Echidna Giving grantee portfolio (external)

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1	Organization	Organization Mission Statement	Purpose

2	Aangan Trust	Aangan envisions safe communities where protective systems are built ground up or strengthened wherever they exist. This system strengthening approach involves empowering local public institutions /officials and community actors to identify and address risk, and jointly address systemic gaps to protect children in their jurisdiction. The goal is to embed child safety into the mandated public institutions like the panchayats, schools, and police, making child safety everyone's business.	Building supportive schools in three vulnerable, tribal districts in Jharkhand where girls feel connected, safe, and motivated to stay leading to higher engagement, improved attendance, and reduced dropouts through peer-led and responsive school systems.
3	Aangan Trust	Aangan envisions safe communities where protective systems are built ground up or strengthened wherever they exist. This system strengthening approach involves empowering local public institutions /officials and community actors to identify and address risk, and jointly address systemic gaps to protect children in their jurisdiction. The goal is to embed child safety into the mandated public institutions like the panchayats, schools, and police, making child safety everyone's business.	To institutionalize a system of dialogue between empowered communities and education officials to holistically support adolescent girls to attend and stay in school in select districts across Jharkhand so that they are supported, safe and accounted for.
4	ACE Policy Research (APRI)	To build institutional capacity and partnerships for research, advocacy, and policy development for evidence-based approaches towards institutional growth and socio-economic transformation.	Strengthening systems for education policy implementation in Uganda to improve opportunities for early and foundational learning through enhanced policy coordination and contribute to improved learning outcomes across the sector at all levels.
5	Aflatoun	Aflatoun International's mission is to ensure access to quality, inclusive, child-centred social and financial education for all children and young people worldwide, especially the most vulnerable	Research Proposal to Measure the Effectiveness of Social and Financial Education in India and The Gambia through two Randomized Control Trials
6	Africa Early Childhood Network (AfECN)	To serve as a platform for collaboration in protecting children’s rights through influencing ECED policies, programmes, and practices.	Strengthening advocacy for childcare at the continental regional, national and grassroots levels.
7	African Collaborative, Inc.	The mission is to provide locally-led organizations with the resources needed to create purposeful, community-driven change. AVF advocates for sweeping structural transformation in philanthropy and development to promote equitable funding practices that shift resources to the frontlines of impact.	To deliver catalytic funding and organizational support to ~60 African Visionary Partners and will enable us to reach more education and gender equity focused organizations.
8	African Population & Health Research Center (APHRC)	To generate evidence, strengthening research and related capacity in the African R&D ecosystem, and engaging policy to inform action on health and development	The grant will be funding the Human Development Program Support
9	Africhild	The AfriChild Centre is a child focused multi-disciplinary research institution. Operating at the intersection between research, policy and practice, the Centre generates research evidence to inform policies and programmes to improve the wellbeing of children in Africa. The Centre strives for an Africa where children's wellbeing is realized for sustainable development. The goal of the centre is to contribute to public and private investment in child wellbeing. The Centre does this through three core programme areas; 1) Research Generation, 2) Increasing the use of research in policy and practice, 3) Organizational development.	General support to enhance Africhild's capacity for research generation, translation, and institutional development to deliver sustainable local solutions to improve early childhood care and education for marginalized children, especially girls.
10	Ahvaan	Ahvaan envisions a future where every child has access to high-quality early childhood education that sets a strong foundation for lifelong learning and success	Project Buniyaad – Strengthening Girls’ Education in the Early Years
11	Amani Girls Organisation	Build resilience and create opportunities with girls and youth. The purpose is to advance girls' rights through the promotion of gender equality.	General Support for Amani Girls Organization Adaptive Strategic Plan 2023 - 2027: Empower adolescent mothers through coordinated education, gender, socio-economic and policy support to return to school, support their families breaks cycles of poverty, and marginalization, while creating stable, nurturing environments for young children to thrive and reach their full potential.
