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2013 Management Project - L4G Leadership Development 2013 Management Project - L4G Leadership Development
2020 YAW Ghana Leaders in Teaching (LIT): Planning Project - T-TEL Setup and Registration Support Enable T-TEL to ‘spin-off’ from the DFID-funded project, being implemented by a UK-based consultancy, to become a permanent, non-profit, Ghanaian organization, that can then partner with the Foundation to implement activities in support of strengthening education and skills in Ghana, as part of Young Africa Works.
2020 Project - Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowships on Entrepreneurship for African Students 2020 Project - Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowships on Entrepreneurship for African Students
2015 Project - Mass Market Financial Inclusion The project aspires to transform the traditional microfinance model into a value proposition and business model capable of delivering financial services to underserved populations on the massive scale.
The project will generate solutions for the limitations that have impeded MFIs form achieving scale and serving the large African population that does not have access to useful financial services
2019 Scholarship and Leadership Development Programme 2019 Scholarship and Leadership Development Programme
2020 CRRP - Supporting MSMEs Recovery, Resilience and Catalyzing Growth During and Post-COVID-19 KEPSA will mobilise its members to access financial support through the Mastercard Foundation funded MSME emergency financial support facility. KEPSA will also develop its digital MSME business hub to provide additional resources to support businesses during the Covid crisis with information on business opportunities, networking and knowledge to enable the businesses to navigate the crisis.
2013 Mgmt Project - Mid-term evaluation for 2011 STRYDE program 2013 Mgmt Project - Mid-term evaluation for 2011 STRYDE program
2011 Director's Program - Marguerite Robinson To provide comprehensive scholarships and leadership development for an additional four secondary school students in Kenya.
2020 YAW-Ghana - Precision Manufacturing and Job Creation 2020 YAW-Ghana - Precision Manufacturing and Job Creation
2020 CRRP - Accelerating and Scaling Up COVID-19 Response in Senegal 2020 CRRP - Accelerating and Scaling Up COVID-19 Response in Senegal
2012 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 Project - A Market System Approach to Responsible Finance - Scaling Impact in Transparency and Consumer Protection SEEP will leverage its existing facilitation role to help develop more efficient financial markets that offer substantially greater protection for low income clients. This will involve working with regulators to ensure that industry codes of conduct are in compliance with consumer protection guidelines; engaging public sector agencies on client awareness raising/education campaigns; coordinating with the private sector (credit bureaus) to try to integrate the microfinance sector into the existing frameworks.
2013 Management Program - Facilitation Assistance for Collaboration for Impact To facilitate the development of collaborative projects resulting from Collaboration for Impact meetings.
2020 CRRP - Micro-Enterprises Strengthened for Pandemic Adaptation and Resilience in Kenya (mSPARK) Provide targeted digital and financial support to 28,000 micro-enterprises in metro Nairobi and Mombasa/Kilifi areas (Coast) that are Covid 19 hotspots in Kenya, to enable micro-enterprises to navigate and survive through the crisis and reduce the pandemic’s negative impact on their businesses and communities
2018 - Youth Employment Indicator Project with ILO YouthStat The project will utilize the ILO’s repository of labour force survey microdatasets to generate a new, continuously-updated YouthSTATS database with wide global coverage over time. This will greatly enhance the body of evidence pertaining to the situation of youth in labour markets around the world and will facilitate new research and better-informed policies to help improve the situation among the most vulnerable youth populations across the world.
2019 Partner Research Fund - Assessing the Effectiveness of Scholars' Psychosocial Services & Scaling Up Best Practices to the University Community 2019 Partner Research Fund - Assessing the Effectiveness of Scholars' Psychosocial Services & Scaling Up Best Practices to the University Community
2013 Management Program - Child and Youth Finance International Summit 2013 Management Program - Child and Youth Finance International Summit
2015 Management Project - REL African Partners Scoping 2015 Management Project - REL African Partners Scoping
2011 DCED Membership Program Annual membership fee. DCED membership will enable the MasterCard Foundation to network, convene and coordinate with key bi- and multi-lateral donors, foundations and research institutions. This will ensure young people are recognized as an integral part of any private sector donor strategy- advancing the objectives of the Youth Learning program to connect young people to the private sector and employment opportunities. It will also ensure Youth Learning partners have up-to-date information on best practices and approaches to engaging private sector actors in youth employment and entrepreneurship projects.
2020 CRRP Ghana - Mentoring, Wellness and Counselling for Resilience of Youth Support up to 692,000 young people across all regions of Ghana by mentoring, counselling and equipping them with the needed resilience skills so that they can survive and bounce back from this pandemic. Provide hands-on e-counselling in health, safety and mental wellness as well as e-mentoring in job-preparedness and reintegration.
