Digital Divide Data (DDD) seeks to bring tech skills and living-wage work to men and women in underserved communities. The organization received a $10,000 grant towards its cloud computing training initiative. DDD built a proven work-study methodology to train, support and employ talented individuals around the world.

Village Enterprise works to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship and innovation. The second installment of $10,000 of a two-year unrestricted grant will help the organization provide women and men with the tools and resources to start and earn income from sustainable small businesses.

Strategies for International Development will use the second and final installment of a two-year grant of $20,000 to help coffee farmers graduate from poverty in Guatemala. The organization seeks to help farmers build successful farm businesses that increase their income.

Through its impact investing in South Africa through loan guarantees for businesses and farms, Shared Interest looks to strengthen individuals and institutions in reducing poverty. The one-time, $10,000 grant will allow it to continue scaling and measuring its transformational banking model on a regional level in Malawi.

MAP International provides medicine and health supplies for mission clinics and hospitals in developing countries around the world. The one-time, targeted support grant of $15,000 will go towards Improving Maternal and Child Health Initiative in Liberia with an emphasis on reducing mortality rates.

The organization TechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses, and industries. A grant of $15,000 will go towards funding its cocoa production program in Peru, and helping include women small holder farms into agricultural and business training programs.

Spark MicroGrants supports rural poor communities to design, implement, and manage their own social impact projects through microgrants to enable village-level project implementation. The organization received a $10,000 strategic administrative grant to help complete three training projects, which will advance the organization’s overall strategic growth.

Opportunity International seeks to end extreme poverty by empowering individuals to work their way out of poverty through programs focused on financial services and assistance. The $20,000, two-year grant will go towards the organization’s Philippines LIFE program, which focuses on economic asset transfers, life skills coaching, and small business training.

Outreach International strengthens and empowers communities in the Global South through development of indigenous non-governmental organizations. It received a grant of $10,000 to purchase and install hardware related to technology updates in its new location in Kansas City.

Through its Tools for Empowerment program, ASAP Empowers seeks to provide tools to students and graduates in Haiti, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic. The West Foundation will work to help ASAP build its fund development strategy and program through a $6,330 grant over three years.

Smiles Forever received the third installment of a three-year, $30,000 grant towards its oral hygiene and dental care programs in Bolivia. The organization demonstrated the effects of silver diamide fluoride (SDF), an FDA-approved treatment for cavities and one that can be utilized by dental hygienists.

For its ongoing book projects in its grassroots healthcare series, Hesperian Health Guides received the second of two $15,000 installments. The 2018 tranche will cover ongoing production of its grassroots organization and medical care books.

Plant with Purpose will use the second and final installment of $10,000 of a multi-year grant to support its integrated community development efforts in the Dominican Republic. Its programs equip farming families around the world to increase farm yields, heal damaged ecosystems, improve nutrition, and increase household savings and opportunities.

H20 for Life partners with US schools to provide service-learning curriculum educating thousands of students about the global water crisis while simultaneously inspiring philanthropic action. The organization was granted $15,000 in renewed, multi-year unrestricted support to continue supporting water access, sanitation, and hygiene products in schools in the Global South.

blueEnergy is awarded $7,500 in unrestricted funds to continue to fulfill its mission and vision in working towards a more equitable, sustainable world. This includes advancing the skills and technical capacities of the communities it serves in Nicaragua and Ethiopia through integrated and sustainable development through two programs.

Through its dedication to cooperating in projects for democratic, community-based social and economic development in Central America, CoCoDa seeks to build strong relationships and communities between people in the U.S., El Salvador, and Nicaragua. A three-year, $21,000 flexible funding grant will assist CoCoDa in experimenting with new fundraising efforts and planning future programs.

The second installment of a three-year, unrestricted operating grant of $30,000 will help Thousand Currents strategically leverage its partners to build the capacity of grassroots movements and organizations in the Global South. The organization uses philanthropy to elevate and support the development of community voice.