How we check your Eligibility
Who can apply for a grant?: We welcome applications from groups and organisations working in every
part of Uganda. We particularly want to encourage applications from local established organisations.
Eligibility: It is our policy to only make grants to organisations which are established as a Civil Society Organisation for not-for-profit purposes (see below). Even if the project for which you have applied for a grant is not-for-profit, you will not be eligible to receive a grant unless the purposes of your organisation, given in your constitution or set of rules, are not-for-profit.
Civil Society Organisations are organisations which we have defined as :
- 'Citizens outside Gov’t guided by their legitimate interest and common aspirations to influence change for abetter management of public goods'
Cheking for eligibility: We use your registration certificate and your constitution to check whether your organisation or group is legally eligible to receive a grant. Your constitution describes the purposes of your organisation and how it is managed.
Ineligible organisations outside our general funding policies.
All applicants will have to be registered as a local or national ‘NGO’ or CBO’’ with the appropriate national or local Government offices in order to receive grant funds from us.
Applicant organisations must not have characteristics which are contrary to charity and for the public good, such as the possibility of self interest or making a personal profit, and they must not have purposes which are party political.
If you are concerned about your eligibility, please contact the IDF office to ask for further information or for more advice.
Your organisation must also meet the following conditions.
- You must have adopted a constitution or a set of rules, setting out your organisation’s aims and how you will work.
- You must send us a copy of your current constitution.
- Your management committee must have at least three members.
- You must have a bank or building society account in the name of your organisation which needs at least two signatures on each cheque or withdrawal.
- You must be able to provide a copy of your most recent approved accounts, signed and dated by your Chairman/woman, secretary or treasurer and where appropriate by your auditor or accountant.| More