When making a grant we seek to address an immediate and urgent need by helping to positively change the future and support systemic change. We look to partner with organizations that share our focus on helping women and children living in ultrapoverty by driving impactful change through scalable, innovative and sustainable programs and projects. We are flexible on the duration of our grants with our primary emphasis always being on supporting projects or programs that can deliver outsized impact with the greatest chances of success.

Our grant process is comprised of an initial 3-5 pageshort overview of the charity and the proposed project or need that seeks to be addressed. This will be reviewed our Executive committee and Board of Directors and a joint decision will be made if we should move forward to developing a more detailed project proposal. If we decide to move forward, our Executive team is prepared to work with the charity to further refine and expand the grant proposal in order to minimize the amount of time and strain on resources for the Charity. A detailed proposal is typically 10 pages and should include not only a program or project proposal but also a detailed overview of how the project will be monitored, what the key risks are, what resources are needed as well as how costs will be managed to insure cost effective success of the project.

The detailed project proposal will then be reviewed by our Board of Directors and a final decision will be taken. We will then work jointly to sign a Grant Agreement and start funding of the project. Our goal is to work quickly and efficiently so that we minimize the amount of time spent on paperwork and maximize the time and focus on the project.

We rely on data and quarterly updates to make sure that the programs and projects that we support are on course to achieve their goals. While we closely look at performance indicators associated with the project we also understand that there are times when near term events or challenges require adjustments to be made and we work closely with our partners to be as supportive and nimble as is required to achieve the maximum impact.

At the conclusion of each project there is a final report that should quantify in as many ways as possible the impact that the project achieved. Beyond just measuring the impact though through data and statistics, we also look to understand from all of our partners how and what we learned from the project can be used to drive further positive change.

Our funding is flexible both in size and structure. We are can fund projects ourselves but also to enter into a funding partnership with other reputable organizations.