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2014 Program - Africa Board Fellowship Advance capacity building of the sector by delivering a fellowship program for board members and CEOs of microfinance institutions in Africa.
2012 Director's Program - Lois Juliber To support microfinance internships through Wellesley's Center for Work and Service, with preference given to students in the Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs.
2015 Management Project - Midterm Evaluation of Samasource To measure progress to date through an independent and thorough assessment that identifies key insights and learning that will support the latter half of project implementation.
2018 Program - MF Scholars The Fund will be used to provide approximately 38 scholarships to qualified individuals to attend the School of African Microfinance (SAM).
2017 Project - STAR School Model for Community Day Secondary Schools in Malawi 2017 Project - STAR School Model for Community Day Secondary Schools in Malawi
2018 Teaching Assistantships Project (LIT Initiative) •	Support 150 bright young people with a passion for education to undertake 6-month STEM-focused Teaching Assistantships in 75 schools in Rwanda.
•	Output 2: Deliver preparatory and ongoing training and capacity support to the Teaching Assistants.
•	Output 3: Provide support to 15 Teaching Assistantship Mentors and 75 Host Teachers, to provide mentorship support to the Teaching Assistants.
•	Output 4: Undertake Program Monitoring and Evaluation to capture outcomes of the pilot.
2011 Scholarship Program To provide scholarships to 200 financially disadvantaged students to complete university education.
2018 Director's Project - Craig Calhoun •	Through CTS's Democratic Agendas (DA) Program, provide training to graduate students, young scholars and cultural practitioners on topics related to democratic theory and cultures. This will enhance their skills in critical thinking, human rights awareness, negotiating cultural and religious differences, and managing community resources.
•	Provide opportunities for the youth to share their ideas and what they have learned, which will facilitate the development of their presentation, networking and communication skills.
2014 Program - Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) will work in two to three developed countries (LDCs) in Sub-saharan Africa to expand the reach of financial services using mobile phones to low-income, underserved households. MM4P provides capacity building to financial service providers to develop appropriate products, educate clients, expand technology-enabled delivery of services, and connect government benefit payments and donor support to formal bank accounts.
2020 COVID-19 RRP - MINT COVID-19 Response The goal of the project is to support the Ministry of Health in its national emergency preparedness and response plans by providing timely data on the spread of pandemics, epidemics and other widespread health emergencies in Ethiopia. It will leverage digital technology and data science to provide accessible information to citizens with verifiable, accurate facts on the nature of health emergencies, their prevention and how to obtain assistance if needed. The intervention includes (1) a health informatics data portal, and (2) a rapid response center for information dissemination.
2013 Scholarship Program - Phase 2 Provide scholarships to enable qualified yet financially disadvantaged students from developing countries, particularly Africa, to complete university education.
2020 COVID-199 RRP for Immediate Student Needs 2020 COVID-199 RRP for Immediate Student Needs
2020 CRRP - COVID-19 After Action Review, Build Resilience, and Engage Young Leaders This partnership will build resilience of most marginalized rural communities in the face of COVID-19. Young volunteer leaders will be distributing PPEs and implementing COVID-19 projects to respond and prepare communities for future crisis.
2019 Project - KISUA African Fashion Supply Chain and Trade Capacity Development Scale the production of the company’s pan-African supply chain to more countries across the content, from supply of cotton from farms, to yarn, fabric and garment production in Africa for local and international consumption. We are targeting 100 SME’s in the African fashion supply chain for evaluation with a view to immediately adding 25 new African suppliers to our database and creating 1000 jobs and job opportunities in the next 12 months.
2020 CRRP - Supporting the National COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Initiatives The goal of the project is to contribute to the national COVID-19 preparedness and response endeavours by filling the actual programmatic and financial gaps in the ongoing ventures. For the achievement of the aspired goal, a total of 700 volunteers will be deployed, who will assist in screening, house-to-house detection of cases in collaboration with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute and the Ministry of Health, Risk Communication Community Engagement (RCCE), to reach 5,723,800 people with diverse amenities such as screening, house-to-house detection, sanitization and protection through sanitizing items and protective gears.
