Ripple Effect

Registered charity 299717 · since 1988rippleeffect.org·Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£665k

Annual giving, year to 30 June 2025

From filed accounts

£12,500 to £130k

Grant range

From the annual report's grant list

£47,306

Typical grant (median)

10 published grants

Key takeaways

Ripple Effect's work with smallholder farmers in rural East Africa fits best with applicants working on sustainable agriculture, gender and social inclusion, enterprise development or climate resilience, and its priority countries are Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia.
The annual report puts its typical grants between £12,500 and £130,000, with a median of about £34,500, so a request in that range is realistic, though the report lists only 10 grants to organisations and the largest was about £150,000.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to contact the charity through the contact it shows and ask whether a proposal would suit it.
It says it seeks to work with partners where appropriate to extend the reach and impact of its work, so a partnership-based case is likely to suit it better than a generic appeal.
Organisations working outside the priority countries or outside these themes should ask before investing time in a proposal.

Overview

Ripple Effect is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 299717).

Ripple Effect is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It works alongside smallholder farmers across rural East Africa so they can grow more food, earn sustainable incomes and build secure futures. Its work started in Uganda and combines three areas of expertise: sustainable agriculture, gender and social inclusion, and enterprise development, with climate resilience running across them. In the latest reported year it ran 26 projects across its country programmes, reached a further 1,103,417 people, and had annual giving of £665,281.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Ripple Effect works alongside smallholder farmers across rural East Africa so they can grow more food, earn sustainable incomes and build secure futures. Its work combines sustainable agriculture, gender and social inclusion, and enterprise development. It trains families in agroecological practices, promotes equal access to training, land, decision-making and economic opportunity for women, young people and people living with disabilities, and helps food-secure families engage with local markets, community savings groups and financial services. Climate resilience and natural-resource management run across this work. The charity describes its approach as practical, long-term and people-centred, using peer learning, local staff and cooperation with local leaders and government. Its reported grants go to a mix of agricultural, research, development and farmer organisations.

Themes

Sustainable agriculture
Gender and social inclusion
Enterprise development
Climate resilience

Geographic Focus

Priority: Burundi; Ethiopia; Kenya; Rwanda; Uganda; Zambia.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

It seeks to work with partners where appropriate to further the reach and impact of its work.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Burundi
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
Uganda
Zambia

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Ripple Effect.

Farm AfricaNo public processGave £4.5M CHASE AfricaNo public processGave £620k Links InternationalNo public processGave £1.4M Pharo FoundationNo public processGave £144k AfrinspireRollingGave £450k CressNo public process The Egmont TrustRollingGave £1.5M Advantage AfricaNo public processGave £240k

Grants

10 published grants analysed · median £47,306

How much do they typically give?

Share of 10 grants in year to 30 June 2025 by size

£10k–£25k30%

£25k–£50k20%

£50k–£100k20%

£100k–£250k30%

Median £47,306 (year to 30 June 2025)

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

AgriNet Uganda Limited
£152,023year to 30 June 2025
Ankole Private sector Promotion Centre
£129,777year to 30 June 2025
Adroit Consult
£122,009year to 30 June 2025
International Livestock Research Institute
£82,117year to 30 June 2025
Zambia Rainbow Development Foundation
£59,991year to 30 June 2025
Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust
£34,620year to 30 June 2025
Women Empowerment Action
£33,591year to 30 June 2025
Yielder
£19,850year to 30 June 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 30 June 2021	£6,651,420	£6,818,150	£342,178	Accounts for year to 30 June 2021
year to 30 June 2022	£7,521,023	£7,904,536	£172,207	Accounts for year to 30 June 2022
year to 30 June 2023	£9,919,027	£8,799,401	£321,872	Accounts for year to 30 June 2023
year to 30 June 2024	£9,002,328	£8,628,365	£569,162	Accounts for year to 30 June 2024
year to 30 June 2025	£12,647,395	£12,339,162	£665,281	Accounts for year to 30 June 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£342k grants

YE 2022

£172k grants

YE 2023

£322k grants

YE 2024

£569k grants

YE 2025

£665k grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 30 June 2021; year to 30 June 2022; year to 30 June 2023; year to 30 June 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 30 June 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.