IT303/2002
PBO Reg No: 930 001 544
NPO Reg. No.: 030-883-NPO
ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE
‘MONEY FOLLOWS GOOD THINGS’
Our Vision
Self-reliant, confident and vibrant organizations are able to envision and catalyse positive change in themselves and their communities
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MISSION
To support community-led initiatives in the Eastern Cape by building relationships, enhancing capacity and facilitating access to funds.
Development Goal
Communities in the Eastern Cape increasingly influence their own development and make use of local assets.
Objective One:
Communities are benefitting from improved and expanded services from their communityled organizations.
Objective Two:
Community grant makers and other stakeholders participating in Ikhala Trust-led research and advocacy processes have adopted a strengths-based approach to community grant making and development.
Objective Three:
Ikhala Trust is effectively governed and managed.
OUR STRATEGY
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
The principle behind the work of Ikhala Trust is to sow where people have already laid a foundation. A grant will not be given unless social cohesion and mobilization are demonstrated by the community. Put another way, our grants (small) reinforce and build on communities existing assets (physical, social, financial, natural, human). In short it builds on people’s assets. This approach diverges from mainstream development paradigms, that are deficit oriented and needs based that often undermines and appreciates what communities have already done for themselves and by and large treats vulnerable communities as passive recipients in need of HELP and FIXING.
LEGAL STATUS
Ikhala Trust is registered as an independent Trust: IT303/2002 and NPO No 030-883.
VAT REG: 477 022 2638: PBO Reg: 930 001 544
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TRUSTEES (SECTOR REPRESENTATION)
Ms Sarah Hugow
Ms Chris Engelbrecht
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Provincial Co-ordinator, National Lotteries
Board: Eastern Cape
Community Development Manager, Dept of
Social Development –Grahamstown
Research and Capacity Development Director,
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Dr Blanche Pretorius
Mr Andy de lare Mare
Ms Ncumisa Nongogo
Ms Nicolette Louis
Mr Vernon Naidoo
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Manager: Corporate Social Investment
Absa Bank: Port Elizabeth
Practising Attorney: East London
Financial Manager: Corporate
Community Development Manager: VW Trust
BACKGROUND AND HISTORY
The concept of a Delegated Micro-Fund for the Eastern Cape Province was initiated at a workshop held in Cape Town in May 1999. This workshop was organised by Misereor, a
German based development funding agency for its key secular and Catholic Church partners in South Africa. One of the main purposes of this workshop was to seek better cooperation and delegated responsibility between Misereor as the funding agency and the partners they were funding in South Africa.
Ikhala Trust was officially registered in April 2002 and to date have granted funds of +-
R4,5 million to 142 organisations operating in the all parts of the Eastern Cape. These organizations that are predominantly located in the former Ciskei and Transkei are by and large off the radar of most donor agencies and would more than likely never receive any funds and support. We will celebrate 10 years of dedicated community driven development in the Eastern Cape and beyond.
Ikhala Trust is unique it in its approach to grant-funding and capacity building support programmes in that all interventions that are implemented is based on the experiences we have at a grassroots level and programmes tailor-made to suite their challenges. 95% of the community based organizations we support do not have offices and use their households or communal village spaces from where they operate.
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Staff and Support Component
 2 full time – Director, Grantee Administrator
 Part-time – General Assistant
 3 External Associates – works for Ikhala Trust on average 5 days per month
 Accounting Services: Outsourced
PROGRAMMES TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT APPROACH
 Capacity Building
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Organisational Development
Skills Training (on request from individual organizations)
Asset Based Community Development
Relationship Building
Research
Grant Making
Advocacy & Lobbying (integrated into our approach)
Research:
Completed a 2-year demonstration project together with the University of Cape Town’s:
Centre for Grant Making and Social Investment; Centre for Leadership and Public Values:
UCT Graduate School of Business.
The title of the demonstration was: “Toolkit for Measuring and Valuing community contributions to local development agencies: Counting what the poor bring to the grant making and community development table.