12	Amani Girls Organisation	Build resilience and create opportunities with girls and youth. The purpose is to advance girls' rights through promotion of gender equality.	Support to Amani Girls Home Adaptive Strategic Plan (2023 - 2027)
13	AMPLIFY Girls	AMPLIFY Girls is an international network of community-driven organizations in Africa working to build agency in adolescent girls. Together, as a collective they foster the health of partner organizations through training, resource mobilization, and shared learning; engage in research and design tools that help partners understand and measure key outcomes for adolescent girls; and use amplification and advocacy tactics to bring partners’ presence and expertise into spaces they wish to influence. The mission is to amplify partners’ voices, work, and impact as they build adolescent girls' agency. AMPLIFY Girls envisions a world where agency and opportunity are granted to every girl and resources and respect are given to every community-driven organization that supports them.	For general support.
14	Associates in Research and Education for Development Inc (ARED)	ARED's mission is to promote quality education in African languages, for African communities, through training, publishing, instructional innovations, and action research. ARED is guided in its work by the values of responsibility and solidarity and the principles of efficiency and integrity.	For the development and scaling of an accelerated learning program including reading and math in Senegal for second and third graders at high risk of school failure.
15	Basic Needs Basic Rights (BNBR)	BNBR's mission is to foster communities that value mental health and wellbeing using rights-based approaches. Resources and capabilities are dedicated to protect, promote and actualize the basic needs and rights of people facing challenges to their mental health and wellbeing as a basis of addressing the inequalities, dehumanization and or discrimination that they often face.	For adolescent wellbeing and resilience school program and improved educational outcomes in Kenya
16	Boston College	Founded in 1863, Boston College (BC) is one of the oldest Jesuit, Catholic universities in the United States. BC commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, and to the pursuit of a just society through its own accomplishments, the work of its faculty and staff, and the achievements of its graduates. Today, BC is ranked 35th among national universities. BC has 8 schools and colleges: the Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences; the Carroll School of Management; the Connell School of Nursing, BC Law School, the Lynch School of Education, the School of Social Work, the School of Theology and Ministry, and the Woods College of Advancing Studies.	To deepen the grantee's attention to promoting and assessing gender dynamics in Sugira Muryango implementation, as well as potential differences in ECD outcomes in the scale-up and expansion study, and to focus particularly on factors that shape ECD outcomes, violence, and school readiness among girls.
17	Boston College	Founded in 1863, Boston College (BC) is one of the oldest Jesuit, Catholic universities in the United States. BC commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, and to the pursuit of a just society through its own accomplishments, the work of its faculty and staff, and the achievements of its graduates. Today, BC is ranked 35th among national universities. BC has 8 schools and colleges: the Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences; the Carroll School of Management; the Connell School of Nursing, BC Law School, the Lynch School of Education, the School of Social Work, the School of Theology and Ministry, and the Woods College of Advancing Studies.	Costed extension for the Sugira Muryango program due to COVID
18	BRAC	The mission of BRAC USA is to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease, and social injustice. Its interventions aim to achieve large-scale, positive changes through economic and social programs that enable everyone to realize their potential.	A community-led two-generation approach to support young mothers and their children in Sierra Leone.
19	Breakthrough	Breakthrough's mission is to prevent violence against women and girls by transforming the norms and cultures that enable it.	Contributing to the vision of creating a bold, new generation of young people, especially girls, who live their lives with equity and dignity and inspire others around them to have more progressive gender attitudes.
20	Brookings	To conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level.	for the Echidna Global Scholars Program
21	CAMFED	CAMFED is a pan-African, grassroots-led movement tackling poverty, inequality and injustice through girls’ education and women’s leadership. Their focus is on vulnerable girls and young women in rural areas of Africa. This is where girls face acute disadvantage, and where unlocking their power will have a transformative impact.	general operating support
22	Center for Catalyzing Change (C3)	C3 works to mobilize girls and women to achieve gender equality. Their vision is a future in India where girls and women are fully empowered and equipped to realize their rights, access opportunities and achieve gender equality. C3's mission is to equip, mobilize, educate, and empower girls and women to achieve gender equality. They address challenges that women and girls face in India at different stages of their life cycle.	To create an empowering eco-system to positively impact the life of disadvantaged adolescent girls in Nayagarh, Odisha, India, through a comprehensive approach that impacts and improves educational outcomes, including completing 12 years of education and preventing early marriages.