2016 Mgmt Project - African Philanthropy Forum 2016 Mgmt Project - African Philanthropy Forum
2018 Mgmt Project - Amplify Africa House Provide training and support to 8-10 next-generation African storytellers as they produce content about issues touching on Africa at the United National General Assembly (UNGA) for an audience of young Africans.
2020 COVID-19 RRP - ECOWAS Provide strategic planning, coordination, technical assistance, institutional support and capacity building to the ECOWAS Commission so it can expand and align its full range of health and economic responses to minimize the negative impact of the pandemic on the 15 member states of the Commission, and to position the West African region for rapid recovery and resilience.
2012 - The MasterCard Foundation Global Scholarships Program Provide scholarships to enable qualified yet financially disadvantaged students from developing countries, particularly Africa, to complete an accredited university degree at select institutions.
2011 Director's Program - Hutham S. Olayan To provide scholarships for academically qualified and financially deserving Arab youth enrolled at the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business.
2013 Director's Project - President Mogae 2013 Director's Project - President Mogae
2016 Project - Smart Campaign 3 The following activity areas reflect our proposed strategic shift for 2016-2018: 

1. The core of the Smart Campaign’s role will continue to be as an expert voice on client protection, encompassing both standards development and research on issues that need attention, and expanding its scope to the broader financial inclusion sector. The Campaign will maintain a strong body of trained capacity building providers and publicly available tools and will build the evidence for client protection.
2. We will advance the certification program to become a worldwide recognizable label associated with financial client protection. 
3. We will renew attention to motivation and incentives for good practices by enhancing engagement with actors who can influence motivation and provide incentives, especially at the country level.
4. We will put in place a strong governance structure and monitoring mechanisms, operate in an increasingly collaborative and inclusive manner, and monitor our impact, in order to assert the credibility of the Campaign and increase our sphere of influence.
2018 Director's Project - Doug Baillie This project aims at enhancing Braille literacy for learners with visual impairments in Kenya, through assistive technology.
2012 Management Program - Designing an Approach to Local BPO Sales in East Africa to Support Youth Employment 2012 Management Program - Designing an Approach to Local BPO Sales in East Africa to Support Youth Employment
2014 Wings to Fly - Phase II Support the second phase of Wings to Fly secondary education and leadership development program in Kenya.
2016 FRP Scaling Projects (R1 Scaling) Year 1 of a 5-year $50 million Challenge Fund to increase access to financial services for at least one million financially excluded people living in rural and agricultural areas of Africa.
2017 Management Project - Refine Understanding of MIX's Landscape •	Enable financial institutions, funders, and policymakers to identify gaps in financial access for low-income households in order to expand access to financial services the unserved and underserved.
•	Allow mix to refine its business model to improve its ability to provide data that is valued by a broad set of financial inclusion stakeholders, and achieve sustainability.
2018 Mgmt Project - Bridging the Technology Gap Towards Ghana Beyond Aid and Youth Employment •	Host a national conference to bring together experienced Ghanaian practitioners in the fields of STEI (Science, Technology, Engineering and Innovation) across the world to share experiences on how to best map a sustainable path for bridging the gap.
•	Capture key conference take-aways and policy recommendations through development of a Summary Conference Report.
•	Disseminate developed content through publication of report and post-conference media engagement, including TV, radio and social media.
2020 Projet de Déploiement d'Agents pour l'Amélioration de l'Inclusion Financière au Senegal 2020 Projet de Déploiement d'Agents pour l'Amélioration de l'Inclusion Financière au Senegal
2018 FRP Project - Collection #1 Apollo (Kenya) - $1,085,000
Dodore (Kenya) - $1,000,000
Easy Solar (Sierra Leone) - $588,474
Futurelink Technologies (Uganda) - $700,000
ProCredit (DRC) - $1,500,641
Solar Now (Uganda) - $739,454
2013 Program - Innovations in Secondary Education - Pilot Project to Strengthen ICT and 21st Century Skills 2013 Program - Innovations in Secondary Education - Pilot Project to Strengthen ICT and 21st Century Skills
2014 Management Program - AfrEA Conference 2014 Management Program - AfrEA Conference
2017 Program - MF Scholars Enable up to 20 microfinance practitioners from sub-Saharan Africa to attend Harvard University’s ‘Rethinking Financial Inclusion’ program and, in turn, equip them to address critical problems in financial inclusion.