2019 Mgmt Project - Tana’Souk: Towards a Diversified and Sustainable National Workforce Development Program in Morocco 2019 Mgmt Project - Tana’Souk: Towards a Diversified and Sustainable National Workforce Development Program in Morocco
2019 Director's Project - Jennifer Fonstad 2019 Director's Project - Jennifer Fonstad
2019 Management Project - AfrEA Conference Coordinate the management of up to 30 travel scholarships for African evaluators to attend the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) Conference, in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. Conference participation will enable evaluators to develop their skills in evaluation practices. Eligibility for scholarships will be restricted to youth evaluators (under 35).
2014 Management Program - EARTH Training Training 24 of Camfed’s leaders of vast rural networks with the sustainable agriculture techniques and ethical and sustainable development practices at EARTH University.
2014 Management Project Understanding policymaker demand in Africa for social protection linked financial inclusion models. This project would include a landscaping study.
2014 Management Program - Learning Partner for EOY Program 2014 Management Program - Learning Partner for EOY Program
2015 Management Project - 'Youth Will' Campaign The 'Youth Will' Campaign is an online conversation that will foster awareness and dialogue in the global development community about the critical issues that youth in developing communities face.
2018 Director's Project - Doug Baillie This project focuses on youth in the Mulanje, Thyolo, Phalombe, and Chiradzulo districts of Malawi and will enhance their basic economic skills, empowering them in their own communities. It will develop a curriculum which is relevant, and that enhances the employability of our students. Our students can generate enough income to sustain themselves and/or their families. The project will improve youth access to the local market through entrepreneurship training.
2013 Planning Program - Proposal Development Workshop (Feb 28 - March 1) 2013 Planning Program - Proposal Development Workshop (Feb 28 - March 1)
2015 - YALI - West Africa (Francophone) 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.
2010 Program To test and document credit and savings products for water, sanitation for 36,000 clients in Kenya and Uganda.
2017 FRP Project - Innovation R3 Year 3 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.

Projects include:
CRDB - $970,810
Copia - $550,000
Twiga - $938,099
2014 Management Project - YouthStart Business Case Analysis This project will take a "deep dive" financial analysis of the cost and revenue drivers in 3 YouthStart FSPs to understand profitability time horizons of: a) YouthStart 18 - 24 year old savers and borrowers b) youth in those FSPs taking mass market products and c) YouthStart or youth using alternate delivery channels such as POS and mobile financial services. This quantitative analysis will be put in context of the market, institutional and segment drivers laid out in the CGAP youth savings business case framework. An internal report will be produced and adapted for external dissemination by UNCDF YouthStart.
2013 Management Program - STIR Education Midterm and final evaluation of the Aflateen program
2012 Planning Program To support a multi-country work-shop in Kampala, Uganda. The four-day budget workshop will bring together key program and finance staff from the Save the Children management team as well as field staff from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Egypt, Malawi, Mali and Uganda. It will also include program and finance staff from The MasterCard Foundation.
2017 Mgmt Project - Economic Opportunities for Refugee Girls in Nairobi Directly support 175 young women, primarily refugees, and their children, as well as future Heshima clients, with enhanced educational opportunities and social economic empowerment through providing additional entrepreneurship skills and diversified vocational training.
2017 REEDI Project - Train and educate young people in the tourism and hospitality sector This project will provide. high-quality and internationally recognized training and upskilling for Rwandan youth that is strongly linked to employer demand and incorporates practical skill development.
2016 Project - French Helix The Helix Institute will offer training courses to digital financial service practitioners, technical assistance to select organizations and a platform for information dissemination in order to improve the delivery, uptake and usage of digital financial services in Francophone West Africa.
2019 Lifelong Learning Platform Phase 2 Planning Project 2019 Lifelong Learning Platform Phase 2 Planning Project
2014 Give Back Training Management Program 2014 Give Back Training Management Program
2018 - Additional Travel Expenses for 2017 NGT Digital Advisory 2018 - Additional Travel Expenses for 2017 NGT Digital Advisory
2016 Mgmt Project - Agricultural Finance Training Program The focus of this program is to develop an agricultural finance training program geared towards financial sector professionals so that they may learn to design and deliver financial services that are responsive to the needs of smallholder farmers living in rural areas of West Africa.
2016 DCED Membership Program Annual membership fee. DCED membership will enable the MasterCard Foundation to network, convene and coordinate with key bi- and multi-lateral donors, foundations and research institutions. This will ensure young people are recognized as an integral part of any private sector donor strategy- advancing the objectives of the Youth Livelihoods program to connect young people to the private sector and employment opportunities. It will also ensure YL partners have up-to-date information on best practices and approaches to engaging private sector actors in youth employment and entrepreneurship projects.
