Finance • Grants • Organisational systems
Stronger finance.
Trusted grant systems.
Accountable delivery.
T2 Impact helps NGOs, international development organisations and other mission-driven institutions strengthen financial controls, donor compliance, management reporting and operational systems—then supports implementation so improvements hold in practice.
Selected founder experiencePractical expertise shaped by NGOs, INGOs and donor-funded programmes.
About T2 Impact
A specialist advisory and implementation firm for finance, grants and organisational systems.
We help mission-driven organisations strengthen financial control, donor accountability, management visibility and operational reliability. Our work combines senior advisory judgement with practical implementation: policies, tools, workflows, training and review routines teams can sustain.
Africa-rooted expertise with internationally relevant standards of accountability and professional practice.
Available for in-person and remote assignments in Kenya, across Africa and internationally.
Sound professional judgement
Advice grounded in evidence, ethics and organisational context.
Implementation ownership
Systems designed with the people responsible for using and sustaining them.
Proportionate control
Safeguards matched to risk, capacity and operational reality.
Responsible technology
Privacy, human oversight and client control built into every digital solution.
Our core services
Three connected ways to strengthen your institution.
Advisory
Finance, Grants & Institutional Systems Advisory
Strengthen controls, donor compliance and reporting systems so management and Boards have clearer visibility over resources, risks and delivery.
- Budgeting, forecasting and cash flow
- Donor compliance and reporting
- Audit and review readiness
- Finance, HR and procurement policies
- Partner and sub-grantee management
Systems
Digital Systems & Decision Support
Turn approved processes into practical dashboards, workflows and decision-support tools with proportionate automation, privacy safeguards and human oversight.
- Digital needs assessments and workflow redesign
- Grant dashboards and executive visibility tools
- AI assistants for grants, finance, compliance and service delivery
- No-code and customised workflows
- Data organisation, automation and knowledge bases
- Responsible AI governance, privacy and human oversight
- Implementation, testing and adoption
Capability
Training & Capacity Strengthening
Build the ability of finance, programme, management and partner teams to apply donor rules, interpret budgets and maintain reliable records.
- Grant management and donor compliance
- Finance for non-finance managers
- Budgeting, forecasting and cost allocation
- Internal controls, fraud risk and audit preparedness
- Partner financial management
- Excel, dashboards and digital productivity
- Responsible AI for organisations
Consulting assignments we undertake
Defined technical assignments with practical outputs.
Examples of assignments T2 Impact is equipped to undertake. Final scope, methods, timeline and deliverables are agreed against each organisation's terms of reference and operating context.
Financial Management & Systems Strengthening
- Client challenge
- Fragmented processes, weak reporting routines or a finance function that has not kept pace with organisational growth.
- What we do
- Independent systems assessments, finance-function reviews and process improvement support.
- Typical deliverables
- Assessment report · process maps · prioritised improvement roadmap
Grants Management & Donor Compliance
- Client challenge
- Restricted funds, reporting deadlines and donor requirements are difficult to track consistently across the portfolio.
- What we do
- Grant-management reviews, compliance assessments, close-out support and corrective-action planning.
- Typical deliverables
- Compliance matrix · grant tracker · close-out plan · action register
Audit Readiness, Controls & Risk
- Client challenge
- Recurring findings, incomplete evidence or control gaps create pressure before audits and donor reviews.
- What we do
- Pre-audit reviews, internal-control assessments, documentation testing and management-letter follow-up.
- Typical deliverables
- Readiness report · evidence index · risk register · corrective-action plan
Partner Due Diligence & Capacity
- Client challenge
- Implementing-partner systems and accountability vary, increasing financial, compliance and delivery risk.
- What we do
- Financial due diligence, partner capacity assessments, improvement plans, training and follow-up monitoring.
- Typical deliverables
- Assessment report · risk rating · capacity plan · monitoring tool
Policies, Manuals & SOPs
- Client challenge
- Policies are outdated, incomplete or disconnected from day-to-day roles and approval workflows.
- What we do
- Finance, grants and procurement frameworks translated into clear procedures, controls and responsibilities.
- Typical deliverables
- Policy manual · SOPs · delegation matrix · templates · rollout plan
Budgeting, Forecasting & Management Reporting
- Client challenge
- Leaders lack timely visibility of budgets, cash requirements, portfolio performance and emerging variances.
- What we do
- Budget design, cash-flow forecasting, scenario analysis, cost allocation and management-reporting improvement.
- Typical deliverables
- Budget model · cash-flow forecast · scenario model · management pack
Dashboards & Grant Portfolio Systems
- Client challenge
- Information is dispersed across spreadsheets, limiting oversight of grants, deadlines, advances and risk.
- What we do
- Grant portfolio dashboards, advance trackers, reporting workflows and proportionate automation.
- Typical deliverables
- Dashboard · workflow specification · tracker suite · user guidance
Financial Training & Capacity Strengthening
- Client challenge
- Finance, programme, management or partner teams need practical capability to apply requirements consistently.
- What we do
- Role-specific training, practical tools, coaching and post-training implementation support.
- Typical deliverables
- Training materials · practical tools · action plan · follow-up review
What we deliver
Outputs that support decisions—and implementation.
