fund

A pilot grant program supporting fashion brands shifting production to — or already producing in — New York City. Selected brand-manufacturer pairs commit to three consecutive seasons together, with production credits going directly to the manufacturer (75% subsidy in season one, 50% in season two, 0% in season three).

Grants: Tiered production credits toward local manufacturing costs
Open to: Fashion brands looking to move production from overseas or out of state to NYC, OR brands already producing locally that want to add a new production category
Deadline: July 10, 2026 | Virtual info session: June 23, 2026, 2–3 p.m. ET

📸 Textile Exchange x Atmos Photography & Film Competition

Textile Exchange in partnership with Atmos is looking for photographers and filmmakers capturing real-world stories of regeneration across fashion, textiles, and apparel — from farmers restoring biodiversity to recyclers transforming textile waste. Winning work will be published through Atmos and Textile Exchange and displayed at the 2026 Textile Exchange Conference.

Prizes: Overall winner receives a $10,000 paid collaborative commission with Textile Exchange + publication through Atmos; 2 runners-up receive $2,000 cash prize + conference exhibition display; shortlisted work promoted to thousands across Textile Exchange and Atmos channels (includes public vote component)
Open to: Photographers and filmmakers globally
Deadline: July 19, 2026

🎓 British Fashion Council Scholarships

Supporting the next generation of British fashion talent — from craft and manufacturing to contemporary design — BFC is offering financial support, mentoring, and industry connections in partnership with leading fashion brands including Barbour, Chanel, and Dior.

Scholarships: Amounts vary by scholarship (e.g. BFC Barbour Scholarship: £5,000 to 3 recipients)
Open to: Students enrolled in BA or MA Fashion Design courses at a BFC Colleges Council university in the UK
Deadline: June 22, 2026

🌿 Textile Exchange Climate & Nature Impact Awards

Celebrating individuals and partnerships creating measurable change in how fibers and raw materials are produced — from brands and retailers to farmers, suppliers, and recyclers.

Awards: Conference ticket, feature across Textile Exchange communications, community recognition, and potential speaking or case study inclusion at annual conference (no cash prize)
Open to: Global; self-nominations and third-party nominations welcome
Deadline: June 30, 2026

More Small Business and Impact-Driven Business Grants:

Secretsos™ Small Business Grant

For small business owners committed to evolving, leading with integrity, and inspiring change — with full discretion on how funds are used.

Grants: $2,500
Open to: US-based business owners 21+, any industry
Deadline: June 30, 2026

Amber Grants for Women

WomensNet awards three $10,000 Amber Grants each month: a Monthly Amber Grant, Monthly Startup Grant, and Business Category Grants. (April's category is Sustainability and December's is Fashion.) Three monthly winners will receive additional $50,000 Year-End Amber Grant.

Grants: $10,000-$50,000
Open to: Women entrepreneurs in the U.S. (any industry)
Deadline: Rolling

Entreprenista Evolve Grant

A quarterly grant opportunity for women founders who are revenue-generating and ready to scale their next phase of growth.

Grants: $5,000
Open to: U.S.-based, woman-owned or woman-led businesses operating for at least 1 year generating $100K+ in annual revenue
Deadline: Rolling

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Cartier Women's Initiative

The Cartier Women's Initiative awards and fellowship program recognizes and funds talented impact entrepreneurs from around the world who are leveraging business as a force for good. The organization awards grants to three fellows each from nine global regions. Award recipients also participate in a fellowship program.

Grants: $30,000 - $100,000
Open to: Women-led, impact-driven for-profit businesses around the world
Deadline: June 16, 2026

Grants for Sustainable Textile Innovation

The New York Fashion Innovation Center has opened applications for Round Four of their program. This grant is designed for New York-based organizations and businesses advancing and scaling sustainable textile development.

Grant: Up to $10,000 per recipient
Open to: New York State–based businesses and organizations, including but not limited to farmers, researchers, manufacturers, designers, brands, retailers, and educators, for projects conducted primarily in New York.
Deadline: June 1, 2026

Women Founders Network Fast Pitch Competition

A pitch competition for women-led businesses across two tracks — with cash grants, one-on-one coaching, financial mentoring, and investor connections. Finals held in person at UCLA.

Prizes: $25,000 to 1st place in each track (Tech and Consumer/CPG) + $5,000 Junior VC award; $55,000 total pool. Finalists also receive pitch coaching, financial mentoring, professional services, and community access.
Open to: US-based businesses majority-owned or led by a woman; pre-revenue welcome; must have raised no more than $750K in outside funding
Deadline: May 31, 2026

Fashioning a Just Transition Re-Grants

Clean Clothes Campaign alongside12 partner organizations are funding EU-based organizations driving a worker-centered, fair, and sustainable transformation of the fashion industry — with a focus on engaging young people, strengthening alliances, and mobilizing communities.

Grants: Up to €60,000 per recipient (€260,000 total pool)
Open to: EU-based organizations
Deadline: May 29, 2026

iF Social Impact Prize

For established design projects working toward one or more UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Prizes: Share of a €100,000 prize pool (flexible number of winners)
Open to: Global
Deadline: May 20, 2026

🏭 Climate Solutions Portfolio Grants

Apparel Impact Institute's Climate Solutions Portfolio Grants support suppliers interested in piloting and demonstrating new technologies that electrify facilities and/or processes, or dramatically reduce the thermal energy demand of a facility.

Open to: Suppliers implementing aplicable solutions
Deadline: May 15, 2026

Halstead Grant

The Halstead Grant is an annual award for emerging silver jewelry artists designed to help jewelry entrepreneurs create a strategy to kick-start their careers.