2019 Project - Creative Industry Mapping 2019 Project - Creative Industry Mapping
2008 Program - BDI This program tests a model that explores how a careful sequencing of safety nets, livelihoods, training and microfinance can create pathways for people to move out of extreme poverty. Pilot programs are underway in Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, India, Pakistan, Peru and Yemen. The initiative is conducted in collaboration with the Ford Foundation and Consultative Group to Assist the Poor.
2014 Microcredit Summit The Microcredit Summit Campaign is holding the 17th Microcredit Summit in Merida, Mexico from September 3 -5, 2014 and will feature the theme Generation Next: Innovations in Microfinance. The Summit will be an opportunity for microfinance stakeholders to promote best practices and engage in a deep discussion around the challenges and opportunities associated with the growth and transformation of the sector. The Summit is expected to attract between 1000 – 1100 participants.
2019 - Realising Aspiration Youth in Ethiopia through Employment- (RAYEE-SNV) 240,000 youth – among whom 70% will be young women – will secure dignified and fulfilling work through self-employment or wage employment pathways. SNV will use its market/value chain development expertise and extensive experience in agribusiness and agriculture to implement this project in the regions of Amhara, Tigray, Oromia and SNNPR) and Dire Dawa city administration in Ethiopia.
2013 Program - Africa based Scholars Program The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program.
2020 CRRP - Strengthening Post-COVID Economic Resilience in Resource-Poor Communities of Senegal 2020 CRRP - Strengthening Post-COVID Economic Resilience in Resource-Poor Communities of Senegal
2016 Project - Renewal of Designated Funding for Client Centricity, Technology Renewal of Designated Funding for Client Centricity, Technology. This project will build on its initial work to further advance technology applications to improve services for clients (e.g. vulnerable groups such as smallholder farmers) and promote consumer protection.
2015 Project - Agricultural Finance for Small-holders and Related Businesses To complement the working capital facility, AgDevCo is establishing a "smallholder Support Division", which will develop the capacity of smallholder organisations to build sound agricultural small businesses deploying modern agricultural practices and prudent financial management is a natural complements to providing working capital for smallholder farmers. The SSD will provide assurance for smallholder farmers and working capital providers that credit will be properly deployed and repaid.
2014 Management Program - African Philanthropy Forum 2014 Management Program - African Philanthropy Forum
2011 Management Program To implement a youth learning and earning session at the annual Skoll World Forum and produce and disseminate associated materials.
2014 Management Project Produce an Impact Study Design Options Report to help identify methodological options for an impact assessment of Opportunity International’s agriculture finance program, followed by a discussion with key program stakeholders to identify, refine and deliver the most appropriate option.
2020 CRRP Project In response to the COVID-19 crisis, provide additional funding to support ongoing digital skills programming for Moringa students
2011 Program - Higher Education Finance Fund For technical assistance to develop, test and document an innovative microfinance product for higher education financing in Latin America.
2016 Innovation Projects (R2 Innovation) 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.
2014 Management Program - BB Metrics and Reporting Framework To develop a set of Branchless Banking Metrics and a Reporting Framework for Foundation partners that pursue Alternative Delivery Channels (ADC) as a strategy to reach low income clients.
2018 Innovation Fund Project - Category Management @ Lynk To pilot the use of market-driven intelligence in specific employment categories to improve job readiness of young entrepreneurs (Pros) on Lynk's job-matching platform. This is expected to increase job access for at least 150 youth in Kenya during the pilot, and at least 3,000 youth over the next two years.
2011 Management Program To upgrade a Management Information System (MIS) and associated online database 'SAVIX' for improved reporting and comparison of savings group (SG) performance, establishing credibility, safety, and sustainability of the SG model, and measuring financial benefits for members of SGs.
2010 Director's Program - Elizabeth Littlefield To design and develop microcredit products in Central America.
2020 CRRP - Shupavu291 Free Access To facilitate revision and learning of national curriculum using low end technology devices such as feature phones
2020 CRRP - ReBound; Flatten the Curve, Not Business 2020 CRRP - ReBound; Flatten the Curve, Not Business
2016 Mgmt Project - Client Centricity Review for FI 2016 Mgmt Project - Client Centricity Review for FI
2018 Hanga Ahazaza - Inspiring Managers and Grow Your Business This project aims to support the skills development of 30,000 young people in the hospitality and tourism (H&T) sector through a training programme for current & aspiring supervisors and through the provision of business development support for entrepreneurs.
