Nongovernmental organizations, civil society organizations, and charities have long been important partners to the United Kingdom Department for International Development, as well as implementers of its programs. As a result, the market for DFID funds among these organizations — not to mention competition from the private sector, academia, and elsewhere — is fierce.
2017 was a strong year for NGOs, CSOs, and charities (henceforth simply “NGOs”), which received 1.175 billion British pounds ($1.62 billion) for their work on ongoing DFID programs, a 20 percent increase from the amount they received in 2016. They also beat out competition in the private sector, which received a total of 1.029 billion pounds in 2017.
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