With 32 years of experience making and managing thousands of high impact sub-awards to local civil society organizations, with funding from Grand Challenges Canada; the Packard Foundation; Open Societies Foundation; and USAID/Nigeria, the dRPC emerged as Nigeria’s leading intermediary non-profit. Over the years, the local non-profits supported by the dRPC worked mainly in areas of:- girls’ education; universal, primary and women’s health; good governance, humanitarian response and security; and livelihoods and economic empowerment. Local non-profits funded by the dRPC are resilient; flexible; accountable; and stewards of donor funds with high levels of Fiduciary responsibility.

All local NGOs awarded sub-grants by the dRPC are required to participate in the dRPC’s CSO capacity building training program on the following modules: 1)    financial and project management; 2)    inclusive development and community engagement; 3)    policy and legislative advocacy and communication; and 4)    monitoring, evaluation and impact story telling

 

In making sub-awards from donor impact investments the dRPC is committed to ensuring that its sub-granting processes are transparent, accountable, and fully compliant with donor  regulations. The dRPC’s guiding sub-awarding policy serves as a framework for the effective issuance and management of sub-awards, aligning with both donor requirements and global best practices. The purpose the dRPC’s sub-awards policy establishes clear and consistent procedures for awarding, managing, and closing subgrants. The policy aims to:

• Ensure Compliance: Adhere strictly to the funders’ rules and regulations, minimizing financial and programmatic risks.
• Promote Fairness: Guarantee that all sub-awards opportunities are made through an open, competitive, and merit-based process.
• Strengthen Partnerships: Build strong relationships with sub-awards by fostering trust, transparency, and mutual accountability.
• Achieve Programmatic Goals: Ensure that subgrants directly contribute to the successful implementation of dRPC’s and funders’ program objectives.

The 7-key principles guiding dRPC’s sub-awarding processes are: transparency; accountability; competitiveness; risk-based management; capacity building; localization; and cost effectiveness.

Key Principles of dRPC’s Sub granting Process

1. Supporting on-going NGO program Goals, Projects and Activities:

dRPC’s uses sub-awards as a strategic tool to implement funders’ programs by engaging eligible organizations that have the technical expertise and community reach needed to achieve specific project objectives.

2. Ensuring Financial Accountability:

Financial integrity is at the core of dRPC’s sub granting policy. The Finance team of the dRPC  ensures that all sub-awards recipients maintain sound accounting systems in line with donors’ procedures and systems

3. Promoting Transparency:

The dRPC ensures all sub-awards are processed through open and competitive mechanisms while also open to donors’ sole-source recommendations.

4. Building Capacity of Sub-awards:

Recognizing that strong partners are critical for effective program implementation, the dRPC provides, a.Pre-award training assessment; b. Ongoing technical assistance in 4 core areas such as  financial management, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E); and c.Post-award support to ensure compliance with public authority regulations and to foster continuous improvement.

With over thirty years of sub-award management, the dRPC has the skills, systems, talent and competences to position local NGO sub-grantees to deliver on approved goals and objectives in a risk averse and high impact manner.   

Learn more about the dRPC’s impact in sub-award management and CSO Capacity Strengthening    ( link to the dRPC’s 30 years of Impact)