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for support of culture change and racial equity This organizational effectiveness grant will support Guttmacher Institute to deepen its internal culture change and racial equity work during a period of organizational transformation under a diverse new leadership team and an evolving staffing structure. Specifically, the funding will allow Guttmacher to invest in racial equity and inclusive organization trainings and multi-level leadership development and coaching to ensure learning is embedded and sustained in its internal practices. Combined, these institutional strengthening efforts aim to bolster Guttmacher's critical leadership in national and global SRHR ecosystems.  
(Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
for general operating support As an African research institution, the International Centre for Research on Women Africa (ICRW Africa) generates indigenous knowledge and locally produced evidence to advance rights and opportunities for women and girls in the region. Over the next few years, ICRW Africa aims to strengthen its work areas, expand impactful partnerships with regional and global stakeholders, recruit and retain research and administrative talent, and improve its operations and systems.. (Strategies: Global Reproductive Equity and Women’s Economic Empowerment)
for an evaluation system to assess access to health services and maternal mortality in Mexico The Observatory of Maternal Mortality, an initiative supported by several interested parties, is aimed at improving policies related to maternal health and reducing maternal mortality in Mexico. With an eye on how Mexico is performing against Millennium Development Goals in this field, the Observatory will develop a system to evaluate all government programs and initiatives designed to reduce maternal and infant mortality.
for support of the Women Deliver 2023 Conference Women Deliver is organizing its sixth global conference in Kigali, Rwanda, from July 17-20, 2023. The Women Deliver 2023 Conference is a platform to foster solidarity for sustainable solutions on gender equality by championing the leadership of grassroots advocates, connecting advocates with decision makers, and sharing key advocacy strategies. This grant supports Women Deliver’s deep engagement with feminist movements and collectives in co-designing and planning the conference and regional gatherings and investments in language equity. Strategy: GEG cross-strategy investments in feminist movements and women’s rights organizations
for additional support of preparations to conduct student assessments in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda None
for general support of the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa program This renewal grant to the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa at Michigan State University ("the Partnership") will provide continued support for its efforts to reduce hunger and poverty in Africa through research, strategic partnerships, and focused communication and outreach activities to promote sustainable, Africa-led, agriculture-based economic activity in rural sub-Saharan Africa. The grant funding will be used in support of the Partnership’s planned program of work which will focus on: i. sustaining the U.S. government’s commitment to demand-driven agricultural investments in Africa; ii.  promoting policies, structures and systems that will encourage business investment in African agriculture; and iii. supporting capacity-building for African civil society organizations, tertiary institutions and the private sector.
for a project to foster feminist macroeconomic policies in Africa Akina Mama wa Afrika is a feminist pan-African leadership development organization working on core thematic issues including women’s political leadership, women’s economic justice and climate action, and sexual reproductive health and rights, with extensive experience in feminist leadership development, feminist research and knowledge building, and feminist advocacy and movement building. This grant will support Akina Mama wa Afrika to contribute to building a movement of feminist macroeconomic policy advocates to collectively create policy alternatives. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)
for a fundraising and partnership development strategy for AidData An Organizational Effectiveness grant to the College of William and Mary will support the development of a fundraising and partnerships strategy for AidData.  In the past 12 months, AidData has undergone tremendous growth, including developing a vision for expanding the program’s global reach, a four-fold increase of its budget, and a jump from 15 employees to a staff of 45.  Much of this growth has been fueled by a significant award from USAID’s Higher Education Solutions Network.  During this period of transition, AidData would benefit from capacity building support, in particular help with diversifying AidData’s fund portfolio to provide long-term financial stability.
for support of reproductive health fellowships Global Health Corps, a one-year fellowship program for young leaders in global health, seeks to be a launching pad for young people under thirty years of age to begin careers in global health in seven countries in East Africa, Southern Africa, and the United States. To meet demand from applicants and recognize the health needs of their focus countries, Global Health Corps has created partnerships with new host organizations that focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights. This grant would help Global Health Corps finance sixty-six new fellowship positions focusing on sexual and reproductive health and rights for its upcoming fellowship year.
