Faith Plus Family Planning Grant

Background

Faith Plus Family Planning supports faith-based organizations in low- and middle-income countries to engage in policy and budget advocacy for family planning.

Across low- and middle-income countries, faith-based organizations are key health care providers. The World Health Organization estimates that these groups deliver 40% of primary health care services — including reproductive, maternal and newborn care — in sub-Saharan Africa alone. Religious leaders and institutions have established trust in their communities and bring a new perspective to policy discussions. The Faith Plus Family Planning initiative is a flexible source of funding and technical support for faith-based organizations to engage in family planning and reproductive health advocacy and government accountability efforts that are aligned with country-level commitments and civil society allies.

With support from Faith Plus Family Planning, faith-based organizations and their advocacy partners mobilized $880,000 in family planning budget allocations from state, county and district governments in sub-Saharan Africa between 2015 and 2019.

Eligibility

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• Organizations that wish to apply to the fund must meet the following criteria:
• Registered as a non-governmental or non-profit organization in the country where proposed advocacy will take place
• Clear institutional commitment to engage in advocacy for family planning
• Current or past advocacy efforts relevant to family planning policy, funding or service delivery a plus
• Active membership in local, national and regional networks working in family planning, reproductive and maternal health
• Audited by an accredited external entity for last two consecutive years
• Dedicated bank account in organization’s name to receive funds