Grants & Grantees
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Villgro, formerly Rural Innovations Network, works with smallholder farmers in rural India to develop, field test and commercialize inventions that can help significantly improve the lives of poor and vulnerable people.
Grants
ETC Foundation
for use by its Prolinnova network to transition the Farmer Access to Innovation Resources pilot programs to farmer-managed institutions...
http://www.etc-international.orgLocation: Leusden
Initiative: Innovation
Region Served: Cambodia, Ghana, Kenya, Nepal, Sub-Saharan Africa
TERM of the Grant: 1/1/2012 – 12/31/2012
Amount: $200,000Tides Center
in support of an evaluation of the Foundation’s Accelerating Innovation for Development initiative, to foster learning, accountability...
http://www.tides.orgLocation: San Francisco, CA
Initiative: Innovation
Region Served: Global
TERM of the Grant: 7/1/2011 – 4/30/2012
Amount: $350,000The Young Foundation
in support of the costs of research to assess the need and demand for an "innovation academy" and of its Social Innovation eXchange, a...
http://www.youngfoundation.orgLocation: London
Initiative: Innovation
Region Served: Global
TERM of the Grant: 4/1/2010 – 10/31/2011
Amount: $212,000Maker Faire Africa Foundation
toward the costs of Maker Faire 2011 and 2012, an annual event that convenes innovators from around Africa and links them with mentors...
http://www.makerfaireafrica.comLocation: Amsterdam
Initiative: Innovation
Region Served: Africa
TERM of the Grant: 11/1/2010 – 10/31/2012
Amount: $150,000NetHope, Inc.
in support of collaborating with Accenture Development Partnerships to develop a plan to build and launch an Innovation for Development...
http://www.nethope.orgLocation: Fairfax, VA
Initiative: Innovation
Region Served: Developing Countries
TERM of the Grant: 9/1/2010 – 8/31/2011
Amount: $430,000