Gauteng DSD rolls out Grantor system to streamline NPO funding
The department is replacing paperwork with a digital system and hosting workshops across Gauteng to help NPOs transition.
The Gauteng Department of Social Development (GDSD) is embracing technology to improve and enhance service delivery. To do this, the GDSD is going digital with a new electronic funding management system for NPOs named Grantor.
The Grantor system will process funding applications, submissions for business plans and the subsequent issuance of the service level agreements, ending paperwork in the GDSD’s NPO funding processes.
Social Development MEC Faith Mazibuko will host mandatory workshops and system awareness sessions across all five provincial corridors to help NPOs master this powerful new tool.
The launch for Ekurhuleni is on August 6. The venues and times for all sessions will soon be updated. The department will tour all five corridors until Friday to introduce and expose NPOs to the new system.
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“We are investing in technology to improve the processing of applications and payments, something that has been a challenge for the department. With this new online system, we will work quickly and more efficiently.
“We encourage NPOs to attend our mandatory workshops to learn more about the Grantor system. This is your chance to level up your funding application game and embrace a smarter, smoother way of working,” Mazibuko said.
The first workshop was on August 4 in Sebokeng.
The remaining sessions are scheduled as follows:
• August 5: Johannesburg (Central Corridor);
• August 6: Ekurhuleni (Eastern Corridor);
• August 7: West Rand (Western Corridor);
• August 8: Tshwane (Northern Corridor).
Venues and starting times will be confirmed. NPOs must take their laptops to the workshops.
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