2008 Program Bergamo The Boulder Institute of Microfinance to organize and run the Boulder Bergamo Forum on Access to Financial Services.
2014 Mgmt Program #1 - Planning Phase for Rural and Ag Finance Learning Partner 2014 Mgmt Program #1 - Planning Phase for Rural and Ag Finance Learning Partner
2015 Project - Scaling for Impact Scaling for Impact in Africa—a Holistic Approach to Youth, Learning, and Livelihoods
2014 - Learning Partner for the Youth Forward Initiative To deepen the impact of Economic Opportunities for Youth (EOY) partners through cross-program research, evaluation and learning.
2020 Project - An innovative approach to agribusiness training and start-up for Nigeria’s young people within the Young Africa Works Program 2020 Project - An innovative approach to agribusiness training and start-up for Nigeria’s young people within the Young Africa Works Program
2013 Toronto International Microfinance Summit Scholarships for student attending the 2013 TIMS.
2016 MasterCard Foundation Clients at the Center Prize To design relevant financial services for South Africa's financial disadvantaged and excluded migrant communities.
2009 Program This program will scale-up Youth Savings and Loan Associations (YSLAs) and provide financial literacy and life skills training to 70,000 youth in Senegal (30,000), Sierra Leone (15,000), and Niger (25,000). It will pilot linkages with formal financial institutions for 10 percent of the participating youth in Senegal. The target population is economically active youth in urban and peri-urban areas between 15 and 25 years of age, of whom 70 percent will be female.
2012 Director's Program - Paul M. Ostergard To provide scholarships for students who have financial needs and are enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences or the Case School of Engineering of the Case Western Reserve University.
2017 SETI in Rwanda - Leading, Teaching and Learning Together in Secondary Education VVOB will raise the effectiveness of teachers and school leaders in secondary education by improving the delivery, sustainability and institutionalization of continuous professional development services to school leaders and teachers.  This project will develop the capacity of national and local education authorities supporting teachers and school leaders. VVOB will work in partnership with the University of Rwanda’s College of Education and the Rwanda Education Board to train Head Teachers and Deputy Head Teachers, Sector Education Officers and District Directors of Education, School Based Mentors and Heads of Department in Mathematics and Science in school leadership, peer coaching and mentoring. In addition, VVOB will support the establishment of Professional Learning Communities for teachers, led by Sector Education Officers and School Based Mentors. The VVOB program activities support the achievement of key objectives under the Secondary Education Teachers Initiative “Train” and “Lead” pillars.
2013 Management Program To support a one-day conference in April 2013 to explore approaches, identify promising practices and identify solid pathways to make sustainable change in education for Aboriginal youth. These funds will also support the development of a report based on the discussion.
2016 Project This project will support the Foundation’s network of Youth Think Tank (YTT) members and alumni to provide youth-led technical assistance for Foundation partners and other development actors, with the overall goal of improving meaningful youth engagement in program design, delivery, monitoring, evaluation and research.
2014 Program - MF Scholars This program provides training and development of microfinance practitioners from Asia, Africa, North-West Europe and the Middle East. Scholarships are provided based on financial need.
2016 Director's Project - Don Morrison - Dalai Lama Center 2016 Director's Project - Don Morrison - Dalai Lama Center
2019 Innovation Fund - Technological Innovation to Support Access to Property Assets by Low Income Earners in South Africa Develop and test the application of blockchain technology in supporting property registration and formal property transactions in lower value housing markets in South Africa.
