The main focus of our Special Initiatives grantmaking is the exploration of potential areas of giving through focused learning grants. Sometimes we also make grants in response to unique challenges and unanticipated events where we determine we have a unique opportunity to contribute.

Note: Our Global Development Program was officially launched in April 2006. However, we began making limited grants in this area earlier.

Grants

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Date Title Jul 29, 2008 Seattle Foundation $150,000 over 3 years to increase U.S. government and private sector commitments in the fight against extreme poverty Jul 25, 2008 Initiative for Global Development $300,000 over 21 months to increase U.S. government and private sector commitments in the fight against extreme poverty Jul 22, 2008 Transparency International $6,869,633 over 3 years to improve civil society's capacity to demand better governance in the delivery of basic services -- particularly education, health, and water supply in sub-Saharan African nations Jul 2, 2008 Catholic Relief Services $500,000 over 1 year to support emergency relief activities in response to Typhoon Fengshen in the Philippines Jun 2, 2008 EnterpriseWorks/VITA $4,183,733 over 5 years to determine whether domestic rainwater harvesting has the potential to be an affordable and sustainable option for the poor with limited access to groundwater when supported through a market-based approach May 27, 2008 Windrush Ventures No.3, Limited Partnership $2,466,415 over 17 months to prevent and relieve poverty in Sierra Leone by providing strategic advice and building institutional capacity in the Government to promote peace, economic growth and sustainable development May 16, 2008 Chinese Ministry of Health $1,300,000 over 1 year to support emergency relief activities for the Sichuan earthquake May 9, 2008 Save the Children Federation $1,000,000 over 1 year to support emergency relief for Myanmar cyclone Nargis May 9, 2008 CARE $1,000,000 over 1 year to support emergency relief for Myanmar cyclone Nargis May 9, 2008 World Vision $1,000,000 over 1 year to support emergency relief for Myanmar cyclone Nargis Apr 11, 2008 The Aspen Institute Inc. $300,000 over 3 years to seek further the national conversation in understanding the connections of U.S. national security imperatives with the current & future challenges in the developing world Apr 11, 2008 Affordable Housing Institute $1,000,000 over 2 years to promote research and education on the socioeconomics of shelter in urbanizing communities outside the United States Apr 7, 2008 InterAction $7,580,434 over 3 years to increase InterAction’s ability to advocate for more effective U.S. foreign assistance, enhance member coordination, increase membership, and improve media and public outreach in order to strengthen InterAction and its ability to achieve reform Mar 26, 2008 Africa Progress Panel Foundation $4,006,610 over 3 years to support the Africa Progress Panel Mar 26, 2008 Michigan State University $2,000,000 over 3 years to strengthen the research-based communication, outreach, and issue advocacy activities of the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa in order to accelerate African and agriculture-led, sustained, broad-based economic growth on the continent Mar 16, 2008 CARE $500,000 over 1 year to support emergency relief activities in Madagascar for cyclone Ivan Mar 7, 2008 Mercy Corps $700,000 over 1 year to support emergency relief activities in Tajikistan for the winter freeze Mar 5, 2008 International Water and Sanitation Center $54,780 over 6 months to support an expert round table on impact assesment for strengthening governance of water, sanitation and hygiene services Jan 2, 2008 International Water and Sanitation Center $14,481,635 over 63 months to improve access to accurate knowledge on disaggregated WASH costs and by embedding improved decision-making processes in lead organisations in the WASH sector at intermediate, national and international levels

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