Invest in feminist infrastructure for Africa.
RFLD is a pan-African feminist intermediary combining legislative advocacy, community organising, re-granting, and open-data tools. Your partnership capitalises the architecture that 670 member organisations rely on every day.
Your gift is direct, compliant, and fully tax-deductible.
RFLD holds a current NGOsource Equivalency Determination — a US 501(c)(3) Public Charity Equivalent certification. US foundations, Donor-Advised Funds, and individual donors may grant to RFLD directly, without expenditure responsibility and without fiscal sponsorship. Workplace giving platforms (Benevity, Bright Funds) and employer matching are eligible.
Not a project. Infrastructure.
Most donors can fund a programme. Few can capitalise a system. RFLD combines four integrated functions most organisations keep separate — and that integration is why your investment compounds.
Policy Infrastructure
Continental public tools — the Maputo Protocol Hub, ACDEG Hub, AU Mechanisms, West Africa Legislative Platform, and Francophone Human Rights University.
Grassroots Re-granting
The WAFF Fund and Africa Grant Portfolio move resources to 670 member organisations across francophone West Africa — with audited compliance.
Open-Data Tools
The DƆNÙESÈ Data Center — producing real-time, gender-disaggregated compliance data across the continent, bilingual and open.
Direct Programmes
PAWELE, BRAVE, Climate Justice, Health in Francophone Africa, Ending FGM — six flagship programmes delivering on the ground.
"Each pillar reinforces the others. Data informs the hubs. Hubs inform programmes. Programmes generate the evidence that feeds the data. That's the flywheel — and it's why long-term institutional partners stay."
Four pathways.
One shared agenda.
Data & Policy Infrastructure
Sustains the DƆNÙESÈ Data Center and one of the continental policy hubs — Maputo Protocol, ACDEG, or AU Mechanisms.
- Operational costs: data infrastructure, analysts, francophone translators
- Expansion of one hub into five additional AU member states
- Quarterly open-data releases and policy briefs
- Co-branding on all publications and dashboards
WAFF Fund & Re-Granting
Expands the WAFF Fund from its 2025 baseline (€250K to 10 organisations) to a multi-year, multi-partner re-granting vehicle.
- Multi-year core grants to 30–50 francophone feminist organisations
- Rapid-response fund for Women Human Rights Defenders
- Compliance and financial management training for grantees
- Annual learning convening — Dakar or Cotonou
Strategic Plan Partnership
Capitalises full execution of RFLD's 2023–2028 Strategic Plan across all six fields of intervention.
- Full cross-pillar funding: infrastructure + re-granting + programmes + data
- Deepening of the Dakar and Accra regional offices
- Multi-year institutional stability — no project-by-project reapplication
- Annual strategic review with the Executive Team
Other configurations welcome.
Thematic grants · pooled funds · matching · in-kind technical support · board-designated gifts.
Every gift sustains the machinery.
Supports one WHRD safety briefing or digital security tool.
Funds one month of data collection for the DƆNÙESÈ platform.
Covers one micro-grant from the WAFF Fund to a grassroots collective.
Individual gifts of any amount are welcome — one-time or monthly.
US donors: fully tax-deductible under NGOsource 501(c)(3) ED.
Transparency
by default.
Institutional partners receive a full due diligence package on request — no prerequisites, no NDAs, no friction.
In 2025, RFLD managed $1,768,026 across 35+ countries, with 85% of funds directed to field activities. Audited financials are available to institutional partners and prospective partners alike.
Standard due diligence package
- Audited Financial Statements (2021, 2022, 2023)
- 2025 Annual Report (published, publicly available)
- NGOsource ED Certificate (501(c)(3) equivalency)
- Certificate of Registration (Ghana · Benin · Senegal · The Gambia)
- Governance Policies (ethics, safeguarding, anti-fraud, conflicts of interest)
- Strategic Plan 2023–2028
- Executive briefing call with Director or Finance Lead
Let's build something together.
All partnership inquiries are reviewed personally by our leadership team. No intake forms, no bots.
Gloria Sekonou
Strategic partnerships · institutional gifts over $1M · multi-year commitments
agueh.dossi@rflgd.orgJohn Gbenagnon
Flexible partnerships · thematic grants · new donor relationships
gbenagnon.john@rflgd.orgMajor Gogo Ashifie
Audited financials · compliance · NGOsource certificate · governance
finance@rflgd.orgContinental footprint: Porto-Novo · Accra (Africa Office) · Dakar (Francophone Hub) · Banjul (AU Liaison Hub)
