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The Indigo Trust

The Indigo Trust funds organisations using digital technologies to improve transparency and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa.

Overview

Total reviews: 2


What was the overall relationship with the funder?
100.0
0.0
How successfully do you think this funder is accomplishing its goals as a funder?
100.0
0.0
How would you rate this funder's accessibility?
100.0
0.0
How many hours did your grant application take?

Median 4 hours

Top descriptors for this funder
3 Understands nonprofits and issues
2 Positive leader in the field
2 Insightful
2 Friendly
1 Risk taker
1 Likes site visits

Latest Reviews

    Oct 17, 2019

    Funded for amount requested - applied in 2018

    Learning from them about their strategic ambition is the best starting point. They're very clear about that and seek projects that help achieve it. If there's a clear match, they're really supportive through a very open and conversational approach.

    Pros

    Positive leader in the field Culturally sensitive Insightful Understands nonprofits and issues

    Cons

    What is your relationship with the funder for this experience?

    Current or former grantee

    If you were funded tell us the outcome

    Funded for amount requested

    What year was this experience?

    2018

    How would you rate this funder's accessibility?

    Excellent

    How successfully do you think this funder is accomplishing its goals as a funder?

    Excellent

    Tell us one thing that this funder does really well

    Clarity of ambition and clarity about what does and does-not help them achieve it.

    How was your relationship overall with the funder?

    Excellent

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    Jul 23, 2019

    Funded for lesser amount - applied in 2019

    That the people are great and you can have an honest conversation about what you need at different levels and they will tell you what's right for them. That they are very busy so might need a prompt from time to time if you have a broader relationship but they don't mind being prompted and deal with things quickly when they are in process.

    Pros

    Positive leader in the field Risk taker Insightful Friendly Understands nonprofits and issues

    Cons

    What is your relationship with the funder for this experience?

    Current or former grantee

    If you were funded tell us the outcome

    Funded for lesser amount

    What year was this experience?

    2019

    How would you rate this funder's accessibility?

    Excellent

    How successfully do you think this funder is accomplishing its goals as a funder?

    Excellent

    If you had one piece of advice to give to this funder (about grantmaking or anything else), what would it be?

    Find a way to keep building the capacity to do the broader messaging and advocacy work that is so important alongside the grants.

    How was your relationship overall with the funder?

    Excellent

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    Jul 14, 2019

    Other - applied in 2019

    My own experience is to really know what your own ask is and how any grant will help your community. The bigger the gap in our service re easier I have found to demonstrate what we could do with more. This was a unusual process for us having been approached to make an application and it felt a lot less stressful and I felt able to really explain in details what we needed rather than fit into funders boxes.

    Pros

    Friendly Likes site visits Understands nonprofits and issues Openminded

    Cons

    What is your relationship with the funder for this experience?

    Current or former grantee

    If you were funded tell us the outcome

    Other

    What year was this experience?

    2019

    How would you rate this funder's accessibility?

    Excellent

    How successfully do you think this funder is accomplishing its goals as a funder?

    Excellent

    I understand a review of goals is ongoing. I felt the team took time to understand what our charities needs and goals were.

    Tell us one thing that this funder does really well

    The team really listened to the background information we gave them at the initial meeting.

    If you had one piece of advice to give to this funder (about grantmaking or anything else), what would it be?

    Keep listening in this way. It might be more time consuming for the team but it was good to have an in depth conversation in this way

    How was your relationship overall with the funder?

    Excellent

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