What are the sizes of Grants?

Civil Society Organisations can apply for grants of the cedi equivalent of up to £80,000 for two years.  The grant amount varies from year to year.  In the case of intermediary grants, an amount of the cedi equivalent of ₤30,000 of the total grant must be disbursed to CBOs over the two year period. Grants may be utilised over a maximum period of two years, though we would normally expect that small grants would be utilised within a year.

The level of funding awarded will depend on:

• The content, scope, and quality of the proposal
• The capacity of the Civil Society Organisation to contribute to the RAVI objectives
• The track record of the Civil Society Organisation (RAVI will not give large grants to organisations with no experience of managing grants of a similar size).
• Negotiation with the RAVI secretariat (which will focus on the clarity of the strategy proposed, the  linkage between strategy and proposed activities, and the reasonableness of the costs proposed in the budget)

An indication of how the scope of the proposal might relate to the size of the grant request is given in the downloadable document below.
Illustrative Relationship Between Funding Level & Scope of Proposal