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for a comparative analysis of the impact evaluations funded by the QEDC initiative This grant to Wellesley College would support an analysis of six evaluations the Foundation has funded to assess the effect of approaches to improve student reading and math achievement. The research would compare the effectiveness of six interventions and review the evidence on what makes these interventions successful. Researchers would also calculate and compare costs of the interventions to draw conclusions about the cost-effectiveness of different approaches to raising student achievement in various contexts. The results of the research are expected to guide global and national policymakers and practitioners who may wish to expand an intervention in a particular setting or implement it in a new one.
for the Safe Abortion Action Fund International Planned Parenthood Federation - Worldwide, Inc. (Washington, DC) – Project; New; $75,000 over 1 year; 2% of project budget
For the Safe Abortion Action Fund
for research on barriers to women’s economic empowerment and economic growth in low-income countries This grant would supplement the Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) research initiative, a five-year partnership with the U.K.’s Department for International Development and Canada’s International Development Research Centre. The initiative aims to support research to guide policies and programs that improve women’s economic empowerment in low-income countries. The supplemental funding will allow GrOW to include four additional research projects on how patterns of economic growth impact gender equality, and a systematic review of how women’s economic empowerment impacts growth.
for general operating support BarefootLaw provides legal aid to underserved communities in sub-Saharan Africa through mobile phones, the internet, and partnerships with community-based groups. Its full-time team of trained attorneys support clients who have legal needs that require more assistance than basic legal advice. Over the next two years, BarefootLaw will expand its network of community-based legal advisors in Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania while adding new functionality to its digital platform to automate contextualized responses about common legal issues. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for support to the International Education Funders Group This grant will provide support to the International Education Funders Group, an affinity group of more than 90 foundations making grants to education in the developing world. The International Education Funders Group will help members improve the effectiveness of their philanthropic efforts by providing opportunities for networking, peer learning, and collective action.
for support of fundraising strategy development This organizational effectiveness grant to MSI-US supports the US office of MSI in their ambitious plan to acquire 150,000 new donors through targeted online and mail fundraising. This is part of a broader effort at MSI to diversify its funding base in order to increase its resiliency to major shifts in bilateral funding, such as the recent reinstatement of the US's Mexico City Policy.
for general operating support The Center for Global Development is an independent, nonpartisan think tank that works to reduce global poverty and improve lives through economic research that drives better policy and practice by the world’s top decision makers. The center’s research and policy engagement are structured around seven program areas: U.S. development policy initiatives; U.K. and European Union development policy; global health policy; migration, displacement, and humanitarian policy; sustainable development finance; education; and technology and development., The center will also pursue research and policy engagement in four emerging, cross-cutting policy areas. The first is COVID-19 and the global response, building on the significant body of research, commentary and policy engagement that the center has mounted in the first three months of the pandemic including analysis of economic and social impacts on low-income countries, recommendations for international financing, applications of an advanced-market commitment for a vaccine, the public health response and much more. Other cross-cutting areas include the role of China in development, climate finance, and gender equity.This grant serves many goals across GDP’s portfolio, as the grantee both generates high-quality evidence and has outsized influence in policy in areas related to women’s economic empowerment, reproductive health, fiscal transparency, and data governance. The center is influential across the evidence-informed policymaking field, serving as a reference point for evidence professionals globally, both in terms of content and tactics. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking.)
for general operating support Twaweza works with citizens to exercise agency and with governments to be more open and responsive in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. Through policy research and engagement in multilateral initiatives like the Open Government Partnership, Twaweza convenes citizens and policymakers to co-create solutions to specific issues such as violence against women, student absenteeism, and access to drinking water. Twaweza works to deepen its media partnerships, produce gender-disaggregated data to reveal the differential impacts of policies between men and women, and facilitate policy dialogue between citizens and public officials about civil rights. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for the AidData program This supplemental grant to William and Mary will support AidData’s mission to make development finance more transparent, accountable, and effective. AidData is building on its core competencies of data production, visualization, and analysis to take a more proactive role in data uptake, influence, and impact. Under this grant, AidData will advance three strategic initiatives: (1) the development and diffusion of geospatial impact evaluation methods, (2) a 2016 survey of developing country policymakers and practitioners, and (3) tracking of all types of financial flows for the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
for advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Pacific region This grant would support Family Planning International (the international development unit of the New Zealand Family Planning Association) to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights. The international development unit focuses on the Pacific region, but also advocates at a global level for achieving the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action goals and the Millennium Development Goals. Although this is a worthwhile organization, this will be the last grant to New Zealand Family Planning Association as it does not have a focus in sub-Saharan Africa.