Prizes: $1,000 cash grants for finalists; $7,500 cash grant for grand prize winner, plus other benefits
Open to: US-based emerging silver jewelry artists
Deadline: May 1, 2026

Galaxy Grants

New, experienced, or aspiring entrepreneurs can apply for a Galaxy Grant. Galaxy of Stars has awarded nearly a quarter of a million dollars in small business grants to women and minority-owned businesses since 2016.

Grants: $3,500 grants
Open to: Women & minority small business owners (any industry)
Deadline: April 30, 2026

AllFashion Sourcing Young Designer Competition

Based in Cape Town, the challenge for the 9th annual AllFashion Sourcing Young Designer Competition is “Circular by Design: Reuse. Repurpose. Recycle.”

Prizes: R15,000 cash prize for winner, plus legal business toolkit
Open to: Students graduating in the year of the competition, recent graduates (within the past five years), or designers currently engaged in an internship program.
Deadline: April 30, 2026

CFDA Scholarship Fund

Calling all fashion students! CFDA has several scholarships available to apply to right now for third-year undergraduates and graduate students enrolled in an American college or university.

The PVH Foundation x CFDA Scholarship: This fund will award one undergraduate and two graduate students focused on identity, sustainability, and heritage $25,000 each.
Carolina Herrera & CFDA Women in Design: Two undergraduate juniors will be awarded a $40,000 scholarship and a summer internship with the Carolina Herrera design team.
Melvin and Monique Rodriguez Family Foundation X CFDA Scholarship: 10 full-time junior undergraduate students pursuing their BFA or BA will receive this scholarship. Students from minority-serving institutions and designers whose perspectives are informed by the African and Afro-Latin diaspora will be prioritized.
Geoffrey Beene Design Scholarship Award: One innovative womenswear design student employing experimental processes, materials, and forms will receive a $65,000 award.

Deadline: April 10, 2026

CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund

The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund was established to help emerging designers and cultivate the next generation of American fashion talent. Since its inception, 200 designers have received mentoring and a total of more than $8 million. Of the designers who have gone through the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, 42 percent of those brands are fully or partially women owned, and 40 percent are fully or partially minority owned.

Grant: $300,000 was awarded to the winner and $100,000 to the two runner-up finalists in 2025
Open to: Designers who've been in business for a minimum of 2 years with their primary business based in the United States with annual revenue under $10 million
Deadline: April 10, 2026

The Building Her Community Grant

Available globally, this opportunity is perfect for freelancers ready to grow, founders building something bigger, and entrepreneurs scaling with intention.

Grants: $5,000 cash grant
Open to: Women founders, freelancers, and business owners
Deadline: April 10, 2026

Spring 2026 Makers Mindset Grant

This fund is for early-stage women founders building “ambitious, thoughtfully crafted" consumer brands.

Grants: $30,000 equity-free funding
Open to: CPG brands (including beauty and home goods) registered in the US with annual revenue between $50K and $1M
Deadline: April 10, 2026

Shophand $5K Small Business Boost Grant

Financial and technical support to help your business grow.

Grants: $2,500 cash + $2,500 in technical support
Open to: Small business owners (any industry)
Deadline: April 1, 2026

Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Grant (CA, NY, & WV)

In partnership with LISC, Verizon's free Digital Ready platform offers training, coaching, and grant funding for small business owners. Complete one eligible course or event to unlock the application.

Grants: $5,000 to 25 small businesses in California, 25 in New York, and 25 in West Virginia
Open to: For-profit, U.S.-based small businesses with a primary address in CA, NY, or WV; nonprofits ineligible
Deadline: March 31, 2026

Planet & Purpose Grant

Presented by KSI Foundation via Enthuse Foundation, this grant will be awarded to a woman product-based business entrepreneur with an environmental component to their business — recognizing brands that embed sustainability into their products, operations, or long-term strategy.

Grants: $5,000
Open to: Women entrepreneurs (51%+ ownership) with a product-based business (food, beverage, or CPG) in operation 6+ months, with at least $5,000 in revenue
Deadline: March 23, 2026

CFDA x Veronica Beard Creative Futures Scholarship

In its second year, the Veronica Beard scholarship recognizes four undergraduate juniors enrolled in a fashion design or textiles program excelling in specific categories: denim, knits & sweaters, soft wovens, and tailoring.

Open to: Undergraduate juniors enrolled in fashion design or textiles program at a US college or university.
Scholarship: $50,000 + paid internship at Veronica Beard's New York City headquarters.
Deadline: March 23, 2026

Ladies Who Launch — Impact Founders Cohort

For their 2026 cohort, Ladies Who Launch, in partnership with Boundless Futures Foundation, is supporting women founders who generate growth for good — businesses where social impact is core to the model. Participants receive a grant plus access to an 8-week group training program in cash flow, branding, and management.

Grants: $10,000 cash grant per recipient (10 grantees total): $7,500 in unrestricted funds + $2,500 reserved for AI literacy development
Open to: US-based, 51%+ women-owned for-profit businesses (not franchises or nonprofits) with social impact embedded in their product or financial model and gross annual revenue between $100,000–$499,999
Deadline: March 17, 2026

Anthropologie x Nest Fellowship Program

An 18-month fellowship program designed to support emerging creative entrepreneurs with professional development, expert mentorship, and increased exposure plus sale opportunities through Anthropologie’s digital marketplace. Anthropologie fellows will access capacity building education, mentorship with Anthropologie executives and access marketing and visibility through Nest and Anthropologie.

Grant: Education and sales opportunity (no grant)
Open to: US-based creatives and artisan businesses in fashion, accessories, or handcrafted goods
Deadline: March 16, 2026

Last updated: June 17, 2026