Investments

This page lists investments we have recommended. To learn how to apply for funding, read this page.

Pooled fund awards were made via our multi-donor funding vehicle. In the case of affiliate fund awards, we played some supportive role (e.g., in scoping, review, due diligence, or technical assistance), but the award did not flow through our books: an affiliate fund made it directly.

September 11, 2023
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Busara Center
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Pilot Evaluation of AI Mentorship for Microentrepreneurs
|
$52,300
from
Affiliate
fund
September 11, 2023
|
Yale University
|
Evaluating the Impacts of a Flood Early Warning System in South Asia (Extension)
|
$300,000
from
Affiliate
fund
August 22, 2023
|
Good Business Lab
|
Evaluating Support for Female Rural-to-Urban Migrant Workers
|
$415,000
from
Affiliate
fund
August 15, 2023
|
Access Afya
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Chat for Impact Accelerator: 2023
|
$25,000
from
Affiliate
fund
August 15, 2023
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Empower Digital Health
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Chat for Impact Accelerator: 2023
|
$25,000
from
Affiliate
fund
August 15, 2023
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Epsyclinic Healthcare
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Chat for Impact Accelerator: 2023
|
$25,000
from
Affiliate
fund
August 15, 2023
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HelpMum
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Chat for Impact Accelerator: 2023
|
$25,000
from
Affiliate
fund
August 15, 2023
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ImpulsoGov
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Chat for Impact Accelerator: 2023
|
$25,000
from
Affiliate
fund
August 15, 2023
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Koko
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Chat for Impact Accelerator: 2023
|
$25,000
from
Affiliate
fund
August 15, 2023
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Rocket Health Africa
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Chat for Impact Accelerator: 2023
|
$25,000
from
Affiliate
fund
August 15, 2023
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Aga Khan University
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Chat for Impact Accelerator: 2023
|
$25,000
from
Affiliate
fund
August 15, 2023
|
Vida Plena
|
Chat for Impact Accelerator: 2023
|
$25,000
from
Affiliate
fund
August 15, 2023
|
Wysa
|
Chat for Impact Accelerator: 2023
|
$25,000
from
Affiliate
fund
August 7, 2023
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CorStone
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Experimental Evaluation of Youth First Kenya
|
$385,000
from
Affiliate
fund
August 7, 2023
|
ConsiliumBots
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General Operating Support
|
$300,000
from
Affiliate
fund
July 6, 2023
|
J-PAL
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Pilot: Identifying and Nurturing Math Talent in Tamil Nadu
|
$80,000
from
Pooled
fund
June 15, 2023
|
Empower Digital Health
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Pilot: Cranberry Fit AI Coach and Women’s Premenstrual Syndrome Severity
|
$50,000
from
Pooled
fund
June 15, 2023
|
Noora Health
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Integrating Data for Strategic Insights & Reporting
|
$265,000
from
Pooled
fund
June 15, 2023
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The Behavioral Insights Team
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Mental Health Support for Mothers in Juntos
|
$119,000
from
Pooled
fund
June 15, 2023
|
Yale University
|
Evaluating the Impacts of a Flood Early Warning System in South Asia
|
$90,000
from
Pooled
fund
June 15, 2023
|
BRAC Institute of Governance and Development
|
IPV Prevention in Bangladesh
|
$35,000
from
Pooled
fund
June 15, 2023
|
The Reach Trust
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Supporting Caregivers with Play-Based Activity
|
$225,000
from
Pooled
fund
June 15, 2023
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
Scalable Solutions for Improving Women’s Labor Market Participation in India
|
$35,000
from
Pooled
fund
June 5, 2023
|
Behavioral Insights Team
|
Tech-Enabled Coaching of Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia
|
$230,000
from
Affiliate
fund
June 5, 2023
|
Rocket Learning
|
General Support
|
$620,000
from
Affiliate
fund
April 24, 2023
|
Ashoka University
|
Evaluation of Capabilities-Based Coaching with JEEViKA
|
$498,620
from
Affiliate
fund
April 24, 2023
|
Medha
|
Supporting Young People Enrolled in Indian Vocational Training Institutes
|
$320,000
from
Affiliate
fund
April 21, 2023
|
Family Empowerment Media
|
Project Management Support for RCT in Nigeria
|
$200,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 21, 2023
|
IPA
|
Research on Self-Oriented vs Society-Oriented Aspirations
|
$213,891
from
Pooled
fund
April 21, 2023
|
The Apprentice Project
|
WhatsApp for Creativity, Confidence, and Critical Thinking
|
$200,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 17, 2023
|
A Gupta (Mentor Together)
|
Youth Empowerment Fellowship: 2023
|
$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 17, 2023
|
A Mwangangi, P Wang (SHOFCO)
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Youth Empowerment Fellowship: 2023
|
$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 17, 2023
|
B Jaisingh (Medha)
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Youth Empowerment Fellowship: 2023
|
$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 17, 2023
|
J Borh (NEPI)
|
Youth Empowerment Fellowship: 2023
|
$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 17, 2023
|
J Lavin, M Cornejo (ConsiliumBots)
|
Youth Empowerment Fellowship: 2023
|
$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 17, 2023
|
M Mahoney (Educate)
|
Youth Empowerment Fellowship: 2023
|
$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 17, 2023
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N Shetty (Precision Development)
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Youth Empowerment Fellowship: 2023
|
$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 17, 2023
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P Chandrasekar (Udhyam)
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Youth Empowerment Fellowship: 2023
|
$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 17, 2023
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T Osborn, J Tu (Shamiri Institute)
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Youth Empowerment Fellowship: 2023
|
$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 17, 2023
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X Qiu, X Ye (Stanford University)
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Youth Empowerment Fellowship: 2023
|
$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 17, 2023
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Y Kemayou, M Traore (Kabakoo Academies)
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Youth Empowerment Fellowship: 2023
|
$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 14, 2023
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CERP Pakistan
