Foundation for Civil Society

FCS is an independent Tanzanian Not-For-Profit Development Organization that provides grants and capacity building services to Tanzania based Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), both in the Mainland and in Zanzibar. FCS is currently one of the biggest and main sources of funding for Tanzanian CSOs. The number of CSOs engaged and the total value of our resources invested in strengthening them make us one of the biggest non-profit grants making institutions in sub-Saharan Africa. FCS works to enhance CSOs engagement in national poverty reduction programs, increase 'development aid' harmonization, and streamline DP's support to CSOs. FCS is thus an intermediary support mechanism for CSOs in Tanzania and seeks to enable the latter's effective engagement in poverty reduction initiatives in ways that are complementary to government efforts. Since its inception, FCS has contributed immensely to the capacity strengthening of the civil society sector in Tanzania, thereby (in) directly supporting over 5,500 CSOs to enable citizens to become key driving forces for positively influencing democratic governance in Tanzania and better quality of life for all. We have reached over 30 million Tanzanians for the past one and a half decades making us the only grant issuing organization with an extensive reach in the grassroots.