23	Center for Health, Education, Training & Nutrition Awareness (CHETNA)	CHETNA works to empower children, young people and women, especially those from marginalized social groups, to take control of their own health and that of their families and their communities.	To strengthen early childhood foundation of children of Gujarat and sensitize them about gender equality .
24	Centre for Math, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA)	To continuously develop capacity in STEM education for sustainable development through training, research, innovation and partnerships with related ecosystems	Life Skills grant in partnership with BNBR: Implementation of Teacher Training Program on Adolescent Wellbeing and Resilience
25	Centre for Math, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA)	To continuously develop capacity in STEM education for sustainable development through training, research, innovation and partnerships with related ecosystems	The project addresses numeracy challenges for girls in Pre-Primary and Grades 1-3 across 15 marginalized Kenyan counties. It enhances skills by equipping teachers with effective methods and gender-responsive pedagogy, improving learning outcomes and fostering early cognitive development. It includes research system for continuous improvement and strategies for sustainability.
26	Children in Crossfire/UVIWADA	To create a compassionate world where all children can reach their full potential by tackling the injustices facing children, through education.	Incubating the operations of the emergent Dar-es-Salaam daycare association (UVIWADA) to provide localized and strategic leadership in supporting quality pathways for private daycare centres and self-regulation at scale that is relative to the high-density low-income context of a rapidly expanding informal market of childcare services in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
27	Collective Rising Leadership Institute (CRLI)	The Collective Rising Leadership Institute is working to build a generation of passionate civil society leaders (re)connected to their purpose, to each other, and to the communities they serve. Leaders are prepared with the skills and awareness to transform themselves and their organizations, understand the complex systems in which they work, and take intentional action to bring about lasting change alongside communities and like-minded leaders.	For a transformative leadership development for emerging leaders in girls' education in East Africa.
28	Diers Consulting LLC (Feminist Ethics Collaborative)	Supporting philanthropy to move more and better resources directly to communities, fund adolescent girls and non-binary youth, and explore the use of storytelling to shift narratives and disrupt the hierarchy of evidence. Using executive coaching to accompany new and diverse leadership in spaces such as international non-profits, multilaterals (including the UN), and philanthropy. Creating spaces for feminist researchers and ethics committee members to be in dialogue with one another in an effort towards transformation of formal ethics processes.	For the Feminist Ethics Collaborative: a collective of feminist researchers and IRB members advancing the field and ethical guidance for feminist, girl-led, and child-led work in the Global South
29	Dost	To get low-income kids school ready to increase their opportunity to escape generational poverty. Dost empowers parents of any literacy level in India to take charge of their child’s early development. They use mobile technology, research-backed curriculum, and behavior science to solve everyday parenting problems and nudge parents to nurture cognitive and socio-emotional development in their birth to 6 year old kids.	Support to make programs gender transformative, build evidence for, and grow the reach of Dost's integrated parenting support program.
30	Dream a Dream	To ensure every child can thrive by shifting mindsets about the purpose of education and engaging in the systemic transformation of the education system by embedding life skills and social emotional learning into mainstream government school systems.	To support the strategic intent to ensure every child can thrive by shifting mindsets about the purpose of education and engaging in the systemic transformation of the education system by embedding life skills and social emotional learning into mainstream government school systems.
31	Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN)	Hosted by PATH, the Early Childhood Development Action Networks catalyzes collective action with and for young children and their caregivers by connecting and aligning partners, sharing knowledge and good practice, and advocating for better policies, more resources, and accountability for results.	Programmatic support for ECDAN's strategy implementation that catalyzes collective action to build a movement, exchange knowledge and learning, and advocate for action with and for young children and their caregivers
32	Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN)	Hosted by PATH, the Early Childhood Development Action Networks catalyzes collective action with and for young children and their caregivers by connecting and aligning partners, sharing knowledge and good practice, and advocating for better policies, more resources, and accountability for results.	To support ECDAN’s fund for civil society advocacy in childcare.