for a project to support governments, citizens, and media for accountable governance Reboot aims to give all people a meaningful say in the policies and processes that affect them by working to improve the relationships between citizens, media organizations, governments, and international governance initiatives. This grant will support Reboot’s work on governance to develop (a) policies that make governments more transparent, participatory, and accountable; and (b) media to advance civic dialogue and hold institutions of power to account.
for costs for U.S. researchers involved in an impact evaluation of Pratham's Read India None
for support of the Lancet Commission on sexual and reproductive health and rights This grant will support the Guttmacher Institute to convene a Lancet Commission to articulate an agenda for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). In collaboration with a Southern co-chair and about fifteen experts, the Commission will review the evidence, assess gaps, identify key priorities for the future, and issue a concise set of policy recommendations aimed at national governments, multilateral agencies, and other decision-makers.
for strengthening a citizens' social policy observatory INCIDE is made up of prestigious Mexican civil society and academic leaders committed to encouraging participation of civil society organizations in policy debates, especially those related to economic, social, and human rights. The realization of such rights should result in effective access to and improved quality of basic services such as health, education, food, housing, employment, and a safe environment. Hewlett Foundation support has enabled INCIDE to develop an online Social Policy Observatory that presents and organizes social programs’ regulations, policies, and data to assess the access, availability, and quality of basic public services.
for support of research on women's empowerment This grant will support a program of research at Boston University that examines the causes and consequences of women’s empowerment policies and programs on the well-being of women, their families, and communities. These funds will extend existing studies in urban Malawi and rural India that test how interventions that aim to address the social and economic barriers to accessing contraceptives affect women’s contraceptive knowledge, family planning choices, educational attainment, and well-being.
for general operating support The Global Fund for Women has been a catalyst in the global women’s rights movement since 1987. By mobilizing nearly $85 million from more than 20,000 individuals and institutions, it has been able to provide grants to 4,200 groups in 171 countries. In 2010 alone, the Global Fund’s efforts reached 125,000 women and girls and benefited thousands more. In recognition of the appointment of the Global Fund for Women’s new CEO, Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, this unrestricted funding would allow the organization to continue to advance women’s rights by making grants that support and strengthen women’s groups around the world.
for design, implementation, and evaluation of policies and investments that affect the Global South AidData is a research lab at William & Mary that equips decision makers inside and outside of government with evidence to more effectively design, monitor, and evaluate policies and investments that affect the well-being of people living in low- and middle- income countries. Its work includes developing and helping decision makers use new methods such as (a) geospatial evaluation tools, (b) tracking of all types of financial flows and assessing to what extent resources reach the most vulnerable, and (c) researching the priorities and perspectives of leaders in low- and middle-income countries, and (d) measuring donor influence. During this grant period, AidData will expand the use of its existing tools and research, continue to develop new methods, and deepen its partnerships in low- and middle- income countries.
for a transparency learning collaborative Dejusticia, a think tank based in Bogota, Colombia, promotes public policy reforms through research and advocacy campaigns in Colombia and the Global South. This grant will support a learning collaborative to test whether learning can help Transparency, Participation, and Accountability (TPA) organizations be more effective; to foster learning among TPA organizations with a focus on those in the Global South; and to improve engagement between practitioners and researchers to make research more actionable.
for establishment of a Mexican organization to train civil society in the use of technology Tecnología Sin Fines de Lucro A.C. is the Mexican chapter of Wingu, a Latin American network of nonprofit organizations that supports the technical needs of civil society organizations. This grant will support Tecnología Sin Fines de Lucro A.C. to strengthen the technological capacities of Mexican civil society organizations.
