Grantmaking

Fewer logos. More transfers.

A foundation that writes grants with a date and an amount — not a partnership announcement.

Read the window See the work

What we do

Grants

Restricted when we must, flexible when we can.

Learning

One visit, not a framework.

Reporting

What changed, in numbers you already keep.

A date and an amount

Not a partnership announcement. IRSA Foundation writes grants.

Short declines

So you can go ask someone else this season.

Reporting you already keep

What changed, in numbers from your own books.

Who this is for

Organisations mid-work

Who need a transfer, not a logo hug.

Officers

Who will read a short page.

Peers

Who understand a no.

How a typical job runs

  1. 1. Read the window

    If it is closed, it is closed.

  2. 2. Short application

    Work already in motion.

  3. 3. Officer

    A named person, sometimes a visit — not a framework.

  4. 4. Transfer

    Restricted when we must, flexible when we can.

About IRSA Foundation

We fund work already in motion. Applications are short. Declines are also short.

A foundation that writes grants with a date and an amount — not a partnership announcement. Fewer logos. More transfers.

We do not take cold decks. If you are pitching a new brand of poverty, pass.

Last year’s accounts and the named owner of the work beat a theory of change.

Fixedwindows
Namedofficers
Nocold decks

What happens after you write

Read, then write [email protected] in the open window. IRSA Foundation will not preview a special exception in a DM.

Questions people actually ask

Can I have a coffee first?
Read the window. Coffee is not a stealth pitch slot.
Overheads?
We say the rule each window.
Multi-year?
When the work needs it and we said so.
Publicity?
A line if you want. Not a gala.
If we are late?
Write. Silence is worse.

Get in touch

Write [email protected] with the situation, a date if you have one, and the best way to reply. We read the box and answer in order.

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