2014 Management Project - CUE Millions Learning 2014 Management Project - CUE Millions Learning
2018 Innovation Fund Project - Kilimo Jijini Kilimo Jijini is a project initiated by three young female scholars at EARTH University and one STRYDE (Strengthening Rural Youth Development through Enterprise) (Technoserve) graduates, all of whom are alumni of Foundation’s partnerships.

It is an innovation project that aims to implement a demo farm to train youth in agribusinesses using a circular economy approach (waste as fertilizers).
2016 Scholars Program The Program will provide qualified students with high leadership potential, from underprivileged and underserved populations in East Africa, with master’s degree programs aimed at catalyzing economic development in the region, with a focus on information and communications technology (ICT).
2019 Strategy Development and Establishment of the Ethiopia Job Creation Commission Recognizing the complexity of job creation in Ethiopia, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia recently launched the Jobs Creation Commission (JCC). The mandate of the Commission is to Coordinate, Govern and Monitor all Government and Non-Government efforts in creating jobs. To accomplish this, the Commission will take a holistic approach and a focus on the demand and the supply side of the labour market and linkages between them.  In order to establish the Commission and lay the groundwork for a national strategy, the Commission has defined two sets of critical activities. These include 1) technical assistance and advisory support, including the appointment of key personnel to help develop a national action plan and begin to scope a labour market information system and 2) additional support required to stand up the Commission itself.
2019 Mgmt Project - Pan-African Robotics Competition (PARC) 2019 Mgmt Project - Pan-African Robotics Competition (PARC)
2019 Innovation Fund Project - eSTEP Test the minimum viable product of FLIP Africa, a pay-per-use job matching platform that will connect skilled Ugandan youth to short term work in micro, small, and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs).
2019 Mgmt Project - Action Research on Gender Lens Investing in SGBs Test and refine Engineers Without Borders Gender-Lens Investing Strategy to learn and adapt foundation approaches to working with women-led SMEs. The project will catalyze investment capital towards gender-smart investing, particularly women-owned and women-led African SMEs and contribute to a community of practice and learning on women-led Small and Growing Businesses and gender-lens investing.
2020 CRRP - Indigenous Early Learning Resource Portal 2020 CRRP - Indigenous Early Learning Resource Portal
2010 Program To improve pricing and interest rate transparency of microcredit products in eight countries in Africa.
2018 FRP Project - Collection #2 Farmerline - $692000
Microcred - $900000
Stewards Globe - $2000000
2014 Management Project - SAVIX Transition Enable VSLA to develop a sustainable transition plan and revenue model for SAVIX and the SAVIX MIS in a consultative process, and further develop its data-collection activities.
2017 Mgmt Project - Entrepreneurship Landscape in Africa Support the Foundation's strategic development work, by conducting a comprehensive overview of the financing startup segment with a series of scoping studies in six selected countries: Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa and Morocco.
2014 Management Project - Evaluation of YouthSave Initiative To document the primary achievements of the YouthSave Initiative, as well as highlight critical lessons learned through project implementation and ensure that evaluation findings are reported so as to form a globally-relevant evidence base for policymakers, practitioners and financial institutions on the value of making youth savings broadly available and the conditions required to ensure sustainability.
2017 Scaling Round 2 Year 2 of a 5-year $50 million Challenge Fund to increase access to financial services for at least one million financially excluded people living in rural and agricultural areas of Africa.
2019 Research Fund Project - MSME Data Collection Pilot 2019 Research Fund Project - MSME Data Collection Pilot
2013 Mgmt Program - Youth Financial Services Thematic Review 2013 Mgmt Program - Youth Financial Services Thematic Review
2010 Director's Program - Marguerite Robinson To provide comprehensive scholarships and leadership development for an additional 10 secondary school students in Kenya.
2014 Toronto International Microfinance Summit Scholarships for student attending the 2014 TIMS.
2011 Management Program To provide financial assistance for students to attend the Toronto International Microfinance Summit.
2009 Director's Program - Marguerite Robinson This program provides comprehensive scholarships to needy children from Precious Gift School Centre.
