Latest Grantee Impact Stories

An AI-powered tool called FarmerChat is transforming how smallholder farmers access timely, hyperlocal advice — helping them make critical decisions, protect their livelihoods, and build resilience in the face of climate and resource challenges.

Solar-powered cold storage is transforming herb farming in Kenya — enabling daytime harvesting, expanding jobs for women, and helping smallholder farmers turn shrinking land into higher-value livelihoods.

By pairing renewable energy with cold storage and market access, the Global Energy Alliance is helping to transform farms into engines of job creation and economic growth.

Historically considered a food desert, North Tulsa residents now have access to FreshRx Oklahoma — a non-profit that partners with local farms to provide free, nutritious food to residents with Type 2 diabetes.

In rural Petauke, Zambia, the arrival of electricity through Mission 300 has transformed livelihoods, turning migration into homecoming as families like the Tembos build thriving businesses and brighter futures powered by clean energy.

Richard Hamilton, a Klamath Tribe member and forest restoration leader, works with Lomakatsi and Blue Forest to revive ecosystems through Indigenous fire practices and collaborative restoration efforts that protect landscapes, create jobs, and build resilience against catastrophic wildfires.

By directing historic investments into community banks, the Economic Opportunity Coalition is expanding access to capital, empowering small businesses, and strengthening the foundation of a more inclusive, resilient national economy.

The Traditional Grains Mixture Project is focused on studying if innovations around an ancient practice — growing mixed grains in a single field — can improve global food security.

The Amana Project is creating a transformative financial system to support smallholder farmers provide more nutritious food to schools while restoring soil health and safeguarding biodiversity.

Three million women in Kenya have turned to an AI-enabled text messaging service in Swahili that empowers them to access essential care from pregnancy to postpartum.