for a project to update the book Managing Think Tanks This grant to the Results for Development Institute would support the updating and dissemination of the book Managing Think Tanks. A revision of the second edition published in 2006, this version will include more extensive and more geographically diverse information on think tank management practices, including data and examples from developing countries. The updated edition will also provide case studies of good management practices and comprehensive advice on these practices for think tanks and their funders. It will draw case studies from and be disseminated to the Think Tank Initiative grantees, among other audiences.
for Data on Demand competitive analysis IDinsight designs, deploys, and promotes evidence-generating tools designed to help organizations combat poverty worldwide. The organization’s guiding principle is to inform decision makers' priorities, thus maximizing rigor within decision makers' budgetary, time, and operational constraints. The grantee’s goals are to (a) increase the impact of its direct support to decision makers, including by deepening and lengthening relationships; (b) raise expectations and lower barriers so that evidence is used for policymaking and implementation, including by lowering data collection costs; and (c) further enhance the organization's ability to attract and retain top talent. This organizational effectiveness grant will support IDinsight develop one of its fastest-growing service lines, Data on Demand (DoD). DoD is an initiative that delivers high-quality, representative survey data to social sector leaders, and fosters use of these data to improve decision making and impact in the social sector.
for general operating support Namati is a global network of grassroots legal advocates working with local communities to understand, use, and shape the law in order to gain access to basic services and rights. Since its founding in 2012, Namati has built a global movement of community paralegals to advance justice in multiple sectors. Namati has trained and deployed over 400 community paralegals who have taken up over 40,000 justice issues with local communities and contributed to case wins that have directly improved the lives of at least 1.3 million people. Over the next two years, Namati will continue to pursue systemic change in six countries while growing the global Legal Empowerment Network advocacy influence. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for training lawyers and officials from Africa in trade law for trade negotiations None
for hiring product management staff to automate workflows Flowminder Foundation is a non-profit organization specialized in the use of big data for public policy and humanitarian purposes. This organizational effectiveness grant will support Flowminder’s goals of building data analytics products that are both standardized and more responsive to users’ needs. The grant will support Flowminder to define the vision for product management at Flowminder, and then manage the recruitment of a suitable candidate for the role of product manager. This OE grant complements the Foundation’s programmatic support to Flowminder which advances the Evidence-Informed Policymaking goal that governments use new and traditional forms of data to improve decision-making, policies and programs.
for support of the Collaboration for Inclusive Development Research The East Africa Social Science Translation Collaborative enables East African researchers to conduct impact evaluations of social and economic programs, generating evidence for public policymaking. Researchers receive fellowships and grants from the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California at Berkeley to carry out field studies, build capacity in African universities, and engage with governments. This supplemental grant will enable CEGA to work with African researchers and research institutions to encourage equitable partnerships between scholars across continents. Its aim is to change norms and practices across the field, not just in its own work. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for support of the Young Urban Women project This grant will support the third phase of ActionAid’s Young Urban Women: Life Choices and Livelihoods in Urban Areas project, which seeks to ensure that young women living in urban areas in Ghana, South Africa, and India gain freedom and control over their bodies, time, income, and labor. ActionAid will work with young women leaders to develop a priority advocacy agenda based on key findings from the first two phases of the project, such as the gendered impact of macroeconomic policies and gender-responsive public services. ActionAid will also develop a platform to develop feminist and youth-centered proposals on sustainable and inclusive urban development policies.
for support of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) strives to make development programs more effective by equipping policymakers with evidence from randomized evaluations. J-PAL does this by (a) increasing the quantity and quality of randomized evaluations; (b) promoting a culture of evaluation through training; and (c) encouraging policymakers to use research through outreach, promotion, and technical advising. With this grant, J-PAL will work to make randomized evaluations more robust and transparent, expand and improve its training programs, and deepen its partnerships with developing country governments.
for support of the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency The Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT) is a multi-stakeholder network working to improve fiscal transparency, engagement, and accountability in countries around the world. Over the past year, GIFT has engaged a core set of institutions that have the potential to set and implement more rigorous global standards for fiscal transparency. Key GIFT stakeholders include the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, as well as representatives of individual governments, civil society organizations, and foundations (including Hewlett). GIFT’s approach includes developing norms and standards, identifying incentives to ensure compliance with these standards, providing technical assistance to help governments meet the standards, and encouraging the use of technologies to facilitate more transparent and participatory budget decision making.