33	Early Years Count (EYC)	To secure a fair start for young children, 0-8 years through ensuring access to quality early childhood development services	Support for Advancing systemic change and Evidence-based Advocacy for ECD in Uganda
34	ECD Collective India
35	Educate!	Educate! prepares youth in Africa with the skills to succeed in today’s economy.	Educate! is requesting a renewed investment to move forward key organizational priorities from 2025-2027, building towards the long-term sustainability of Educate!'s education reform systems model, investing in preparation activities for the roll-out of Tanzania’s new secondary subject, and growing impact on young women unable to access school.
36	Education.org	Education.org is an independent non-profit initiative that envisions a world where the education of all children and young people is transformed by the best evidence. They aim to improve the learning of every child and young person by helping leaders access and use the best evidence to guide their national policies and plans’. Education.org believes it is not a lack of new evidence, but the inability to use what it is known, that lies at the heart of the global education crisis. Their novel Education Evidence Pathway bridges this ‘knowing-doing’ gap, by synthesizing existing research and distilling actionable insights for leaders.	Based on an effective proof of concept stage launched just before the pandemic, this grant will support the synthesis and use of evidence in strengthening gender responsiveness and gender transformative education policies for the most marginalized girls and young women, and heighten skills among education policy leaders for evidence-inspired decision-making.
37	Eklavya Foundation	Vision - Meaningful education for all to build an egalitarian and just society on the path of sustainable development. Mission: - Build a community of committed people in the country who have experience working for educational change. - Generate and disseminate ideas and materials relating to meaningful education. Ideas should be academically sound, consistent with democratic values, and tested in field conditions. - Contribute to the discourse and debates on education in the country through programmes and materials.	Enabling Community and Public System Embedded Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Education with pre-primary and primary students and teachers in Madhya Pradesh, India.
38	Embu University	The University of Embu is a chartered public university whose mission is to generate, advance, and disseminate knowledge through training, research, and innovation for the development of the humanities. Driven by their motto "Education Transforms," all their teaching and research activities seek collaboration and partnerships that produce and use evidence to inform policy and practice.	This project lead by EE4A/EDF-K will provide an opportunity for young scholars/researchers to actively participate in academic discussions; exposure to education policy audiences through seminal dialogues on relevant evidence and policy; Create a collaborative network (CoP) of young education researchers that spur actionable research outputs now and in the future
39	Enjuba	Improve literacy, numeracy and self-regaultion in Ugandan children through early childhood programs, libraries and spelling bees.	The grant aims to strengthen the interventions of an ongoing study centred on tracking key changes in children’s learning and development at ECD centers in public schools within Mayuge district, Uganda.
40	Equimundo	Equimundo works to advance gender equality and create a world free from violence by engaging men and boys in partnership with women, girls, and individuals of all gender identities.	Achieving gender equality and social justice by transforming intergenerational patterns of harm and promoting care, empathy, and accountability among boys and men throughout their lives.
41	Feminist Approach to Technology (FAT)	To build collective leadership of girls so they can use technical tools, STEM innovation and feminist awareness, to bring sustainable change in their lives and communities.	Building a digital Community Learning Portal to support scaling up the “Feminist Approach to Technology” model, aka the “FAT model”.
42	Firelight Foundation	Firelight supports the capacity of catalytic community-based organizations that are working with their communities to realize smart, sustainable, and potentially scalable community-driven systems change for children and youth in Africa.	Community-Driven Early Childhood Development in Tanzania and Kenya
43	Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)	To promote gender equity and equality in education in Africa by fostering positive policies, practices and attitudes towards girls’ education.	Driving systemic change through Evidence-based Advocacy: Institutional strengthening through Gender Inclusive Pedagogy, Community Empowerment, and deepening Collaborations. This Program will be implemented at the regional level and across three countries, that is, Nigeria, Zanzibar, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
44	Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)	To promote gender equity and equality in education in Africa by fostering positive policies, practices and attitudes towards girls’ education.	FAWE advocates for the integration of gender responsive approaches and policies in African educational system to inculcate skills and competencies in girls/women, through strengthening and supporting chapters, focus on teenage mothers in conflict/post conflict areas, and calling on government commitment towards adoption and implementation of the African Union policies.