2018 REEDI - 1BDS Initiative for T&H SMEs (Inkomoko) African Entrepreneur Collective (AEC) will run the Inkomoko Business Development program to support 270 tourism and hospitality (T&H) businesses during the next three years, resulting in approximately 2,970 new jobs in Rwanda.
2008 Director's Program - Elizabeth Littlefield Support the hiring of an undergraduate intern to help invest and determine the social impact of partner microfinance organizations.
2020 CRRP - Tomorrow is Now This intervention supports continuity of learning during lockdown and ensures student re-enrollment when school reopens. Schools and local education offices will be enabled to collect and report accurate student and learning outcome data while they also use the information for action.
2017 Project - EleV The Mastercard Foundation and Rideau Hall Foundation will pilot an initiative to increase the enrollment and completion rates of Indigenous youth in tertiary education. The project will strengthen engagement of Indigenous communities and create incentives for universities, and private and public sectors to support tertiary education of these young people through a one-to-one matched program. 

Total commitment: CAD 22,556,643
2018 Program - MF Scholars Equip FLPFI Fellows (policymakers from central banks, Ministries of Finance, and other regulatory bodies) with a strong understanding of financial inclusion and the skills to assess and improve financial regulations to ensure that the needs of the financially disadvantaged are addressed.
2012 Program - SMART 2 To support the industry's promotion and implementation of client protection principles among African microfinance networks.
2013 Management Program - YFS & SLWG Facilitate collaboration, learning and knowledge dissemination among practitioner organizations that serve youth and other clients with high quality and effective financial and non-financial services.
2016 Management Project - Planning for the Savings Portfolio Learning Partnership 2016 Management Project - Planning for the Savings Portfolio Learning Partnership
2014 Management Program - Scholars Publication To create and disseminate a publication about The MasterCard Foundation Scholars in Ghana.
2014 Project - Youth Empowerment Through Agriculture (YETA) Provide economically disadvantaged youth with technical skills and access to financial services to launch agricultural enterprises in northern Uganda.
2012 CGAP Technology Program and Client Research To expand branchless banking in West Africa to reach one million clients and innovate new branchless banking products to reach 500,000 clients. To generate client insights to foster more effective products that meet the needs of the poor.
2008 Program Provision of up to 15 'full scholarships' for attendance at the GIM 2008 Forum for attendees from developing countries engaged as academics or practitioners in micro-finance or micro-finance related activities.
2018 - LIT TMIS This project will engage the Rwanda Ministry of Education, the Rwanda Education Board (REB), Rwandan Teacher Training Colleges, and other key stakeholders to ensure a systematic approach to utilizing education data that can strengthen teacher management and planning in the areas of training, recruitment, and remuneration to address systems-level bottlenecks and strengthen overall national-level planning.
2016 - Transformative Leadership & Mentorship for A New Generation of African Leaders 2016 - Transformative Leadership & Mentorship for A New Generation of African Leaders
2018 Mgmt Project - Stories North Stories North is a university journalism course which provides next-generation Canadian journalists with competencies required to report on the country’s national reconciliation process.
2020 CRRP Project - Eti-Osa Isolation and Treatment Center 2020 CRRP Project - Eti-Osa Isolation and Treatment Center
2020 COVID-19 Response and Online Program Overview Support in transforming Davis College's programs into e-learning programs and provide financial support to 961 students so they can complete the academic year.
2015 Mgmt Project - Chronic Poverty Global Learning Event - Africa Retreat 2015 Mgmt Project - Chronic Poverty Global Learning Event - Africa Retreat
2015 - YALI - West Africa (Anglophone) Regional Leadership Centre The YALI partnership seeks to provide high-quality training in business and entrepreneurship, public management, and civic engagement to 12,000 young Africans aged between 18-35 years at four Regional Leadership Centers (RLCs) across Africa.  The RLCs are located in Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, and South Africa. The training will act as catalyst for transformational learning and leadership through interactive, experiential education, group projects and simulations, and mentored individual project development.
Amount approved by MCF Board in March 2015.