| ACCION International |
Global
Support the industry’s promotion and implementation of client protection principles among microfinance networks |
$1 million
2 years |
| Aflatoun |
Global
Pilot and roll out a social and financial education program to disadvantaged youth in developing countries |
$3.8 million
5 years |
| African Leadership Academy |
Africa
Promote entrepreneurship among youth in Africa |
$1.65 million
2 years |
| Aga Khan Foundation Canada |
Tajikistan
Expand community-based savings groups |
$4 million
5 years |
| Ashesi University |
Africa
Provide scholarships to financially disadvantaged students to complete university education |
$13 million
9 years |
| Ashoka |
Africa
Find and support innovative approaches to scaling youth employment in Africa |
$6.6 million
5 years |
| BRAC |
Uganda
Further scale and document the impact of BRAC’s “microfinance multiplied” approach |
$45 million
7 years |
| BRAC Development Institute and BRAC USA |
Global
Test a new model to move people out of extreme poverty |
$1.3 million
3.5 years |
| Calmeadow: Higher Education Finance Fund |
Global
Technical assistance to develop, test and document innovative microfinance products for higher education financing |
$600,000
5 years |
| Camfed |
Ghana and Malawi
Scale secondary and financial literacy education for adolescent girls and young women |
$10.1 million
5 years |
| CAP Workforce Development Institute |
Kenya
Transform outdated technical and vocational training systems |
$5.8 million
5 years |
| CARE Canada |
Rwanda
Expand village savings and loans associations (VSLAs) |
$2 million
3 years |
| Catholic Relief Services - Latin America |
Latin America and Africa
Expand social performance management |
$3.9 million
5 years |
| Catholic Relief Services - Sub-Saharan Africa |
Sub-Saharan Africa
Expand social performance management |
$1.7 million
3 Years |
| Digital Opportunity Trust |
Kenya and Rwanda
Equip youth with ICT and workforce readiness skills |
$5 million
3 years |
| EARTH University |
Provide scholarships to financially disadvantaged students to complete university education |
$19.5 million
7 years |
| Education for Employment Foundation |
Morocco
Increase employability skills of unemployed and disadvantaged youth |
$3.2 million
4 years |
| Equity Group Foundation Financial Literacy |
Kenya
Expand financial education to youth and women |
$10.9 million
3.5 years |
| Equity Group Foundation Scholarships |
Kenya
Scholarships and leadership development for secondary school students |
$41 million
9 years |
| Freedom From Hunger |
Mali and Ecuador
Provide microfinance services and financial education to youth |
$4.4 million
3 years |
| Fundación Paraguaya |
Tanzania
Establish and demonstrate a financially self-supporting secondary school model |
$5.7 million
5 years |
| Grameen Foundation USA |
Proving the acceleration and reach of microfinance through technology |
$1.2 million
2 years |
| International Labour Organization |
Global
Expand the global evidence-base and disseminate findings of how young people transition from school to work |
$14.6 million
5 years |
| International Youth Foundation |
Egypt
Provide youth with skills and networks needed for employment or self-employment |
$5.1 million
4 years |
| Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship, MIT |
Global
Identify and provide fellowships for entrepreneurs from developing countries to promote a model of entrepreneurship-led development |
$20.9 million
10 years |
| Making Cents International |
Global
Create a youth microfinance curriculum |
$1.6 million
3 years |
| Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) |
Egypt and Morocco
Expand microfinance to young people |
$5 million
5 years |
| MEDA And Fonkoze |
Haiti
Enable Fonkoze’s long-term recovery from the earthquake in Haiti |
$4.5 million
2 years |
| The Microfinance Information Exchange Inc. |
Global
Increase transparency in the microfinance industry and expand coverage in Africa |
$2 million
3 years |
| Microfinance Opportunities |
Global
Promote branchless banking |
$2.9 million
3 years |
| Microfinance Transparency |
Africa
Improve pricing transparency in Africa |
$1.2 million
1.5 years |
| Opportunity International Canada |
Sub-Saharan Africa
Expand access to microfinance in rural areas |
$8 million
4 years |
| Participatory Microfinance Group For Africa (PAMIGA) |
Mali
Test and demonstrate how consolidation can help rural MFIs in Mali scale up their outreach |
$1 million
2 years |
| Plan Canada |
Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Niger
Provide microfinance services and financial education to youth |
$4.1 million
4 years |
| Save The Children Canada |
Global
A global study on youth savings |
$12.5 million
5 years |
| Swisscontact |
Tanzania and Uganda
Demonstrate and expand a practical non-formal skills training model for out-of-school youth |
$5.6 million
5 years |
| TechnoServe |
Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda
Create employment opportunities for rural disadvantaged youth throughout agricultural value chains |
$11.5 million
4 Years |
| The Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network |
Global
Create innovations in youth microfinance |
$2.8 million
3 years |
| The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program |
Global
Train microfinance professionals |
$3.9 million
5 years |
| UNCDF MicroLead |
Sub-Saharan Africa
Increase access to microfinance, particularly savings services |
$23.5 million
5 Years |
| UNCDF YouthStart |
Sub-Saharan Africa
Spur innovation and delivery of microfinance for youth in Africa |
$12 million
4.5 years |
| University of Minnesota |
Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya
Test and support the development of holistic approaches for enabling economic opportunities for disadvantaged youth |
$3.4 milion
6 years |
| Water.org |
Kenya and Uganda
Test and document credit and savings products for water and sanitation |
$3.6 milion
4 years |
| Women’s World Banking |
Global
Develop leadership and management capacity |
$3.1 million
3 years |
| YouthBuild International |
Haiti
Provide relevant employment training and job placement program to unemployed Haitian youth |
$4 milion
5 years |
