Grants awarded 2014

Pro Mujer: $15,000 for the continual advancement of its three-year strategic plan. The plan was developed to consolidate growth and organizational culture throughout the five Latin American countries in which the program operates. Seven key areas are covered, including customer relationships and service, financial products, information technology, a client health Read more

KickStart: $15,000 to fund the implementation of a new performance management and evaluation system (PMES).  To enhance its programmatic efforts in sales of its innovative hip pump irrigators, the organization launched a PMES to better support staff development, retain highly talented staff members, and increase efficiency. Ongoing evaluation and feedback Read more

Digital Divide Data: $15,000 to scale its corporate partnership model as part of a strategy to replicate its successful partnership with CISCO among other corporations that need the type of services supplied by the organization’s impact sourcing approach to digital services such as date entry and e=book production. Project costs Read more

Aspen Institute: $10,000 in the final installment of a three-year, $60,000 cumulative grant to initiate a new program, the Alliance for Artisan Enterprise. This endeavor will work in a variety of capacities provide assistance to the millions of artisan handcrafters whose work comprises $34 billion in international trade annually, yet Read more

A Self-help Assistance Program: $7,000 to launch its Tools for Empowerment program in Haiti. As part of its long-term vision to expand livelihood skills development in Haiti, the organization provided trade tool kits to vocational school graduates in partnership with on-the-ground partner Salesian Missions.