- Program Civil Society
- Program Area Enhancing Community Philanthropy
- Grant Amount $80,000
- Grant Period April 1, 2007–March 31, 2009
- Location Cape Town, South Africa
- Geographic Focus South Africa
About this grant
The Community Chest of the Western Cape is one of the oldest grantmaking organizations in the region involved with very poor and vulnerable groups. It makes small grants to community-based organizations working in the areas of community development and poverty alleviation. Mott provided support for its capacity-building and training program to ensure that community organizations have the necessary structures and systems in place to access funding from the grantee and other local, intermediary grantmaking bodies. This renewal grant will support the grantee to continue with its community-based capacity development and training, focusing in particular on rural and urban grassroots organizations that are engaged in critical development work, but are unable to access funding because they do not have the necessary management and organizational systems in place.