This presentation (edited) was made at the Guyana National Youth Council workshop on Saturday 17 January, 2015 at the National Library in Georgetown. The workshop was "Effective Fund Raising, Grant Writing and Financial Management for NGOs "

1. Orientation to Accessing Grants in Guyana
Effective Fund Raising, Grant Writing and
Financial Management for NGOs Workshop
Guyana National Youth Council
Saturday 17 January, 2015
Presenter : Vidyaratha Kissoon
Email : Vidyak1@gmail.com

2. Personal context
 Written successful
grant proposals
 Written
unsuccessful grant
proposals
 Managed grants
 Evaluated grant
proposals &
implementations

3. Words in this
presentation

Grant
− Money given from a donor to an organisation,
groups of individuals or individual persons.
− Usually based on a formal proposal and an
agreement on how the money will be spent.
− No repayment necessary, reimbursement might
be required if agreement not honoured
− In Guyana, usually in the context of
'development aid

Donor – Any agency or organisation which
offers grants.

4. Questions to be
answered

Who gives grants in Guyana?

How do we meet criteria for grants?

Your questions..

5. Who gives grants ?

Bi-lateral development agencies
− USAID, AusAID, EU*, CIDA, Hivos, DFID, JICA,
etc

Multi-lateral development agencies
− UN organisations , IADB, Global Fund for
TB/HIV/AIDS
− Based on programmes agreed between
agencies and Government

Government
− Eg Clean Up Guyana, etc

6. How do we meet the
criteria?

Preparing our organisations
− Registration

Burial & Friendly Society, Trust Deed, Non-profit
Company
− Governance and accountability

Annual Reports, Audit Reports, Minutes of meetings,
etc
− Implementation of activities related to your
mission
− Visibility – all media including social media,
advocacy

7. How do we meet the
criteria?

Checking donor criteria
− Is it our area of interest? Ca we make their area
of interest our area of interest without losing
focus of our mission?
− Is the grant in our geographic area? How will we
reach the intended population? Is it outside of
our constituency?
− Do we have the experience they require?
− Do we have the capacity to spend the money in
the time allocated?
− How much money/contributions do we have to

8. Next steps..

Checking process
− Online registration with the donor
− Concept Note/Preliminary application
− Deadlines
THANK YOU, Any questions?
− vidyak1@gmail.com