The Clean Cooking Alliance (formerly known as Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves) is a public-private initiative hosted by the United Nations Foundation. Established in 2010, CCA works with a global network of partners to build an inclusive industry that makes clean cooking accessible to the nearly three billion people who live each day without it. The Alliance is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organisation that drives consumer demand, mobilises investment to build a pipeline of scalable businesses, and fosters an enabling environment that allows the clean cooking sector to thrive. The Alliance makes grants to help launch innovative pilot projects for clean cookstoves and fuels, and to fund capacity development and capital needs of businesses that make and/or market cookstoves for the developing world. CCA provides information about grants, investments, and other funding opportunities to support stakeholders across the clean cooking ecosystem.
Funding Amount
Variable depending on the programme. Past programmes have included:
- Women’s Empowerment Fund: A Grant facility providing funding and capacity building to enterprises
- Small grants for training programmes
- Larger programmes ranging from US$500,000 to US$50 million for energy access and rural electrification projects (through partner programmes like PFAN)
Target
- Entrepreneurs and businesses in the clean cooking value chain (manufacturing, marketing, sales, distribution, maintenance)
- Women energy entrepreneurs and women-led organisations
- Research and testing laboratories
- Non-profit organisations with experience in capacity building, technical assistance, and standards adoption
- Organisations working in low-to-middle middle-income countries
- Clean cooking technology providers and social enterprises
Closing Date
Rolling/Variable – CCA posts funding opportunities as they become available. No fixed annual cycle. Applicants should monitor the funding opportunities page regularly for new calls.
Focus Areas
- Clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels
- Women’s empowerment in the energy sector
- Climate change mitigation (reducing emissions from household energy use)
- Health improvement (reducing indoor air pollution)
- Environmental protection
- Gender equality and women’s economic empowerment
- Energy access and rural electrification
- Capacity building and technical assistance
- Research and development in clean cooking technologies
Eligibility Criteria
Varies by programme, but generally includes:
- Organisations must be actively supporting the sale and use of improved cookstoves across the clean cooking value chain
- Must engage entrepreneurs or sales agents (preferably women) in value chain activities
- For non-profit programmes: organisations with experience conducting capacity building, technical assistance, and guidance development
- Must demonstrate work in the international household energy and health sector
- Alliance partners are eligible to apply for certain programmes
- Must work in developing countries/low-to-middle-income countries
- Must demonstrate commitment to women’s empowerment and/or climate action