This exciting demonstration involved developing tools and instruments that could assist community organizations to calculate in-kind donations, time etc to arrive at a financial value of their own contributions that could be used to leverage financial resources from other institutions including the State.
We work closely with Coady International Institute through their Asset Based Community
Development Department and have held very successful seminars, workshops and international visits. The Jansenville Development Forum, an Ikhala Trust grantee’s case study has been written into a collection of 13 international stories in a book called from
Clients to Citizens. Ikhala Trust in collaboration with the Coady International Institute has completed an Action Research Programme and DVD Production capturing stories of
Community Driven Development in the Eastern and Western Cape. The completed research will shortly be available on the website.
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CRITERIA USED IN SUPPORT OF CBO’S
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Located in a disadvantaged area of the EC
Must be at least 1-2 years old
Run by an official committee appointed by the community
Received little or no funding from other sources
Operate with an annual budget not exceeding R200 000
Show how they have used their assets (natural, social, physical, financial and human assets) to develop and grow the project
FUNDS DISBURSED
Grants of R500.00 – R30 000 are made available to qualifying organizations
IN-KIND DONATIONS
Ikhala Trust collects second-hand clothes, furniture, shoes, stationary, bedding and food and distributes these items to organisations across the Eastern Cape who do not have access to these goods. Depending on availability every organization we visit when conducting field trips is given a black bag of goodies. We rely on the generosity of individuals, church organizations and companies for these donations.
DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES OF IKHALA TRUST (Defined by group in 2001)
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To work with grassroots organizations/organizations which would fall through the gap
To make small grants to small organizations
To act as a catalyst for other initiatives
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To work in a non-sectarian manner
To hold a shared vision with organizations with whom we work
Work from an appreciative approach
To have equity based partnerships with a recognition of mutual rights and
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To bring decision-making about funding down to lower levels (subsidiarity)
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
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Regular monthly report submission, on-site visits and ‘organisational assessments’
Regular telephonic and written advisory service.
On-site training in organization specific support i.e. Project Management,
Fundraising and Governance, Organisational Assessments and Administration etc.
Peer-to-peer learning and sharing
Nomawethu Wellness Organisation, Zwelitsha Best Grantee 2012
How we can work together with others
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Provide an effective mechanism for channeling resources to communities where the greatest need exists
Monitoring and capacity development interventions with partner CBOs, ensuring appropriate programmes are delivered to the intended beneficiaries to ensure that results are achieved and donor funds are properly managed
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Administration of funds for third parties
Consultation on good grant making practices, monitoring and mentoring tools and methodologies provided for CBOs
What small grants can do
Appropriate grant size is critical. Many promising organizations have been overwhelmed by the demands of donors who make large grants and insist on significant scale-up while undermining local leadership and community paced-development. Organisations need time to develop their structures and programmes based on internal values and decision-making.
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Small grants encourage action and innovation and investment in creative leaders.
Small grants act as a developmental tool – the mere application process is developmental in itself.
Small grants help to build local ownership
 Small grants also serve as an effective strategy for bridging what was often a disconnect between people and more mainstream types of development
About Ikhala Trust
The Board of Trustees has been specifically appointed for their areas of expertise and skills. This ensures that Ikhala Trust is able to operate with a lean structure and draws on the experiences and expertise of the Trustees for additional support. Between the staff of Ikhala Trust, its associates and assessors, it has collective experience spanning many decades of working with communities at a grassroots level and therefore has a deep understanding of the complexities of dealing with community organizations at this level.
The Trustees, Staff and Associates are passionate, dedicated and committed people who all subscribe to a strong social justice agenda.
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CONTACT DETAILS
Ms Bernie Dolley
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Website
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Director
041-5850970
041-5821425 ikhalatrust@telkomsa.net
Ikhala Trust, P O Box 210957
The Fig Tree, Port Elizabeth, 6033
South End Museum
Cnr Walmer Boulevard and Humewood Road
Humewood – Port Elizabeth
Eastern Cape Province www.ikhala.org.za
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