for support of a network of researchers providing rapid response policy analysis The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) supports 11 low- and middle-income country research centers to test evidence tools that have shown promise in health and may be applicable in other sectors. The centers respond to inquiries from policymakers within 30 days, helping clarify problems and causes, options to address them, and implementation considerations. They also experiment with new ways of gathering citizen feedback and feeding it into policy discussions. IDRC will offer support to the research centers to strengthen their institutional capacities, and to share lessons with peer centers and international audiences. This is a supplemental grant for the project’s evaluation, which the IDRC will commission.
for support of the Center for Universal Education The Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution is a leader in research and policy advocacy about universal basic education. This grant would continue the Foundation’s support for the Center’s strategy for influencing the global education agenda to feature access plus learning in the post-2015 and Education for All goals and indicators. The Center plans to document learning interventions that have been broadly successful through the "Millions Learning" project. It also plans to advance technical work, tools, and better policies for institutionalizing learning assessment. The Center would also analyze the education financing landscape and innovative alternatives. Finally, the Center would carry out research and advise policymakers on how to provide a better education to the most marginalized children.
for assessing federal evaluation policies affecting performance-based public spending in Mexico The core of Gesoc's work is to make hard data available to evaluate the design of subsidy programs vis-à-vis priorities, goals, and target populations. Its work has underscored the complexities of incorporating evaluation results for mid-course corrections into expenditure policies, as well as the importance of fostering an open, transparent marketplace for evaluators. This renewal grant would allow Gesoc to track the efficiency of subsidy programs by updating its indices measuring quality of evaluations in terms of design and performance. In collaboration with other partner organizations-some of them Hewlett Foundation grantees-Gesoc plans to assess public expenditure efficiency during the current administration.
for general operating support The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA) is a Kenyan civil society organization committed to promoting transparency, participation, and accountability through research, policy, and advocacy. TISA facilitates citizen oversight of the decentralization of Kenya’s governance and resource allocation through monitoring and campaigns, such as the Okoa Uchumi campaigns for more public scrutiny of Kenya’s growing sovereign debt. (Strategy: Transparency, Participation, and Accountability)
for the Center for Budget and Economic Governance Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) conducts independent research and analysis of public spending in Uganda, advocates for evidence-based public policies, and builds citizens’ capacity to use data to demand accountability and improved services from government. During this grant period, ACODE will deepen its research on fiscal governance and continue its work to promote citizen-government engagement. ACODE will also use results from the Local Government Councils Scorecard Initiative to foster government responsiveness by raising awareness about the availability and quality of public services.
for preparation of a compilation and published review of Allan Rosenfield's contributions to the field of reproductive health and public health None
for support of equity in global sexual and reproductive health and rights organizations This grant to EngenderHealth will support the TIME Initiative, a consortium of CEOs of global sexual and reproductive health organizations to work together towards a more equitable institutional vision of the field and their roles in it. Through an inclusive and consultative planning process, this grant will lay out a future set of engagements for the field to envision an evolved role for international non-governmental organizations in sexual and reproductive health and rights. This is the second phase of work of this group. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
for supporting CIESAS’ Center for Social Audit The Center for Social Audit at Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS) was created in 2008 with the mission of supporting civil society organizations (CSOs) to develop skills to conduct social audits of public service delivery programs, especially those targeting poor Mexicans. The Center does that by helping CSOs identify opportunities to improve public social programs and by facilitating collaborative relationships with government officials to increase the social impact of public investments. We recommend support to the Center for continuing to offer specialized training in social auditing to CSOs, as well as technical assistance on the use of access-to-information regulations, budget tracking tools, and publicly available impact evaluations so that their audits could be used to improve service delivery in their communities.
