Call for Proposals: Sukuthula Unmute & Act Program 2023 (South Africa)

Deadline: 14-Jul-23

The DG Murray Trust (DGMT) is inviting applicants for the Sukuthula Unmute & Act Program that prevents and responds to gender-based violence (GBV) and generate learnings around a trust-based process of grant making.

The DG Murray Trust (DGMT), Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project, and The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation have partnered for three years (2023-2026) with the aim of demonstrating that a coordinated funding approach focused on community-based organizations is needed to respond to gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa.

Purpose

• The partners have framed the purpose of the partnership as being:
  • To bring a more coordinated funding effort to the community-level organizations working on gender-based violence (GBV), determinants of GBV, and the space at the intersection of GBV and HIV in South Africa.
  • To deploy much-needed funding to community-based organizations (CBOs) that do not typically have access to funding.
  • To explore a model of trust-based grant-making through multi-year, flexible funding with streamlined processes and systems, and more decision-making power in the hands of the grantee partners and communities most affected by GBV.
  • To expand the networks in the GBV space and strengthen the capacity of CBOs and communities of practice.

What do they want to achieve?

• To support CBOs to deliver community-based prevention, response, and advocacy programs to reduce GBV in marginalized communities in four districts: Buffalo City and OR Tambo in the Eastern Cape, and Seshego and Thohoyandou in Limpopo.

Eligibility Criteria

• General Criteria
  • Community-informed and community-embedded GBV prevention, response, or advocacy programme
  • Track record of delivering community-based programme(s)
  • Must demonstrate innovative and catalytic thinking and approaches
  • Organisational income must be less than R500 000 per annum
  • Beneficiaries 80% women
  • Must be inclusive of LGBTQIA+ community
  • Multi-sectoral partnerships and collaborations are encouraged
  • Priority will be given to woman, LGBTQIA+, and youth-led organisations
• Applicants requesting over R100,000
  • The organisation must be a registered PBO or NPC or Trust or in the process of registering. NPO designation is not required but is a bonus.
  • Are required to submit 1-year audited financial statements as well as their latest management accounts (income statement and balance sheet) for 1 year.
  • Can be a partnership or consortium of individuals or organizations.
• Applicants requesting under R100,000
  • Are not required to be registered, but are required to submit a constitution, three months of bank statements and an organisational budget.
  • Can be a partnership or consortium of individuals or organizations.

Ineligibility Criteria

• The following organizations and individuals will not be considered:
  • Applicants/Organisations that:
    • are associated with political parties.
    • seek to carry out religious programmes or activities with inherently religious content. Organisations can have a religious affiliation, but cannot carry out religious programmes and content.
    • have an organisational income above R500,000 per annum.

For more information, visit DG Murray Trust (DGMT).