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Rand Merchant Bank Fund |
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 Arts, Culture and Heritage |
 Education |
 Environment |
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As one of South Africa’s leading investment banks, Rand Merchant Bank continually strives to be a good corporate citizen and to secure a sustainable future for all its stakeholders. The RMB Fund, a member of the FirstRand Foundation (FRF), is Rand Merchant Bank’s corporate social investment vehicle, contributing 1% of net profit after tax, towards selected projects within four focused development sectors. In the pursuit of doing good business and good work, the RMB Fund enjoys executive level representation and participation.
The RMB Fund’s programmes:
This programme aims to support the disciplines of music, dance, drama, visual art and heritage to enable transformation, equitable access and excellence. The biggest portion of the budget will be allocated towards organisations that promote increased access to arts, culture and heritage for under-served areas. In addition, budget will be allocated towards initiatives that promote sustainability within the sector, as well as excellence. The programme specifically aims to support best practice organisations in the sector, with a special focus on teacher and youth development.
Eligible partner organisations must demonstrate clear developmental outcomes in their activities.
Application and reporting deadlines
Applications for the Arts, Culture and Heritage Programme’s current three-year programme cycle (2012-2014) are closed. However, organisations working in the sectors aligned to the Programme are encouraged to contact us in order to start exploratory discussions.
All grants must be reported on in the format required by the reporting form below. Please check your grant letter for the deadline of your report.
The Environment Programme provides funding to high-quality partner organisations that are focused on the conservation of indicator species, biodiversity, and environmental education for school-going children and community members. The projects must correspond with the Department of Environment and Tourism’s strategic plan for the sector.In addition they must provide meaningful support to environmental and conservation initiatives to have a significant impact.
The specific focus areas of the Environment Programme are:
- Conservation of vulnerable indicator species;
- Protection of biodiversity;
- Environmental education, skills training and community outreach;
- Addressing climate change;
- Water sustainability;
- Domestic animals;
- Research; and
- Transformation of the sector so as to increase the numbers of previously disadvantaged persons at all levels in the environmental sector.
Application and reporting deadlines
Applications for the Environment Programme’s current three-year programme cycle (2012-2014) are closed. However, organisations working in the sectors aligned to the Programme are encouraged to contact us in order to start exploratory discussions.
All grants must be reported on in the format required by the reporting form below. Please check your grant letter for the deadline of your report.
This programme aims to build on learning from extensive engagement and research in the most effective ways to increase the number of school-leavers with high-level maths qualifications. The programme has grown out of a recognition that mathematics is critical for the country’s sustainable economic development, but South African learners are still underperforming compared to their international counterparts – especially in the “gateway subjects” of mathematics and physical science.
The programme specifically invests the following activities:
- Supporting centres of excellence in maths leadership and literacy;
- Upgrading teacher content and pedagogical knowledge and skills;
- Supporting independent schools’ outreach programmes, which often involve supplementary maths, science and language classes for underprivileged schools; and
- Supporting quality projects and research at universities.
Application and reporting deadlines
Deadlines for application to the Maths Leadership Programme are currently closed.
All grants must be reported on in the format required by the reporting form below. Please check your grant letter for the deadline of your report.
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