CAPABILITIES

Grant and Fund Management

Challenge Funds, & Grant Funds and Managed Funds are used increasingly by international development agencies and other partners to support poverty reduction initiatives undertaken by civil society organisations and businesses.

We provide a comprehensive range of Grant and Challenge Fund management services which supports both social & business-oriented enterprise challenge funds. This includes fund design, calls for proposals, appraisal and selection of candidates, performance and risk management, financial management, procurement, capacity strengthening, monitoring and evaluation and learning. Having worked on funding schemes financed by a range of agencies across sectors including governance, poverty reduction, health, and private sector development, we recognise the importance of carefully tailoring the design of Challenge Funds to meet donors’ development objectives and the significance of designing calls for proposals to manage the volume and quality of applications. We believe in establishing open and supportive relationships with the recipients of funding and creating a productive balance between compliance, risk management and constructive support for successful project delivery. Our clients include donors and development agencies such as FCDO, USAID, IFAD, Sida, DANIDA, DFAT and AGRA as well as foundations such as MasterCard and Standard Chartered.