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Evaluation of National Science Bowl
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$183,796
from
Pooled
fund
April 14, 2023
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Católica de Chile
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Research on Math Talent and STEM Careers in Chile
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$129,158
from
Pooled
fund
April 14, 2023
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IMPA
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Research with Brazilian Math Olympiad
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$400,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 14, 2023
|
J-PAL
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Reducing the Costs of Accessing Data to Study Global Math Talent
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$93,394
from
Pooled
fund
April 14, 2023
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NBER
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PhD Fellowships for Research on Global Math Talent
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$238,740
from
Pooled
fund
April 14, 2023
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Stanford University
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AI Support of College Transition Choices in China
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$184,000
from
Pooled
fund
March 15, 2023
|
ITAM
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Studying the Impact of Data Access for Venezuelan Migrants
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$72,000
from
Affiliate
fund
March 15, 2023
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Harvard University
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Research Project on Migration and Misreporting
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$61,835
from
Affiliate
fund
March 15, 2023
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University of Chicago
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Improving Youth Security in Eastern DRC
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$450,000
from
Affiliate
fund
March 7, 2023
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Fellowship: A Towne Amporo (Youth Impact)
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Social Impact Fellowship: 2023
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$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
February 1, 2023
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AC Thorsheim, T Oyekanmi (Family Empowerment Media)
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Social Impact Fellowship: 2023
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$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
February 1, 2023
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J Bittner, A Kaslin (Vida Plena)
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Social Impact Fellowship: 2023
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$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
February 1, 2023
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J Solomon (tbd)
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Social Impact Fellowship: 2023
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$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
February 1, 2023
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K Hashi (OGOW Health)
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Social Impact Fellowship: 2023
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$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
February 1, 2023
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K Hu, G Zhou (tbd)
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Social Impact Fellowship: 2023
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$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
February 1, 2023
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M Aboubaker (tbd)
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Social Impact Fellowship: 2023
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$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
February 1, 2023
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M Pandey, S Guhan, K Joshi (Key Education Foundation)
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Social Impact Fellowship: 2023
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$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
February 1, 2023
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N Otis (UC Berkeley)
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Social Impact Fellowship: 2023
|
$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
February 1, 2023
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P Narayanan (Involve)
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Social Impact Fellowship: 2023
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$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
February 1, 2023
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R Gupta, V Jain (Labhya Foundation)
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Social Impact Fellowship: 2023
|
$70,000
from
Pooled
fund
December 2, 2022
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D-Tree
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Perinatal Health Partnership
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$25,000
from
Pooled
fund
December 2, 2022
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Praekelt MomConnect
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Perinatal Health Partnership
|
$25,000
from
Pooled
fund
December 2, 2022
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LivingGoods
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Precision Health Partnership
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$25,000
from
Pooled
fund
December 2, 2022
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IDinsight
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Perinatal Health Partnership
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$35,000
from
Pooled
fund
November 30, 2022
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SameSame
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Optimizing Digital Mental Health through Reinforcement Learning
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$100,000
from
Affiliate
fund
October 31, 2022
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ConsiliumBots
|
Decidiendo para un Futuro Mejor': Colombia Expansion
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$113,000
from
Pooled
fund
October 31, 2022
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Railway Children Tanzania
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Building and Testing Associations for Street Youth
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$250,000
from
Pooled
fund
October 31, 2022
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Movva
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Supporting Higher Education Decision-Making in Brazil
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$400,000
from
Pooled
fund
October 31, 2022
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Shujaaz
