For international donors and INGOs
At MatchLocal, we empower local leadership to build sustainable and resilient communities in crisis contexts. Guided by equity, independence, and impact, we foster partnerships that prioritise local innovation and self reliance.
Join us in transforming how humanitarian aid, peace, and development are designed and delivered.
How MatchLocal can support you
At MatchLocal, we drive sustainable impact through equitable partnerships with local organisations in crisis contexts.
Connecting you with local organisations
We connect you with credible local organisations that match your thematic and geographic focus. Through structured partner profiles, light risk scans, and strength-based assessments, we provide the information you need to make informed funding decisions. We also facilitate curated introductions for consortia and challenge calls.
Supporting your local partners
We support your local partners with tailored trainings and mentoring in strategy, governance, compliance, fundraising, communications, and monitoring. We help them strengthen their digital and AI readiness for everyday tasks such as proposal design, data analysis, and reporting. In addition, we provide practical toolkits and templates that teams can apply immediately.
We build bridges between local organisations and their partners by facilitating equitable partnership set-ups, clarifying roles, responsibilities, and budget logic, and ensuring expectations are aligned on both sides. Through mediation and peer learning formats, we help collaborations stay transparent and effective. We also provide access to networks and platforms that make sure local leaders are visible in the right rooms.
Building bridges
Research and advocacy
Our research and advocacy work brings local perspectives directly into donor and policy spaces. We prepare rapid policy briefs on pooled funds, risk sharing, and compliance proportionality, conduct mapping studies that highlight under-recognised local capacities, and deliver donor briefings that connect field realities with strategic portfolio choices.
Why partner with us
Working directly with local organisations reduces overhead and increases relevance. MatchLocal helps you invest with confidence.
Better outcomes, lower transaction costs
We translate localisation commitments into practical steps that funders can adopt today.
From intent to implementation
Our work is grounded in the realities of local actors in Sub Saharan Africa, with recent collaborations in Uganda, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Cameroon.
Evidence and lived experience
Contact us to be part of our initiative to prioritise local leadership and sustainable solutions in crisis contexts!