Grants Authorized 2007

Global Development
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Agricultural Trade Barriers

Agricultural Commodity Exchange for Africa
Kanengo, Lilongwe 4 Malawi
For general support
$80,000

Bread for the World Institute
Washington, DC
For developing a communications strategy
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)

Center for Rural Affairs
Lyons, NE
For activities to advance rural development programs as alternatives to trade distorting subsidies
35,000

Corporate Council on Africa
Washington, DC
For designing an agribusiness program for business schools in African universities
50,000

Environmental Defense
Oakland, CA
For a project to analyze how proposed reforms for the U.S. farm bill reauthorization in 2007 will affect commodity prices and market opportunities for farmers in developing countries
200,000

EU Transparency
London, United Kingdom
For Farmsubsidy.org, a network of researchers, journalists, and activists pressing for more transparency about EU's farm subsidies and their impacts
240,000

Farmworker Justice
Washington, DC
For activities to engage farmworkers in the public policy debates on the 2007 farm bill and America's agricultural subsidy programs
18,000

German Marshall Fund of the United States
Washington, DC
For general support to the Economic Policy Program
2,500,000

GlobalWorks Foundation
Washington, DC
For the Trade, Aid and Security Coalition to organize a series of roundtables, public meetings, and small meetings with opinion leaders on U.S. trade and poverty policies that affect developing countries
165,000

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Geneva, Switzerland
For communications planning and the creation of an evaluation system
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)

International Fertilizer Development Center
Muscle Shoals, AL
For strategic planning
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)
For a project to strengthen regional trade for agricultural fertilizer and seeds in Africa
1,500,000
For the Market Information Systems and Trader Organizations project in West Africa
300,000

International Food Policy Research Institute
Washington, DC
For an analysis of multilateral agricultural trade rules and the creation of an international policy analysis network
497,000

International Senior Lawyers Project
New York, NY
For a program to train Rwandan government officials on international trade agreement negotiating skills
55,000

Michigan State University
Department of Agricultural Economics
East Lansing, MI
For a project to expand regional agricultural trade in West Africa
400,000

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
For general support of the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa program
800,000

Oxfam America
Boston, MA
For general support of the Make Trade Fair campaign program
2,400,000

Salzburg Seminar
Middlebury, VT
For a seminar to identify the biggest obstacles in the Doha Round deadlock and ideas to achieve a resolution
269,000

Washington State University
Pullman, WA
For the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium to produce research on issues of trade, development and poverty alleviation
225,000

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Washington, DC
For a report designed to reposition public debate on core issues affecting trade and agricultural policy
214,000

World Bank
Washington, DC
For the 2008 World Development Report
300,000

Knowledge Infrastructure

America Abroad Media
Washington, DC
For AAM's public radio programming, particularly its international affairs program, America Abroad
600,000

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Washington, DC
For distribution of Foreign Policy magazine to journalists, editors and producers of news programs
300,000

Center for Global Development
Washington, DC
For general support
3,600,000

Educational Broadcasting Corporation
New York, NY
For Wide Angle, a PBS documentary series on international topics
750,000
For continued support of Wide Angle, a PBS documentary series on international topics
500,000

Independent Television Service
San Francisco, CA
For the International Media Development Fund
2,000,000

Institucion Renace ABP
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
For general support to the National Network for Oral Trials in Mexico program
200,000

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
For the International Reporting Project
300,000
For continued support of the International Reporting Project
300,000

Link Media
San Francisco, CA
For an executive search firm to recruit a Chief Executive Officer
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)
For the Global Pulse News Service Project
2,000,000

Pew Research Center
Washington, DC
For the Global Attitudes Project, a survey of international public opinion on a variety of topics
(Collaboration with Special Projects)
250,000

Public Radio International
Minneapolis, MN
For the Global Resource Service
250,000

Tides Center
Washington, DC
For Editors' World
200,000

Tides Foundation
San Francisco, CA
For general support of the Connect US initiative, a pooled grantmaking fund to support a network of organizations advocating for responsible U.S. global engagement
2,000,000
For Connect US to help its grantees develop evaluation plans to assess their impact
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)

University of Georgia
Athens, GA
For creation of a training module on NewsU to help media organizations better cover global issues
106,000

WGBH
Boston, MA
For Frontline World, a public television news magazine series on global affairs
750,000
For continued support of Frontline World, a public television news magazine series on global affairs
500,000

World Security Institute
Washington, DC
For support of the weekly public affairs television program, "Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria"
(Collaboration with Special Projects)
250,000

Yale University
Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
New Haven, CT
For general support to the Center for the Study of Globalization
(Collaboration with Special Projects)

Official Development Assistance

Center for American Progress Washington, DC
For an effort to improve U.S. development assistance policies in order to ensure the foreign policy goal of "sustainable security"
600,000

Center for U.S. Global Engagement
Washington, DC
For general support
1,200,000

Fritz Institute
San Francisco, CA
For disseminating a model to increase the effectiveness of African humanitarian organizations
50,000