45	Foundation for Inclusive Community Help (FICH)	To transform Children, Adolescents, women and their families through education, training and opportunities in a thriving community.	To support foundation learning and promotion of gender equitable primary education in Northern Uganda
46	FXB Rwanda	FXB Rwanda’s mission is to address the root causes of poverty as means of securing children’s rights to survive, grow and develop.	Project funding will support Sugira Muryango's gender transformative impact during nationwide scale and government sustainment. Strengthening messaging in program materials will equip volunteers and leaders with knowledge and skills to better address family violence, creating safer home environments for children to thrive and build on SM's progress effectively
47	Girl Rising	Girl Rising is a girls' education non-profit with a mission to use the power of storytelling to change the way the world values girls and their education.	To evaluate the impact of a refined and significantly longer learner-centered program model and expanded curriculum that places girls at the center of the intervention, teaches additional life skills, and systematically engages and builds capacity of the multiple stakeholders in their learning environments.
48	Girls Agency Lab, LLC (GAL)	GAL is a group of mixed methods research experts in the practice, measurement and impact of agency. They specialize in approaches supporting the rights and needs of adolescents and the communities that support them. Their work is multi-sectoral and interdisciplinary. It is applied and translational. GAL works with foundations to document impact of grant-making, community based organization to evaluate program and practice, and advise on questions of strategy, measurement and methods in the gender empowerment sector.	To adapt the Adolescent Girls Agency Scale (AGAS) for use in India in partnership with 16 Echidna partners and technical experts.
49	Girls First Fund	The Girls First Fund is supported by leading philanthropic organizations and individual philanthropists who have come together to champion community-led efforts so that all girls can live free from child marriage and create their own future. The Girls First Fund is a philanthropic fund of Capital for Good USA, a 501(c)(3) public charity.	To support the continued operation of the Girls First Fund to champion community-led efforts so that all girls can live free from child marriage and create their own future.
50	Girls Livelihood & Mentorship Initiative (GLAMI)	Mentoring secondary girls in Tanzania by combining educational opportunities with life skills to create empowered female changemakers.	General Support for Mentorship Program in Tanzania led by Girls Livelihood and Mentorship Initiative (GLAMI)
51	Global Development Incubator (GDI Americas)	To bring together ideas, leaders and capital to build and scale the next generation of social impact solutions globally.	This grant is funding the implementation of eight learning intervention programs in Kenya to support predominantly female home-based childcare providers, the launch of a global learning-for-action community and the development of a global policy and advocacy strategy to increase funding and improve policies and practices to support home-based childcare providers.
52	Global School Leaders	Global School Leaders dream of a future where every school is led by an excellent school leader. Because they know excellent schools begin with excellent leaders. GSL strengthen school leadership, particularly in LMICs, to ensure more children, especially those facing systemic barriers, have access to quality education. GSL catalyzes the school leadership field in the Global South to improve policies and professional learning opportunities for school leaders.	Global School Leaders seeks to launch the Gender Equitable School Leadership Alliance to promote gender equity through school leadership, expand female representation, and drive policy change. This initiative will integrate practical tools, evidence generation, and coalition-building to scale impact across the Global South through a systems-level, locally grounded approach.
53	Going to School	Going to School creates design-driven stories to equip millions of children and young people with the 21st Century Sustainable Entrepreneurial Life skills they need to stay in school and transition from school to equitable work or sustainable enterprise of their choice. Going to School has a special focus on adolescent girls retention in school and transition from school to sustainable enterprise after Grade 12 with young women, young entrepreneurs problem-solving for Climate Change where they live.	For implementing an integrated life skills, sport, and storytelling program for 150,000 adolescent girls in government schools across India, to improve school retention, gender equity, and transitions to enterprise or further education—supported by a gender-transformative MEL framework and public storytelling to influence systems change and community attitudes.
