Our funding

We focus on approaches that indicate very good (early) impact evidence. We work with organisations that are intrinsically driven to base their work on sound theoretic frameworks and have a strong evidence-focus from the very beginning. We have very high expectations when it comes to this criterium. We only fund organisations that continuously monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of their work and have a strong motivation from day one to include ways to test and understand the impact of their work.

We fund solutions in the fields of education and/or access to independent information.

Low-income countries, with a specific focus on Africa. In specific circumstances we also fund organisations in lower to middle income countries. We base this on the World Bank's definition of LIC: a GNI per capita of $1,135 or less in 2022.

We are looking for grantee partners who are actively working with others in order to create the most effective and long-lasting solutions.

We are interested in grantee partners that are open to new approaches, curious and who will showcase concrete solutions.

Our funding goes beyond direct services and aims to create lasting change. By supporting long-term strategies we want to overcome structural barriers to injustice for good.

We only fund organisations where at least 50% of the founders and leadership are people from low-income or lower to middle countries. In addition, our target is to have at least 50% female-led organisations within our portfolio.

The organisations we fund work directly with local communities in the design and implementation of their strategies. Interventions must also be based on true local needs (and opportunities).

We only fund approaches that are in line with protecting the environment.

We think a lot about our impact as a grantmaker and what our grants add to what would have happened anyway. We consider this in relation to our opportunities as a rather small but flexible organisation. Our additionality is strongest when funding young organisations that have difficulties securing funding from other sources. We hope our grants can be catalytic for our grantee partners as well as the development of new solutions. So laying the groundwork for future systems changers.