The Romanian-American Foundation only funds those non-governmental organizations that share common objectives and meet the eligibility criteria.
RAF uses two types of financial instruments:
Grants allow partner organizations to implement projects that serve both our partner’s and RAF’s mission and objectives. We identify creative partners with a sound program management experience and a strong track record, able to propose feasible ideas.
Based on the identified needs and opportunities, we award grants for pilot projects (aimed at testing a specific type of intervention), consolidation grants (continued funding for projects that demonstrated success in the pilot phase), capacity building grants (to help consolidate the organizations we work with), seed grants (initial capital for jumpstarting an organization) and communication grants that align with our common values.
For more information regarding our grants, please see the HOW WE WORK section.
PRIs are financial instruments drawing their roots from the business sector, and are relatively new to philanthropy. RAF developed the PRI mechanism in order complement the existing grant mechanisms used by the organization to achieve its programmatic results. RAF also uses PRIs to expand its impact. The capital used in PRI is repaid, meaning that the invested funds are recycled into new charitable endeavors.
Some of our partner organizations’ initiatives may benefit from a PRI if they are in line with RAF’s strategy and mission and if the candidate organization proves that it is capable of reimbursing the capital.
This product is typically used to cover programmatic expenses in cost-reimbursable EU grants.
When using this financial instrument, organizations that are PRI recipients adapt their daily operations (such as cash flow management) and consolidate their financial management capacity.
Borrowers are selected on an invitation only basis. When selecting prospective clients for PRIs, RAF will target organizations that:
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