• Girls in school
    Article

    Funding successful social outcomes, not just funding programmes

    Educate Girls shares its experience of being the first NGO to operate a Development Impact Bond, a new form of development financing.

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  • Diving board
    Article

    NGOs are taking over commercial contracts

    No longer the preserve of the private sector, international NGOs are taking on the dark side of the development sphere. Is your organisation ready to take the plunge?

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  • Golden coins and globe
    Article

    From rhetoric to reality

    How do we move beyond intentions when it comes to funding local CSOs directly?

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Funding

To help NGOs adapt to increasing funding pressures and complexities, we offer resources and support on securing sustainable funding, including guide to open grant funding and our reguarly updated upcoming funding opportunities page.  

You can also find out more about value for money, payment by results, EC funding and cost recovery.

News and views

What does DFID’s new approach to cost transparency mean for the sector?

By ensuring CSOs will no longer be trapped in a starvation cycle, DFID will be supporting the existence of a more diverse range and size of CSOs, each with their own areas of expertise and community reach.
19 October 2017
Girls in school

Funding successful social outcomes, not just funding programmes

Educate Girls shares its experience of being the first NGO to operate a Development Impact Bond, a new form of development financing.
28 July 2017

Why worry about Brexit? The funding risks of inertia for UK CSOs

UK CSOs need mitigation strategies to survive a possible shortfall in EU annual funding as high as €356.9 million, shows Bond's new research.
19 July 2017