Deadline: 30 January 2018
The Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF) has launched a call for proposals for its “The Local Fundraising Capacity Building Facility (Pamoja4Change Facility)” which is a competitive grant scheme for capacity building of Kenyan community based organizations and other qualified civil society organizations for successful local fundraising and resources mobilization.
The P4C Grants Matching Facility aims to promote local philanthropy for self-reliance and long-term sustainability among Kenyan communities and to strengthen their capacity and confidence in taking charge of their development agenda. Proposed projects MUST therefore contribute to strengthening local initiatives or programs that enhance the wellbeing of their community members particularly children, women, youth and people with special needs.
Thematic Areas
- KCDF is therefore seeking to partner with local organizations to implement projects that are aligned with the following thematic areas:
- Improving access to basic social services for the wider community: Innovative projects that seek to improve the well-being of local communities (especially children) through increased services delivery e.g. clean and safe water, health and health information, etc.
- Services for children in public Early Childhood Development Programmes and in primary schools: These shall include infrastructural development, feeding programme and sanitation improvement support.
- Women and girl child empowerment projects: Projects which seek to improve participation of young women and girls in, leadership, employment, income generation for impact on family livelihoods.
- Environmental conservation and climate change mitigation: Projects that are geared toward environmental conservation as well as enhancing the adaptive capacity of communities to climate change.
- Information Communication and Technology: Projects aimed at establishing or maintaining functional community resource centers and adaptation of IT for development initiatives at the community level to enhance productivity and efficiency.
- Projects targeting the marginalized persons and persons with disability in the community: Projects aimed at mainstreaming issues of the disabled in the provision of social services.
- Security: Projects that are targeted at improving the security situation for community members, through the initiatives of the local community.
- Through this fund it is anticipated that KCDF shall facilitate the strengthening and building of credible institutions involved in facilitating the sustainable development of Kenyan communities.
Funding Information
- Project Duration: Projects must be completed within a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 18 months after signing of the grant agreement for support with KCDF. The above durations excludes a fundraising window (the pre-project implementation phase or period for local fundraising) of between 1 and 6 months.
- Total Grant Sizes: The average size of grants will be between Kshs 500,000 and Kshs 2,000,000 on a 1:1 grant matching model to the most innovative proposals chosen by the KCDF Board.
- However, this decision will be based on demonstrated ability to locally raise 50% of the total project cost, potential impact, scope and the capacity of the applying local organization.
- KCDF Contributions: KCDF contributions will be 50% of the above grant amounts i.e. shall range from a minimum of Kshs 250,000 to a maximum of Kshs 1,000,000 (exclusive your equal contribution).
Eligibility Criteria
KCDF is seeking to partner with organizations that:
- Are legally and locally registered with relevant authorities and demonstrate mature and good governance and accountable leadership.
- Demonstrate a good understanding of the local context and need.
- Demonstrate that the proposed idea is in line with government policy.
- Show that local people have been consulted and will be involved in the work.
- Have a balanced approach, addressing not only immediate needs but also people’s rights to services.
- Demonstrate they are not working in isolation but are collaborating with other organisations and engaging with relevant government departments.
- Help to build the skills, confidence and capacity of local people and or organisations.
- Offer some useful lessons for future interventions, and show how the applicant will gather information and learn from it.
- Have the capacity to carry out very simple and effective local fundraising initiatives for their budget contribution (50% of the total budget). This is a significant requirement for all projects approved.
- Must be grassroots organizations with some history/experience in the implementation of projects particularly those benefiting children.
How to Apply
Proposals must be submitted at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Kenya
For more information, please visit KCDF Call for Proposals.