CAPABILITIES
Grant & Fund Management
Challenge Funds, Grant Funds, and Managed Funds are used increasingly by international development agencies and other partners to mitigate market risks while spurring innovation to fight poverty and environmental degradation.
We provide a comprehensive range of Grant and Challenge Fund management services that support both social & business-oriented enterprise Challenge Funds. This includes fund design, calls for proposals, appraisal and selection of candidates, performance and risk management, procurement, and capacity strengthening. Having worked on various funding schemes across sectors, we recognise the importance of carefully tailoring the design of Challenge Funds to meet donors’ development objectives. We believe in establishing open and supportive relationships with our partners and creating a productive balance between compliance, risk management, and constructive support. 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.
GRANT AND FUND MANAGEMENT
Thematic Focus
Fund Design
Appraisal & Selection
Performance & Risk
Management
Capacity Strengthening
Gender Mainstreaming &
Analysis
Financial Management
Procurement
Pathways to Impact
at Scale
Monitoring & Results
Measurement
Portfolio Programmes
Evaluation &
Learning
Meta-Evaluation
GRANT AND FUND MANAGEMENT
Key Projects
SIDA
Challenge Fund Guidelines
Sida is focused on using Challenge Funds to finance entrepreneurs and innovators who are willing to contribute to economic, environmental, and social sustainability.
USAID
Global Challenge Funds
A multi-year partnership platform that requires a minimum investment of $15 million for USAID and its partners, and which focuses global attention on development problems.
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB)
Futuremakers Programme
A global initiative launched as part SCB's Global Community Programmes strategy, it tackles inequality and seeks to promote greater economic inclusion.