Initiative for Global Development
Seattle, WA
For general support
800,000
For the development of a strategic plan with the new Board of Directors
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
For an impact evaluation in Uttar Pradesh, India to assess the efficacy of interventions to improve governance and accountability in developing countries
49,984

Overseas Development Institute
Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure
London, United Kingdom
For a project to engage Southern research organizations in the debate about reforms to the international aid system
150,000

Save the Children
Westport, CT
For planning a program of research & advocacy to promote improvements to U.S. development assistance
197,500

Quality Education in Developing Countries

Academy for Educational Development
Washington, DC
For general support of the Basic Education Coalition
500,000
For development of a strategy to expand and diversify the Basic Education Coalition's funding base
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)

ActionAid USA*
Washington, DC
For a planning project to improve teaching and parents' monitoring of school performance
1,033,000

Fundacion para la Aplicacion y Ensenanza de las Ciencias*
Cali, Columbia
For launching the Preparation for Social Action program and building capacity in 3 African countries
1,950,000

Global Campaign for Education
Brussels, Belgium
For general support
450,000

Institute for Financial Management and Research
Egmore, Chennai India
For J‑PAL South Asia to conduct the planning phase for an impact evaluation of Pratham's Read India
90,000
For J‑PAL South Asia to conduct an impact evaluation of Pratham's Read India
1,225,000

International Rescue Committee
New York, NY
For the Women's Commission to develop policy guidelines for teacher compensation and retention
60,000

Pratham Mumbai Education Initiative*
Houston, TX
For Read India, a nationwide project to improve students' literacy and numeracy skills
9,114,000

Transparency International
Berlin, Germany
For developing an Education Watch project that will increase public accountability and transparency in the education sector
100,000
For implementation of the Education Watch project in seven African countries
1,512,000

University of California at Berkeley
Scientific Evaluation for Global Action
Berkeley, CA
For SEGA to evaluate FUNDAEC's Tutorial Learning System in Honduras for expansion to Africa
1,280,000

Special Opportunities

American University in Cairo
Cairo, Egypt
For general support of the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the American University in Cairo
(Collaboration with Population and Philanthropy)
100,000

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Washington, DC
For general support
(Collaboration with Environment, Special Projects, Education, Population, and Performing Arts)
25,000

Rostros y Voces
Mexico City, Mexico
For general support of the flood relief program
(Collaboration with Environment and Special Projects)
25,000

Think Tanks

African Center for Economic Transformation
Washington, DC
For general support
200,000

American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
For planning a project to strengthen the role and increase the impact of think tanks and research institutes in the Middle East
12,000

Harvard University
Department of Government
Cambridge, MA
For a project in Ghana to upgrade the quality of policy analysis in the field of development
564,300

International Development Research Centre
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
For general support of the Think Tanks Program
40,000,000

Transparency and Accountability

Article 19
London, United Kingdom
For organization decentralization and strategic planning
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)

Carter Center
Atlanta, GA
For an international conference on public access to government information
75,000

Center for Global Development
Washington, DC
For the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3IE)
2,000,000

Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
Delegación Alvaro Obregón, México
For general support of CIDE's Legal Studies Division
450,000

Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropologia Social, Occidente
Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
For an impact evaluation of Oportunidades on the economic prospects of program scholarship graduates
300,000

Centro Internacional de Estudios de Transparencia y Acceso a la Informacion
Mexico City, Mexico
For general support
200,000

Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental
Mexico City, México
For general support of CEMDA's litigation program
200,000

Consejo Ciudadano del Premio Nacional de Periodismo
Mexico City, Mexico
For strategic planning
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)
For general support
150,000

Development Initiatives
Wells, Somerset, United Kingdom
For a project to improve access to high quality, timely information on aid flows
1,200,000

Fundar, Centro de Análisis e Investigación
Mexico City, Mexico
For general support
150,000

Gesoc, Agencia para el Desarrollo
Mexico City, Mexico
For analyzing government proposals to implement performance-based public spending policies in Mexico
150,000

Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad
Mexico City, Mexico
For developing an index of state budget discretionality in Mexico
200,000

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Mexico City, México
For improving the enabling environment for philanthropy in Mexico
175,000

Locallis
Queretaro, Mexico
For producing budget information for local authorities and citizens in some municipalities in Mexico
120,000

National Security Archive Fund
Washington, DC
For general support of the National Security Archive's Mexico project
620,000

Revenue Watch Institute
New York, NY
For general support
4,000,000

Sin Fronteras, I.A.P.
Mexico City, México
For a project to use access-to-information and budget data to promote government accountability on migration-related programs in Mexico
200,000

Sonora Ciudadana
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
For general support
85,000
For strategic planning and to refine communications strategy
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)

Transparencia Mexicana
Mexico City, Mexico
For general support
200,000

University of California at Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
For a project entitled 'Putting Mexico's Information Disclosure Reforms into Practice: A Rural Civil Society Strategy'
425,000

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Washington, DC
For a publication on the impact of how the U.S. promotes global development in the 21st century
40,020


*Quality Education in Developing Countries includes XX provided by the Gates Foundation, a partner in the project.

 

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