for the Shujaaz interactive media platform and social change initiative Shujaaz, a project of Well Told Story, is a mass communications initiative reaching millions of youth across Kenya and Tanzania, linking story lines, characters, and social change messages across media platforms that include comic books, radio shows, text messages, and social media. Over the next two years, Shujaaz will sustain a national media campaign to encourage more youth participation in governance and more responsiveness from public officials to the needs and aspirations of young women.
for general operating support The Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) advocates for inclusive governance and budgeting that gives women voice, choice, and power in influencing decision-making and priority-setting processes in Uganda. FOWODE advances gender transformative approaches in civic engagement and challenges inequitable power structures that limit women’s rights and gender equity. Among its priorities is a plan for FOWODE to prioritize young women’s leadership development and women’s rights in local government planning and service delivery to strengthen accountability among duty bearers.
for support of a network of researchers providing rapid response policy analysis The International Development Research Centre funds research in low- and middle-income countries to promote growth and reduce poverty. This supplemental grant supports the Rapid & Responsive Evidence Partnership. Eleven low- and middle-income country research centers will respond to inquiries from policymakers within 30 days, helping governments scope problems, find ways to address them, and resolve implementation challenges. These institutions will also work to build bridges between evidence organizations, and experiment with new ways of gathering citizen feedback and feeding it into policy discussions. This work advances our Evidence-Informed Policy strategy’s goal of governments drawing on timely, relevant information to improve decisions. The work includes helping governments determine how to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and manage the recovery.
for the Power Footprint project WeRobotics and its global network of Flying Labs enable local experts in low- and middle-income countries to use drone imagery and artificial intelligence to provide high-quality data and analysis to solve humanitarian, development, environmental, and health problems locally. WeRobotics’ model is predicated on putting local organizations in the lead, and shifting the traditional top-down international development model on its head. This grant is for a special project of WeRobotics to work with a small consortium of donors, international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs), and organizations based in the Global South to figure out a way to actually measure an INGO’s “Power Footprint.” An INGO’s “Power Footprint” is the amount of authority, control, and influence that an organization is able to exert over local organizations as a result of that organization’s history and current activities. With such metrics, INGOs, donors, and local organizations would then be able to much more concretely align and understand what “power” means — with a way to see nuance on the issue across the wide array of different types of organizations, and (most importantly) identify ways to reduce an INGO’s “power footprint.” (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for support of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is dedicated to ensuring that policy decisions are based on scientific evidence. To broaden and deepen the evidence base, J-PAL trains evaluators and policymakers in the design and use of randomized evaluations, and conducts outreach to encourage the expansion and replication of effective programs. J-PAL has established five affiliate offices around the world, including a branch in South Africa.
for rebranding the aidinfo program Development Initiatives’ (DI) seeks to make information about aid and other poverty-related financing more transparent, accessible, and useable, with a goal of ending absolute poverty by 2030. To achieve this vision, DI is rebranding its "aidinfo" program to reflect the broader reach of DI’s charitable goals to improve access to and use of all types of information. An Organizational Effectiveness grant to DI would support a new branding plan that reflects this evolution and brings the former "aidinfo" program's public brand into greater alignment with DI's other charitable programs.
for the videoconferencing project A videoconferencing grant to the Center for Global Development (CGD) will support the purchase and installment of two videoconferencing units.  One unit will be installed in CGD’s US headquarters in Washington, DC and the second unit will be installed in CGD Europe’s London office.  As a next step, the Center for Global Development is extending its global reach beyond Washington to Europe and the rising emerging markets.  Videoconferencing equipment will facilitate internal communications between the DC and London offices as well as facilitate communications with external stakeholders from across the globe such as policymakers, academics, and researchers engaged in development policy.
for general operating support The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is one of the nation’s premier think tanks working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals. The Center conducts nonpartisan research and analysis to help inform public debates and ensure that policy makers and the public consider the needs of those communities whose voices are too often unheard. The Center also examines the short- and long-term impacts of proposed policies on the health of the economy and the soundness of federal and state budgets. This grant would continue the Foundation’s support, which began in 2004.
