The dRPC-NGO Support Initiative (NSI)
Call for Applications
Call for Applications
Thousands of local NGOs in Nigeria have had to cancel high-impact activities since January 2025 in response to recent funding cuts. Locally registered Nigerian NGOs that have had to suspend activities on gender equality, women’s economic empowerment, school safety for girls, women’s health, gender-based violence prevention, and social justice are invited to submit applications for a rapid response fund of up to N5 million.
Activities supported under the NSI-Grant must be implemented within 3 months and designed to include partnerships with communities and government at any level. To apply for the NSI-Grant, registered NGOs are invited to submit a 4-page Expression of Interest (EoI), in Times Roman Font 12, 1.5-line space, providing the information below:
Expression of Interest Guidelines
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Successful NGOs are required to participate in a 4-module virtual training programme on:- project management; evidence-informed advocacy; financial accountability and compliance; and social behavioural change communication. High-performing NGOs which excel in this grant, will be recommended to social impact investors for scale up and sustainability support.
Application Rounds |
Applications will be assessed based on their potential to impact positively on the lives of women and girls, particularly through policy change and/or the provision of infrastructure, strengthening of systems, and shifting of social norms and behaviours. Capacity for NGOs to scale up and becoming future leaders in the field will also be considered.
Submission portal |
Only applications submitted to this email address will be considered and assessed for grants. Interested NGOs with questions are invited to submit questions to: info@drpcngr.org For responses to questions, NGOs are invited to visit the dRPC’s website on the NSI-Grant page for updates and for answers to FAQs (www.drpcngr.org, click on NSI-Grant).
Social Impact Investors (SIIs) |
The NSI-Grant is an initiative of the development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC). The dRPC is Nigeria’s leading intermediary non-profit with 32 years of experience sub-granting and strengthening capacity for local CSOs working for gender equality; third sector resilience; and social justice & inclusion in development and humanitarian domains. The dRPC is implementing the NSI with the kind support of the Ford Foundation (Office of West Africa), Nigeria.
Disclaimer |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and Responses.
Q. Must NGOs be women-led to be considered for this dRPC grant?
Not necessarily, the EoI calls for full disclosure on the leadership and management of the NGO applying, but it is not mandatory that NGOs be women-led?
Q. The NGO I was head was only founded in 2020 after COVID, can we apply?
The minimum requirement for the NGOs registration and active programming for the NSI is 5 years.
Q. Je vois sur le site de la Fondation Ford que la Fondation finance également des programmes au Sénégal et au Ghana. La Fondation Ford n'est pas réservée au Nigeria. Mon ONG à Dakar, au Sénégal, peut-elle poser sa candidature ?
La subvention dRPC-NSI est conçue comme un projet pilote de réponse rapide avec un accent initial sur le Nigeria pour la phase commençant le 1er mai et se terminant le 31 novembre 2025. Le dRPC vise à soutenir les OSC au Sénégal et au Ghana dans la phase suivante.
Q. The dRPC seems to doing its programs in the North, is this NSI for NGOs in Southern Nigeria? I am in Oyo state?
NGOs from any LGA or state in Nigeria are eligible to apply
Q. Our faith group did not have a grant cancelled by USAID but we had a proposal which was just about to be submitted, then USAID left Nigeria, we will like to apply but our workplan is for 1 year not 3 months.
All grant awards must be completed in 3 months. Your application should attach evidence of an invitation to apply; call for proposal or evidence that the platform for submission no longer exist for consideration.
Q. Congratulations for this venture, please can you also expand project areas to women’s rights? We will like to apply we are based in Kuru.
Thank you.
Q. Our budget is for only three million five hundred thousand naira, can we apply?
Awards are for a maximum of N5,000,000.00, therefore the proposed budget of your organization will be considered once submitted.
Q. Can I apply as an individual?
This award is only open to registered NGOs; unfortunately not to individuals.