54	Grassroots Nest for Innovation and Change (GRiC)	GRiC aspires to be a hub for strengthening the capacities of grassroots organizations to build innovative, sustainable and scalable solutions that increase opportunities for quality education for all children and youth in marginalized populations in African countries. They harvest the power of grassroots organizations to bring lasting change in vulnerable communities. With the belief that education is a social justice issue, all children and youth, irrespective of gender, race, class, where they live and their socio-economic status, should go to school, learn, succeed and thrive in a fast- changing world.	To support early years of learning for children 0-13 years of age and girls' education and empowerment in Kajiado and Nairobi counties in Kenya and in Oyam and Lira regions in Northern Uganda.
55	HakiElimu	HakiElimu's vision is an open, just and democratic Tanzania, where all people enjoy the right to education that promotes equity, creativity and critical thinking. This is guided by their mission to facilitate and promote the transformation of education, both in and out of schools by influencing policy-making and their effective implementation; stimulating public dialogue and social change; conducting research, policy analysis and advocacy; and collaborating with partners to advance participation, accountability, transparency, and social justice.	General support for implementing the organization's strategy, which aims to promote equity and inclusion in education, build movements to ensure increased CSO and citizen participation and engagement, and promote increased government transparency, responsiveness, and accountability.
56	Harvard	The mission of Harvard College is to educate the citizens and citizen-leaders for society. Harvard does this through a commitment to the transformative power of a liberal arts and sciences education.	For research support to evaluate a teacher training program in Uganda and its effects on teachers, schools, and students. This research will also explore the relationship between purpose and practice in education and its impact on learning outcomes and intra-school relationships, led by Doctor Vesall Nourani.
57	Ibtada	Ibtada, meaning "the beginning" in Urdu, was founded in 1997 to empower poor and deprived social groups to participate equally in development processes with full rights and access to resources. The organization's mission centers on empowering communities, especially women and girls, to reduce social and economic poverty and inequality across rural Rajasthan, particularly in the Mewat region. Through integrated interventions combining individualized support for girls, community engagement, women's economic empowerment, and involvement of boys and men, Ibtada has catalyzed measurable change. Educational retention rates have increased, dropout rates decreased, and average marriage age risen in villages where programs operated for over five years. Girls who once had no voice now articulate aspirations, negotiate for rights, and chart their futures. Ibtada's mission embodies holistic social transformation—recognizing that empowering girls and women requires addressing education, health, economic opportunity, legal rights, community attitudes, and leadership simultaneously. By putting women and girls at the forefront, Ibtada creates sustainable pathways from marginalization to agency, restriction to freedom, and dependency to self-determination.	For girls' education, led by Panini Bhatt, through the operation of 70 Shikshashalas (girls' learning centers) for 2,000 dropout girls aged 12–18 from poor households, including Meo-Muslims, Scheduled Castes, and other communities, to study in 6th to 8th grade and mainstream them into government schools in the Alwar and Bharatpur districts of Rajasthan.
58	Idara-I-Talim-O-Aaghai (Centre of Education and Consciousness) Public Trust (ITA-CEC)	Build a nation-wide social movement for progressive education, learning and skills for ALL children, adolescents and youth inclusively through evidence, innovations and partnerships.	The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Pakistan is the country’s largest citizen-led household survey assessing foundational learning outcomes among children aged 5–16. For over a decade, ASER has generated critical evidence on learning and equity, informing education policy and practice nationwide, and has been impacting FL policy and action.
59	IDinsight	To use data and evidence to help leaders combat poverty worldwide.	To address the primary drivers of gender inequality in education through the use of data and evidence for decision-making.
60	India Life Skills Collaborative (LSC)	A life skills consortium focused on India
61	Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)	To discover and promote effective solutions to global poverty problems	The project aims to improve kindergarten learning outcomes across Ghana by providing technical assistance for the scale-up of a comprehensive in-service teacher training package that promotes play-based pedagogy. The scale-up will reach 29,000 teachers and potentially benefit 2.4 million students over the next two academic years.
