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CRAFT

Capacity Readiness & Fiduciary Assurance Toolkit

The CRAFT Framework: Building Fiduciary Trust for Direct G2G, DFI and Donor Partnerships.

CRAFT · ICARF v4.0

Universal Institutional Failures

The blindspots CRAFT was built to expose.

Abstracted from fiduciary assessments across the globe, the same structural gaps recur regardless of geography or mandate.

The Spreadsheet Trap

Legacy accounting systems unable to generate automated donor-specific trial balances.

The Sub-National Blindspot

Centralized logistics systems with critically low facility-level reporting.

The Paper Compliance Illusion

Institutions with perfect policy manuals but zero system-enforced implementation.

The Anonymity Gap

Whistleblowing mechanisms requiring staff names, deterring fraud reporting.

One framework, three institutional realities

Built for every institution in the trust chain.

A universal fiduciary core applies to all institutions. CRAFT then adapts the questions, evidence and Data Room to your organizational archetype - so you are measured against the standard that actually governs your funding.

Public Sector

For G2G funding & public accountability

Ministries, agencies, regulators & sub-national entities

MinistryAgencyNational Public Health Institute (NPHI)Regulatory AuthoritySub-National Entity

Civil Society

For grant eligibility & donor trust

NGOs, foundations, cooperatives & member bodies

NGOCooperativeFoundationFaith-BasedResearch Institute

Private Sector

For investment & contract readiness

SMEs, startups & corporates seeking capital or contracts

FintechHealthtechAgritechManufacturingTech / SaaS

A four-layer lifecycle, from intent to execution.

01

Assessment

Diagnose institutional readiness across 5 tiers and 20 domains using a 0–5 maturity scale backed by a 7-point evidence matrix.

02

Accreditation

Compute a Level A–E rating. The Paper Compliance Penalty Engine caps the level when implementation evidence is weak.

03

Strengthening

Convert every gap into a costed, owned, and time-bound action within a 24-month Capacity Improvement Plan.

04

Monitoring

Track validated execution over time, re-scoring as evidence matures and donor frameworks evolve.

Pan-African excellence, institutional gravity.

CRAFT carries the DiBadili Institute's commitment to integrity, sovereignty, and continuous development, engineered for the institutions shaping Africa's transformation.

Excellence in Institutional QualityPan-African PerspectiveIntegrity & Principled LeadershipAfro-Continuous Development Mindset

End-to-End Encrypted

Vault-grade handling of every record.

Multi-Tenant Isolation

Scoped strictly by organization_id.

Secure File Handling

Scanned & sanitized bulk imports.

Execution-First Scoring

Paper compliance never inflates a score.

Explore Before You Register

See CRAFT with live sample data.

Open a fully populated, read-only demo in a new tab, with every screen pre-loaded with illustrative institutions. The demo is completely isolated and never touches a real workspace.

Ready to choose to become it?

Register your institution and run your first readiness assessment in minutes.