The Global Poverty Action Fund (GPAF) is a demand-led fund supporting projects focused on poverty reduction and pursuit of the MDGs through tangible changes to poor people’s lives including through: service delivery, empowerment and accountability and work on conflict, security and justice. Projects will be selected on the basis of demonstrable impact on poverty, clarity of outputs and outcomes, and value for money.
Criteria
There are 2 funding windows, the Innovation Window and the Impact Window. The criteria for the 2 windows are:-
| Global POVERTY action FUND |
|---|
| Innovation Window | Impact Window | |||
| Proposed Value (estimated) | 10% of GPAF (grants worth £4m agreed annually) | 90% of GPAF (grants worth £36m agreed annually) | ||
| Purpose | To encourage innovative approaches to poverty reduction | Poverty reduction linked to MDGs. Projects focused on off-track MDGs prioritised. | ||
| Risk appetite | Medium – High risk: to encourage potentially higher rewards from ground-breaking work | Low – Medium risk: lower risk for work at greater scale to deliver real benefits for poor people. | ||
| Geography (countries where projects can be set up) | Countries on the "Innovation Project Countries" list (see Innovation Window Documents section) | Countries on the “Impact Organisation and Project Countries” list (see Impact Window Documents section) | ||
| Grant size | Up to £250,000. Max 2 grants per CSO | Min. £250,000 - max £4 million. Annual value of grant less than 40% of CSO’s annual income. Max 3 grants per CSO | ||
| Duration | Up to 3 years | Up to 3 years | ||
| Matched funding | Not required | At least 25%. Proposals deemed to be technically strong would stand an increased chance of being successful if they demonstrate a level of match funding above the minimum 25%. | ||
| Eligibility | ‘Small’ UK-based not for profit organisations, with an average income of less than £500,000 p.a. for the past 3 years. | ‘Medium’ sized UK-based not for profit organisations (but no fixed upper or lower limit). Organisations receiving PPAs excluded. Locally registered CSOs in countries on the “Organisation” section of the “Impact Organisation and Project Countries” list (see Related Documents section) | ||
| Funding rounds | Two per year | One per year | ||
Deadlines
The second funding round for the Impact Window opens on Monday 1 August. This will be a 2-stage process, Concept Note and Full Proposal. Organisations are encouraged to read the guidelines for the fund (under Imact Window Documents section) and, if eligible, apply using the attached Application Form. The deadline for applications is 19 September 2011.
The next funding round for the Innovation Window is due to open in October 2011.
Funding awards
Following the first Innovation round, funding awards were made to the following projects:
- Improved livelihoods of women farmers in Northern Uganda through market-led development – Trust for Africa’s Orphans
- Supporting Primary Education for Pastoralist Girls in Tanzania – African Initiatives
- Developing an innovative three phase emergency ambulance network in Mbale region, Uganda – PONT (Partnership Overseas Networking Trust)
- Creating an alternative to the institutionalisation of vulnerable and disabled young children under 6 years old in Tajikistan – HealthProm
- Supporting sustainable livelihoods in India through women bee-keepers and honey production activities - India Development Group (U.K.) Ltd.
- Enhancing Education in Rural Communities in Togo – Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA):UK
Provisional grant awards for the first Impact round will be announced by the autumn.
Responsible DFID department
Civil Society Department, Policy and Research Division.
Enquiries about the GPAF
Management of the Fund has being contracted out to:–
Triple Line Consulting Ltd.
3 Princeton Court
55 Felsham Road
Putney
London SW15 1AZ
Telephone: 0208 788 4680 E-mail: GPAFenquiries@tripleline.com
Any questions about the Fund should be addressed to Triple Line.
For further details of the UK Government’s priorities around aid, see the Secretary of State’s speech to Oxfam on 3rd June 2010, and “The future of UK aid” published in March 2011.
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