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The Impact Funds

The Impact Funds

Training without money changes very little. Our three funds put capital behind changemakers at different stages, and every payment is tied to something we can check.

Applications open

₦1,000,000grant per NGOTerms and conditions apply.

Impact Fund I

Milestone-based funding for verified African changemakers.

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The three funds

  • Applications open · ₦1,000,000 grant per NGO

    Impact Fund I

    For changemakers who complete the accelerator and meet the funding standard, providing milestone-based capital to start or grow their core work. Paid in May and July.

    Apply on LegitGood → (opens in a new tab)

  • Impact Fund II

    For verified Luminary alumni ready to expand their work. Open each year to organisations with proven milestone delivery on LegitGood.

  • Impact Fund III

    For the wider field. We publish themes and invite open bids in October, usually funded by a partner.

How the money moves

No fund pays in one lump. Each grant is split into stages, and the next stage is released only when the last one has been accounted for.

Every payment runs through LegitGood. The proposal, the milestones, the receipts and the results all sit against the same record, and that record is public.

If a project stalls, the money stops. That protects the changemaker as much as it protects the funder, because nobody is left holding a commitment they cannot meet.

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Put money behind a fund, or fund your own cohort

Companies and foundations can put money behind a fund directly, or run a full managed programme through Give for Good and fund their own cohort.

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