2020 CRRP Ghana - Public Health Education in Kumasi Complement the work of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and enhance social distancing, ensure personal hygiene and control the spread of COVID-19 in six markets in the Kumasi metropolis of the Ashanti region. Promote the adoption of social distancing and personal hygiene as daily practices in the markets
2019 Management Project - Youth Empowerment through Agriculture 2019 Management Project - Youth Empowerment through Agriculture
2015 Project - Strengthening African Rural Smallholders Expand and support agricultural financial services by MFIs
2020 COVID-19 RRP - Immediate Scholar Needs 2020 COVID-19 RRP - Immediate Scholar Needs
2015 Management Project - Youth Livelihood Diaries II 2015 Management Project - Youth Livelihood Diaries II
2015 ALA-MCFSP Phase II Expand the pilot of the African Leadership Academy (ALA) Scholars Program for university-level students from hard-to-reach, low-income communities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
2020 CRRP - Community Based Organizations Capacity Development Support Provide grants and capacity development support to community based (grassroot) organizations and local NGOs in refugee settlements, host communities and slum communities that are working closely with children, youth and families greatly affected by the pandemic
2017 Management Project - HALI Access Network Indaba The 2nd annual HALI Indaba will be held in Kibuye, Rwanda from April 23-25th 2017. Bridge2Rwanda, one of HALI’s founding members, is the in-country host. The Indaba will convene representatives (program managers, founders) from HALI’s 28 members – small, local, African-based organizations focused on preparing high-achieving, low-income students for higher education. Members will share experiences and develop a sustainable governance and operational structure for HALI and its membership. Members will also devise HALI’s strategy for coordinated engagement with the international higher education admissions community, including defining priority issues for focus in 2017-2018. Ultimately, the Indaba will strengthen HALI’s ability to connect low income students across Africa with higher education opportunities.
2014 Program - Don Morrison - Dalai Lama Center 2014 Program - Don Morrison - Dalai Lama Center
2016 Project - Savings Learning Partnership Learning partnership for the Foundation's savings portfolio.
2012 Program - MF Scholars This program provides training and development of microfinance practitioners.  Scholarships are provided, based on financial need.
2016 Project - KCB Mobigrow Kenya, Rwanda Agriculture and digital financial services
2008 Director's Program - David Johnston 2008 Director's Program - David Johnston
2020 CRRP - Improving the Efficiency and Quality of School Inspections at System Level PEAS will provide public health information on COVID-19 prevention to the community and put in place health/sanitation facilities required for school re-opening
2020 African Leadership Group - Major African Initiative (ALX, ALA, ALU) 2020 African Leadership Group - Major African Initiative (ALX, ALA, ALU)
2011 Program - Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship - African Fellowship Program Provide 200 fellowships to promising students from Africa and other developing regions.
2011 Management Program - Arusha Summit Conference To support the Arusha Savings Group Summit, a global summit for savings groups practitioners.
2015 Director's Project - President Mogae 2015 Director's Project - President Mogae
2009 Director's Program - Nigel Wright This program provides education to seriously ill children who travel to Toronto from out-of-town to receive specialized medical care and their siblings.
2019 Mgmt Project - Travel Support for ACM Compass 2019 Conference This project is to fund the attendance of 30 researchers from Africa and 50 students to the ACM Compass 2019 Conference.  These students will be primarily from Accra,  Ghana.  The conference is July 3-5, 2019, and will include a workshop for sponsored researchers in addition to the research talks and other activities.
2011 Planning Program Planning grant for targeted research and proposal development to expand the Government of Tanzania's Tanzania Beyond Tomorrow (TBT) secondary education eLearning program.
2015 Project - Clients at the Center Data and Research Hub Industry data and research platform for enabling financial institutions to better serve low income customers with relevant product, services and channels.
2020 CRRP Ghana - Supporting Education System in Ghana 2020 CRRP Ghana - Supporting Education System in Ghana
2013 - AUB-FHS / EARTH Collaboration - Global Masters Program Design an innovative global Master's Program for health and sustainable development.
2015 Project - Savings at the Frontier The Savings at the Frontier Program aims to (i) support FSPs linking to existing facilitated groups, (ii) support FSPs linking to non-facilitated groups and (iii) support the formation of new groups. Since (ii) and (iii) have not been done before, the Program will take an innovative approach while maintaining the crucial requirement that the emerging models should be capable of reaching scale.
2019 Program - Filling the Financial Ecosystem Gap to Empower MSMEs 2019 Program - Filling the Financial Ecosystem Gap to Empower MSMEs
2015 Management Program - DIFFR Planning Project Planning project for the Digitally Integrated Frontier Research concept which contributes to the Next Generation Financial Services initiative.
2018 MF Scholars Program - MFT Enable approximately 36 microfinance practitioners to attend Boulder's high-quality Microfinance Training Program and, in turn, strengthen their management, risk and financial analysis, and social performance competencies, which will allow them to better serve poor clients.
2016 Mgmt Project - 2015 CAP Final Evaluation - Additional Funds (See Request #719) Travel expenses in relation to the final evaluation of the CAP project.
2010 Planning Program To develop a flagship global secondary education initiative enabling academically gifted but financially disadvantaged youth to complete secondary school.
2019 Project - EleV Learning Facilitator 2019 Project - EleV Learning Facilitator