Unlike the Innovation Window, the Impact Window funding under DFID’s Global Poverty Action Fund (GPAF) is available to support locally registered civil society organizations in countries where DFID has a country office in addition to supporting “medium” sized UK-based not for profit organizations.
DFID has allocated 90% of the GPAF’s £34 million for the Impact Window funding aimed at funding poverty reduction initiatives which are directly linked to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and those projects which are focused on off-track MDGs will be given priority. Impact grants should be lower risk projects for work at greater scale to deliver real benefits for men, women, boys and girls.
Organizations can submit up to three concept notes in each funding round under this funding window. There is one funding round per year for Impact Window. NGOs can propose projects in a range from £250,000 up to £4 million for the life of the project. However, the annual value of all GPAF grants that you hold must be less than 40% of your organizational annual income.
Projects can be proposed for a period of up to 36 months in duration. In fact, the funding also allows organizations to hold a maximum of three grants at any time. These can be a combination of individual and consortium projects.
UK-based NGOs or locally registered civil society organizations in countries where DFID has a country office or in any of the bottom 50 countries of the Human Development Index can apply for this funding opportunity. To find out the countries where DFID has an office, visit this link or you can also download this document which has the list of eligible countries for the entire Global Poverty Action Fund.
A match funding of at least 25% is required for submitting the proposal.
Organizations which are actively involved in proselytizing, encouraging activities that may lead to civil unrest, linked to any terrorist organizations and practice any type of discrimination based on gender, disability, race, colour, ethnicity, religion etc. cannot apply. Also, think thanks, academic institutions, research organizations, DFID’s PPA partners, governmental agencies and inter-governmental organizations.
The deadline to submit concept notes under this funding window is 14 December 2010. For more information, visit this link.
For an unofficial guide on how to apply and write the concept note for DFID’s Impact Funding under GPAF, click here.
