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. 

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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.org
  Location: Leusden
  Initiative: Innovation
  Region Served: Cambodia, Ghana, Kenya, Nepal, Sub-Saharan Africa
  TERM of the Grant: 1/1/2012 – 12/31/2012
  Amount: $200,000
   

• Tides Center

  in support of an evaluation of the Foundation’s Accelerating Innovation for Development initiative, to foster learning, accountability...
  
  http://www.tides.org
  Location: San Francisco, CA
  Initiative: Innovation
  Region Served: Global
  TERM of the Grant: 7/1/2011 – 4/30/2012
  Amount: $350,000
   

• The 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.org
  Location: London
  Initiative: Innovation
  Region Served: Global
  TERM of the Grant: 4/1/2010 – 10/31/2011
  Amount: $212,000
   

• Maker 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.com
  Location: Amsterdam
  Initiative: Innovation
  Region Served: Africa
  TERM of the Grant: 11/1/2010 – 10/31/2012
  Amount: $150,000
   

• NetHope, Inc.

  in support of collaborating with Accenture Development Partnerships to develop a plan to build and launch an Innovation for Development...
  
  http://www.nethope.org
  Location: Fairfax, VA
  Initiative: Innovation
  Region Served: Developing Countries
  TERM of the Grant: 9/1/2010 – 8/31/2011
  Amount: $430,000