Funding in Practice: Insights from Southeast Asia on Funding, Flexibility, and Impact
This report uncovers how different funding practices are experienced across the region—from the continued prevalance of restricted funding to the growing importance of trust, flexibility, and long-term partnerships. It also reflects an important nuance: flexible funding does not mean abandoning accountability. In many cases, it can create the conditions for stronger relationships, greater transparency, and more sustainable impact.
Whether you're a funder, social impact organisation, advisor, or ecosystem partner, it offers useful insights and opens space for conversations about how funding can better support the work that matters most.
Supporting Resources
Access the survey questionnaire and literature review that informed this research:
- Funding in Practice - Literature Review
- For Social Purpose Organisations (SPOs) - Funding Practices Questionnaire
- For Funders - Funding Practices Questionnaire