Each assignment is structured around agreed deliverables, clear ownership and a practical route from recommendation to sustained use.
Assessments & decisions
Financial systems assessments, internal-control reviews, partner due-diligence reports, risk registers and prioritised corrective-action plans.
Frameworks & working tools
Finance manuals, grant-management frameworks, SOPs, delegation matrices, compliance checklists, budget models and portfolio dashboards.
Implementation & capability
Implementation roadmaps, management-review routines, training materials, capacity-development plans, coaching and follow-up monitoring tools.
When organisations call us
Recognisable pressure points. Practical starting points.
- Audit findings keep recurring despite corrective-action plans.
- Donor reports are delayed, inconsistent or difficult to reconcile.
- Leadership lacks timely visibility of burn rates, cash flow and obligations.
- Partner advances remain unliquidated and accountability varies.
- Policies exist, but teams do not apply them consistently.
- New dashboards or systems have been introduced without clear ownership.
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Selected engagement: Grant & Finance Health Check. Intended outcome: A prioritised improvement plan.
Recommended engagement
2–4 weeksGrant & Finance Health Check
For organisations that need an independent view of control gaps, reporting pressure points and the most urgent improvements.
Core deliverables
- Finance and grant-control diagnostic
- Risk heat map
- Prioritised action plan
- Leadership debrief
Engagement pathway
- 1Assess
- 2Validate
- 3Prioritise
Who we serve
Specialist support for donor-funded and mission-driven organisations.
NGOs, INGOs, foundations and development partners are our primary focus, with selected support for other purpose-led institutions.
NGOs & INGOs
Finance, grants, compliance, operational systems and capacity strengthening.
Foundations & grantmakers
Grantee due diligence, partner capacity plans and portfolio-level oversight.
Donor-funded & humanitarian programmes
Grant controls, compliance, reporting, close-out and audit readiness.
CSOs, networks & alliances
Institutional systems, governance, finance procedures and shared capability.
Implementing partners & social enterprises
Financial capacity, donor readiness, policies and scalable management tools.
Development partners & international organisations
Available for eligible consultancy and technical-assistance assignments under agreed procurement requirements.
Why choose T2
Finance-to-operations integration
We translate donor and financial requirements into programme, procurement, HR and leadership routines—not a finance-only fix.
Responsible, proportionate technology
We start with the real process and risk, then select the simplest suitable tool with privacy safeguards, human oversight and client ownership.
Implementation beyond reports
Every assignment leaves behind usable controls, trackers, dashboards, templates, staff capability and review routines.
Selected founder experience
Relevant experience behind the advisory offer.
These anonymised snapshots describe work undertaken by the founder in previous professional roles. They are not presented as T2 corporate client engagements.
Multi-donor grant portfolio oversight
- Scope
- Approximately 10 grants with a combined value above US$2 million.
- Contribution
- Budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow planning, donor reporting, compliance monitoring and management visibility.
Audit coordination and corrective follow-through
- Scope
- Approximately 16 audits coordinated since 2019.
- Contribution
- Audit schedules, reconciliations, evidence readiness, issue follow-up and control improvement support.
Partner financial systems strengthening
- Scope
- Financial and organisational capacity support to more than 12 partners.
- Contribution
- Financial procedures, practical controls, governance tools, staff capacity building and follow-up support.
How we work
From diagnosis to durable ownership.
Every engagement is grounded in your context, designed with your people and focused on results that last.
- 01
Diagnose
Understand the problem, existing processes, risks, users and outcomes.
- 02
Design
Develop a proportionate solution spanning people, process, governance and technology.
- 03
Implement
Support configuration, documentation, training, testing and rollout.
- 04
Embed
Build ownership through clear responsibilities, guidance and management routines.
- 05
Improve
Review evidence and feedback, then refine the solution where necessary.
Consultancy delivery models
Clear ways to commission the right level of support.
Assignments can be delivered in person, remotely or through a blended approach, subject to the agreed terms of reference.
Short-term consultancy
A defined TOR, methodology, timeline and set of technical deliverables.
Organisational assessment
An independent review followed by findings, recommendations and an implementation roadmap.
Implementation support
Hands-on support to translate approved recommendations into procedures, tools and routines.
Retained advisory
Ongoing senior review and technical support without adding a full-time specialist role.
Training & capacity strengthening
Targeted learning combined with practical tools, coaching and follow-up support.
Remote technical assistance
Structured remote assignments for organisations across Africa and internationally.
Founder & Lead Consultant
Martha Makena Karemu
CPAMSc Development Finance
Martha is a finance and operations strategist with more than a decade of experience across the non-profit, international development and donor-funded sectors.
Her consulting expertise spans financial leadership, grants and donor compliance, budgeting and forecasting, audit coordination, internal controls, partner financial monitoring, policy development, staff capacity strengthening and practical digital management tools.
She has held finance and operational leadership responsibilities within international and local organisations, including Peace Brigades International – Kenya Project and PACIDA.
Multi-donor portfolio leadershipAudit and compliance readinessFinance, HR and procurement frameworksPartner-system strengthening
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Have a consultancy requirement?
If your organisation needs support in financial management, grants, donor compliance, audit readiness, controls, partner capacity or organisational systems, T2 Impact welcomes the opportunity to review the requirement and confirm fit.
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