for support of the YIELD Hub for youth engagement in SRHR This grant to Stichting Rutgers will support the new YIELD Cross-Stakeholder Action Learning Hub, a field-building entity working toward mainstreaming young people's participation in global sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) organizations and programming. This grant is aligned with the Global Reproductive Equity strategy outcome aimed at solutions to mitigate inequity in access to and use of contraception and abortion care. The Hub aims to utilize collective action learning to overcome persistent barriers to youth partnership in SRHR and to establish itself as a practical, accessible, inclusive resource to the field.
for continued support of diversity, equity, and inclusion work This grant will support Population Action International (PAI) to evolve the organization’s and staff’s knowledge and practices related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). With this grant, PAI will continue a process of institutionalizing DEI internally to create a more inclusive workplace. PAI will also expand its DEI work externally by continuing to mitigate inequitable dynamics of power and privilege with its strategic partners in the Global South.
for an assessment of the impact of trade negotiations on least-developed and developing countries None
for general operating support Fundar is an established think tank in Mexico working on budget analysis, access to information, capacity building, strategic alliances, human-rights based research, and strategic litigation in the following areas: inequality and fiscal justice; human rights and the fight against impunity; gender; and accountability and anticorruption.
for general support of the Connect US initiative, a pooled grantmaking fund to support a network of organizations advocating for responsible U.S. global engagement None
for general operating support With world population projected to top 7 billion sometime this year, we are compelled to ask the critical question, How we can ensure a good quality of life for all while protecting the natural environment that sustains us? Population Action International (PAI), one of the best-known independent policy advocacy groups addressing this question in the United States, works to ensure that every person has the right and access to sexual and reproductive health so that humanity and the environment can exist in balance and fewer people live in poverty. With these unrestricted funds, PAI would advance its mission: to strengthen U.S. commitment to international family planning and reproductive health; conduct evidence-based advocacy; highlight population as a key factor in reducing poverty and sustaining the environment; and help build the capacity of civil society organizations in developing countries to advance and advocate for a range of population, family planning, and reproductive health issues. PAI's efforts will lead to more and better-used resources to meet the family planning needs of women and families worldwide and a more universal, sophisticated understanding of how these investments narrow the environmental crisis, reduce poverty, promote equity, and improve human health and well-being.
for support of the Right to Information Program This grant will support the Right to Information Program at Article 19’s Mexico office to (a) continue the work with women in indigenous communities in the state of Chiapas to exercise their right of access to information as a tool to demand social accountability, expand to the state Yucatan, and pilot in an urban context in the state of Nuevo Leon; (b) publish the fourth edition of the report on the right to information at the state level; (c) increase the openness of appointment processes to key positions for the protection of human rights; and (d) pursue strategic litigation to improve implementation of access to information laws.
for support of ISSP's population training, communication plan, and staff evaluation system This grant to Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP) at the University of Ouagadougou will support ISSP’s graduate programs, which train population scientists from Francophone West Africa. ISSP is currently running four training programs in the field of population and development, has three research units, and is also running a Demographic Surveillance System. A Ph.D. program in Population & Development is expected to start in 2017. In addition, the grant funds will enable ISSP to support the development of a communication plan and staff evaluation system for the program.
for a project to strengthen citizen participation in the conservation of water resources Controla Tu Gobierno is a Mexican watchdog organization co-founded by two former officials from Mexico’s Federal Institute for Access to Information. This grant will support Controla Tu Gobierno to scale up a pilot project that mobilizes residents to work with government officials to ensure equitable access to clean, treated water in the watershed areas on the periphery of Mexico City.
for the Global Disaster Response Fund The CDC Foundation connects the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with private-sector organizations and individuals to build public health programs that make our world healthier and safer. This grant provides program support for the Foundation’s Ebola response, including providing supplies, management centers, and training of health workers in countries affected by the Ebola epidemic.
for general operating support As an African research institution, ICRW Africa (International Center for Research on Women Africa Regional Office) generates evidence on women's economic and reproductive empowerment and provides solutions to intersectional vulnerabilities and inequities that diminish women's and girls' opportunities. Over the next few years, ICRW Africa aims to strengthen its capacity to design, lead, and disseminate policy-relevant research in East Africa, focusing on workplace equity, youth development, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. This core support grant will enable ICRW Africa to deepen these focal areas, including sustained, meaningful engagement with policy actors, and enhance its institutional capacity. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)