Deadline: 06-Jun-2025
The Small Project and Support Fund (SPSF) is a project funded by Bread for the World (BfdW) to support small local initiatives that are made up of committed and dedicated people who may belong to any of these structures: self-help groups, community-based organisations (CBO’s), faith-based organisations (FBO’s) or smaller non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) or small local networks and their members working within their vicinity and context to improve the lives of the marginalised.
The BfdW partner organisation AIDS Foundation of South Africa (AFSA) is the administrative partner of the SPSF and manages the programme autonomously based on criteria that have been mutually agreed with BfdW. Funding to successful applicants will be channelled through AFSA.
The SPSF aims to empower communities to act and participate in their own development through actions that are designed, implemented, and owned by the communities themselves. It targets grass-root initiatives that are known in their communities; at least 65% of the funded initiatives must be female-led at Board or Operational level so as to address gender inequalities and drive female empowerment.
Objectives
- To strengthen sub-recipients to deliver sustainable services to the most vulnerable, especially women and children within their communities.
- To build the capacity of the sub-recipients located within the most vulnerable and resource limited settings and provide them with accompaniment through mentoring and technical assistance to sustain their projects, help them develop skills to network with other actors in the field, and forge new sustainable partnerships.
- To support vulnerable communities with resources to access restoration of human rights violations through ad-hoc activities.
Thematic Focus Areas of Implementation
- Economic development and empowerment;
- Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) advocacy and support;
- Improving Gender Equality (in the workplace and educational institutions).
- Improving access to women’s sexual and mental health
Funding Information
- The applications could qualify for a maximum grant amount of 225.000 ZAR.
Component
- This call is for component 1 of the SPSF Programme:
- Component 1: This component will support a maximum of 10 small projects in KwaZulu-Natal, North West, and Eastern Cape within an 18-month period (August 2025 to January 2027).
- If approved, the selected organizations will engage in a six-month hybrid capacity strengthening before initiating any implementation of activities. The grant contract will include specific terms regarding compliance and the achievement of milestones that must be met before the first disbursement.
Eligibility Criteria
- Locally registered in line with the NPO Act 71 of 1997 requirements, and operational within the stated Provinces and Districts.
- Registered in line with the CIPC Act 71 of 2008 requirements.
- Annual organisational budget which is not more than R1.5 million;
- Have been operational for a minimum of two years; (This will be confirmed through the entity’s dates of registration, and submission of activity reports for the period, provision of CIPC compliance requirements if registered as an NPC: Annual returns, Annual Financial Statement/ Financial Reports, and Income Tax returns).
- Must have received and handled donor funding of more than R70 000.00 per annum in the past;
- Have prepared narrative and financial reports to a donor for the period that you have been funded for, which must be attached to this application as supporting documents.
- Demonstrate basic organisational and financial systems being in place (organisational policies including organogram)
For more information, visit AFSA.