Small Grants Program

The LGP Small Grants Program aims to complement the efforts of LGP and W-GDP’s NGO partners by enabling other stakeholders to partner in activities that contribute to achieving the project outcomes. Small grants will enable external partners to conduct linked activities in conservation, gender equity, and livelihood activities. Cardno and implementing partners also provide mentoring through the grants program to community-based organizations, women’s associations, entrepreneurs, and organizations to strengthen their capacity to handle grants and establish new capabilities.

A small grants review committee, led by Cardno’s director of finance and operations and its grants manager, will develop guidelines for timelines and sizes of grants, criteria for applicants, and protocols for grant program operation and oversight. LGP envisions multiple grant solicitation cycles—one that begins in February 2021 for both programs and later rounds that will benefit from lessons learned in the first. The request for applications will be open to any entity proposing activities in the Program focus areas or other nationally focused entities that have a focus on thematic areas, such as biodiversity conservation, women’s economic empowerment, governance, or livelihood development.