Global Poverty Action Fund

The Global Poverty Action Fund (GPAF) is a demand-led fund supporting projects focused on poverty reduction and pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals through tangible changes to poor people’s lives including through: service delivery, empowerment and accountability and work on conflict, security and justice. Projects will be selected on the basis of demonstrable impact on poverty, clarity of outputs and outcomes, and value for money.

GPAF News

The 4th Innovation round opens for applications on Monday 14 May 2012. The deadline for receipt of concept notes is 23:59 on Monday 25 June 2012. Please note that the documents on the right have been updated for this new round.

We anticipate that the 3rd Impact round will launch in July 2012. A further announcement with specific dates and updated forms and guidance will issue shortly.

The 3rd Innovation round has now closed and proposals are being assessed. We expect to make an announcement on provisional grant awards in July 2012.

Provisional grants have been awarded for the 2nd Innovation round, and provisional grantees are going through the due diligence process.
Six grants were awarded in the 1st Innovation round.
Proposals for the 2nd Impact round are currently being assessed. An announcement on provisional grant awards will be made in May 2012.
Most grants for the 1st Impact round have been issued, and the remainder are currently being finalised.

Criteria

There are 2 funding windows, the Innovation Window and the Impact Window. The summary criteria for the 2 windows are set out below. For full details see Innovation Guidelines and Impact Guidelines

Global POVERTY action FUND
	Innovation Window	Impact Window
Proposed Value (estimated)	10% of GPAF (grants worth £4m agreed annually)	90% of GPAF (grants worth £36m agreed annually)
Purpose	To encourage innovative approaches to poverty reduction	Poverty reduction linked to MDGs. Projects focused on off-track MDGs prioritised.
Risk appetite	Medium – High risk: to encourage potentially higher rewards from ground-breaking work	Low – Medium risk: lower risk for work at greater scale to deliver real benefits for poor people.
Geography (countries where projects can be set up)	Countries on the "Innovation Project Countries" list (see Related Documents section)	Countries on the “Impact Organisation and Project Countries” list (see Related Documents section)
Grant size	Up to £250,000. Max 2 grants per CSO	Min. £250,000 - max £4 million. Annual value of grant less than 40% of CSO’s annual income. Max 3 grants per CSO
Duration	Up to 3 years	Up to 3 years
Matched funding	Not required	At least 25%. Proposals deemed to be technically strong would stand an increased chance of being successful if they demonstrate a level of match funding above the minimum 25%.
Eligibility	‘Small’ UK-based not for profit organisations, with an average income of less than £500,000 p.a. for the past 3 years.	‘Medium’ sized UK-based not for profit organisations (but no fixed upper or lower limit). Organisations receiving PPAs excluded. Locally registered CSOs in countries on the “Organisation” section of the “Impact Organisation and Project Countries” list (see Related Documents section)
Funding rounds	Two per year	One per year

Responsible DFID department

Civil Society Department, Policy and Research Division.

Enquiries about the GPAF

Management of the Fund has been contracted out to Triple Line Consulting in a joint venture with Crown Agents:–

Triple Line Consulting Ltd.
3 Princeton Court
55 Felsham Road
Putney
London SW15 1AZ

Telephone: 0208 788 4680 E-mail: GPAFenquiries@tripleline.com

Any questions about the Fund should be addressed to Triple Line.

For further details of the UK Government’s priorities around aid, see the Secretary of State’s speech to Oxfam on 3rd June 2010, and “The future of UK aid” published in March 2011.

Last updated: 11 May 2012

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