|
A/B-Testing Media for User Engagement
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$300,000
from
Pooled
fund
October 31, 2022
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Youth Impact
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Refining, Codifying, and Exporting Rapid Impact Assessments
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$400,000
from
Pooled
fund
October 31, 2022
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IPA
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Measuring Long-Term Impacts of Negotiation Training with Zambian Girls
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$77,000
from
Pooled
fund
October 31, 2022
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ConsiliumBots
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Virtual Counselor for Informed Higher Education Decisions in Colombia
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$200,000
from
Pooled
fund
October 31, 2022
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ConsiliumBots
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Supporting the Navigation of Social Benefit Systems
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$193,000
from
Pooled
fund
October 31, 2022
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Pratigya – Fiscal Sponsorship of Parenting Project in India
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Involving Parents in Foundational Literacy and Numeracy
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$200,000
from
Pooled
fund
October 31, 2022
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Kabakoo Academies
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Implementing and Testing a Blended Learning Approach
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$347,000
from
Pooled
fund
October 28, 2022
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Columbia Teachers College
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Studying Perceived Control among Teachers in North India
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$13,000
from
Pooled
fund
October 15, 2022
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NEPI Liberia
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Restarting Liberia Operations
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$180,000
from
Affiliate
fund
October 4, 2022
|
Emory University
|
Impact Evaluation of Health Baby Toolkit
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$350,000
from
Pooled
fund
September 8, 2022
|
Educate
|
Pilot: Bootcamps with Out-of-School Youth
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$450,000
from
Affiliate
fund
September 8, 2022
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NEPI Liberia
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General Research Support
|
$270,000
from
Affiliate
fund
September 8, 2022
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Stanford Immigration Policy Lab
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Contribution to ECOWAS Migration Research
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$700,000
from
Affiliate
fund
September 8, 2022
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Fundación Capital
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Digital Tools in Social Protection and Ultra-Poor Graduation
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$210,000
from
Affiliate
fund
July 29, 2022
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Johns Hopkins University
|
SEE Change Evaluation
|
$411,777
from
Affiliate
fund
June 17, 2022
|
Behavioral Insights Team
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Using Chat to Engage with Cash Transfer Recipients in Peru
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$208,000
from
Pooled
fund
June 8, 2022
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J-PAL (Lisa Ho)
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The Impacts of Flexible Work Arrangements on Women in West Bengal
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$104,000
from
Affiliate
fund
June 8, 2022
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Shamiri Institute
|
Mental Health Services for Kenyan Youth: Testing Scaling Models
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$212,000
from
Affiliate
fund
May 13, 2022
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BRAC University
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Testing Media & Therapy to Reduce Spousal Violence
|
$250,000
from
Pooled
fund
May 13, 2022
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Myna Mahila Foundation
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Pilot: Experimentation on Rani Work app
|
$100,000
from
Pooled
fund
May 13, 2022
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Sangath
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Digital Extension of Health Activity Program
|
$200,000
from
Pooled
fund
May 9, 2022
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Suvita
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Adding Nutritional Counseling to Existing Mobile Campaigns
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$200,000
from
Pooled
fund
May 9, 2022
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The Taimaka Project
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Innovations in Mobile Tech to Reduce Acute Malnutrition
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$95,000
from
Pooled
fund
May 9, 2022
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FHI Solutions
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Conversational Voicebot to Assist with Nutritional Choice
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$200,000
from
Pooled
fund
May 9, 2022
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Shamiri Institute
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Collecting Medium-Term Outcomes on Mental Health RCT in Kenya
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$120,000
from
Pooled
fund
May 9, 2022
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Indus Action
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Helping People Navigate Nutrition Benefit Programs
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$200,000
from
Pooled
fund
May 9, 2022
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IDEAS Pakistan
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Evaluation of Child Growth Monitoring & Communication Tools
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$249,995
from
Pooled
fund
May 9, 2022
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SameSame
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Chatbots to Support Queer Youth in Hostile Contexts
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$203,000
from
Pooled
fund
May 6, 2022
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Rocket Learning
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Adding Nutritional Counseling to WhatsApp Groups
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$200,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 11, 2022
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YLabs
|
Building a Platform for Youth Counseling
|
$200,000
from
Pooled
fund
April 1, 2022
|
Glific
|
Open Source Platform for WhatsApp Chat
|
$180,000
from
Pooled
fund