for support of WSP Tanzania’s policy work and internal capacity-strengthening efforts Through demand-driven research, Women and Social Protection (WSP) Tanzania informs the development of economic and social policies that advance gender equality and women’s economic empowerment. Over the next few years, WSP Tanzania will build on its proven track record to generate evidence and strengthen the capacity of local-level decision makers to use this evidence in advocating for national gender-responsive policies and interventions. Also, this grant will enable WSP Tanzania to deepen its institutional capacity to carry out its core areas of work. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)
for support of a website to complete the Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project None
for support of Africa No Filter Africa No Filter (ANF) aims to shift stereotypical and harmful narratives within and about Africa. Through a donor collaborative, ANF invests in strengthening the African narrative-change ecosystem by resourcing communities of storytellers to ensure that prevailing narratives about Africa are reflective of a dynamic and evolving continent. This grant to Rockefeller Philanthropic Advisors will enable ANF to strengthen its existing focal areas and expand the Storify Africa Fellowship to produce compelling African-centered stories on gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
for the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment's executive sessions program The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment undertakes research and targeted advocacy to ensure that foreign direct investment contributes to sustainable development in target countries. The center’s Executive Sessions program convenes an international group of academics and practitioners over several years to better understand how politics affect natural resource governance and to identify ways to reduce political barriers to better governance. This grant will enable the center to convene natural resource experts in Ghana and Peru as an early step in building a cross-national coalition of advocates seeking to improve natural resource governance.
for a behavioral insights research project to improve civic monitoring platforms The Behavioral Ideas Lab, Inc. (ideas42) is a research organization and network of behavioral scientists that partners with governments, foundations, and civil society organizations to address social problems with behavioral insights. This pilot project will test behavioral interventions to improve government responsiveness to citizen reports about services and public works in major cities, including Cape Town and Sao Paulo, among others.
for developing and implementing a monitoring and evaluation framework system None
for a project to develop an online tool to simulate changes in tax policy in Mexico With this grant, the Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria would use public information to create an interactive, public, Web-based tool that would allow the community of practice and citizens in general to evaluate different fiscal scenarios for Mexico. This simulator would produce evidence-based data to support policy recommendations, help place public finances at the center of public debate, and foster citizen participation. The fiscal simulator allows changes to income variables such as income tax, VAT, oil, and other taxes, as well as modify government expenditure to evaluate Mexico’s public spending, effectiveness, long-term fiscal sustainability, and public policy design in general.
for the Accountability Initiative The Accountability Initiative is a research group based at the Centre for Policy Research that works on strengthening transparency and accountability in governance, aiming to increase citizen engagement in policymaking and implementation. During this grant period, Accountability Initiative will conduct new research to understand the evolving nature of fiscal federalism in India and its impact on service delivery. It will also develop new partnerships with civil society organizations and local governments to monitor the delivery of public services and welfare programs.
for advancing the use of data and evidence in public policymaking in West and East Africa IDinsight generates and helps policymakers use evidence to inform decision making. This grant supports IDinsight's work in West and East Africa. In the next three years, IDinsight aims to (a) expand and develop new partnerships with national and subnational governments across Africa to support them in using evidence to inform policymaking; (b) partner with like-minded organizations across the continent to enhance both the demand for and supply of evidence that can inform policymaking; and (c) develop a world-class, locally grounded team that can drive IDinsight’s growth in the region for years to come. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for executive transition Fundar is a Mexican think tank that advocates for and monitors the implementation of public policies to reduce poverty and protect civil rights. This grant will support Fundar's executive leadership transition.
for general operating support The Coalition of Associative and Community Radios (in French “Union des Radios Associatives et Communautaires” (URAC)) is a consortium of community radios in Senegal. URAC seeks to encourage citizens to engage in public debate and to own and control their means of participatory and pluralistic communication. URAC provides strategic support of multilateral advocacy coalition networks and community engagement on gender-sensitive natural resource management within the energy transition context.  URAC’s work promotes a better understanding of the opportunities and challenges of the energy transition in West Africa, particularly for women and builds on recent changes in the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative's standards on gender to inform gender-responsive strategies and action plans for energy transition in Africa. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)
for general operating support Population Action International (PAI) promotes the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls through research, advocacy, and innovative partnerships with a global network of civil society organizations in low- and middle-income countries. In addition to its global advocacy engagement with country-level partners, PAI works strategically to advocate for U.S policies and funding to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health services, information, and supplies.