62	Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)	To discover and promote effective solutions to global poverty problems	Supporting the data- and evidence-driven implementation of the Ghana early childhood education (ECE) policy
63	International Center for Research on Women (ICRW-US)	ICRW is a global research institute whose mission is to empower women, advance gender equality and fight poverty.	Deepening and scaling of school-based program to promote gender equality and school retention of girls in Jharkhand, India
64	Jatan Sansthan	Jatan envisages a society where young people lead a healthy, safe and empowered life, free of all forms of discrimination. Jatan strives to empower the youth of Rajasthan by giving them a platform where they can freely express their concerns. Jatan also provides them with information that would enable them to seek social and scientific solutions thereby helping them become agents of change in their communities.	The primary aim is to enhance preschool preparedness for children by strengthening Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). To achieve this, Jatan will extend capacity building to a broader range of stakeholders, including Anganwadi Supervisors, Child Development Project Officers, Nursery Teacher Training (NTT) teachers, mentor teachers, and Anganwadi attendants.
65	JM Education & Research Centre (JMERC)	Envisioning a world where all children and youth, especially girls, learn, achieve and thrive. JMERC provides a school-wide ecosystem of support to uplift learners' life-outcomes with a focus on intervention for youth, teachers, school leaders and parents/caregivers. They support youth, especially adolescent girls, to develop the social and emotional skills they require to transform their life, families and communities.	Resilient and Empowered Adolescent Girls through Social and Emotional Learning (REASEL) Programme in Uganda
66	JM Education & Research Centre (JMERC)	Envisioning a world where all children and youth, especially girls, learn, achieve and thrive. JMERC provides a school-wide ecosystem of support to uplift learners' life-outcomes with a focus on intervention for youth, teachers, school leaders and parents/caregivers. They support youth, especially adolescent girls, to develop the social and emotional skills they require to transform their life, families and communities.	For a school-wide ecosystem of support for girls and youth education program in Uganda
67	J-PAL	To reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. They do this through research, policy outreach, and training.	for J-Pal's Innovation Research and Scale-up of Education Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: J-PAL Education Initiative and J-PAL Innovation in Government Initiative
68	J-PAL Africa	To reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. They do this through research, policy outreach, and training.	For advancing gender equity in education by embedding evidence use in education systems across sub-Saharan Africa, through technical partnerships, curated knowledge products, and a network of policy champions.
69	J-PAL Africa	To reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. They do this through research, policy outreach, and training.	For J-Pal Africa to build on the lessons developed through COVID-19 on how to apply evidence to policymaking in West Africa with the aim of improving outcomes for adolescent girls.
70	Kenya - Madrassa Early Childhood Programme	Promote inclusive and equitable early childhood development care and services for children aged 0-8 from marginalized communities in Kenya to have a best start in life. By working collaboratively with local communities, frontline ECD workers, governments, and other stakeholders, MECP-K aims to increase access to high-quality ECD care and services to ensure children’s physical, cognitive, emotional, and social needs are nurtured and supported.	To strengthen the provision of quality early childhood education and care as a critical driver of holistic development and learning for boys and girls, while contributing to women’s economic empowerment in three Coast region counties in Kenya.
71	Kenya National Examinations Centre (KNEC)	To assess abilities and certify learner achievements in conformity with global standards.	For strengthening inclusive, gender responsive and evidence driven education assessment system in Kenya through foundational learning, research, capacity building and establishment of centre of excellence in assessment, research and inclusive learning outcome.
72	Key Education Foundation	To improve the capacity of government systems to deliver quality Early Childhood Education	This grant will support high-quality early education in 500 Anganwadis and promote gender inclusiveness through a Body Safety curriculum and a gender audit of the state ECE curricula in 2-states.
73	Kidogo	Improve access to quality, affordable Early Childhood Care & Education in East Africa's low-income communities.	General support for Kidogo's childcare solution which supports female care entrepreneurs, children and mothers in the low income areas of Kenya.
74	Kimanya	Kimanya-Ngeyo Foundation for Science and Education aims to contribute to the social and economic development of the country by strengthening the capacity of communities to act as protagonists in improving their own material and social conditions. Kimanya-Ngeyo holds the firm conviction that access to knowledge is at the heart of development. The organization thus strives to empower local populations, especially youth, to assume ownership of, and engage meaningfully in, the process of applying, generating, systematizing, and disseminating knowledge. More specifically, a knowledge that benefits from the latest advances in modern science while respecting and tapping into local knowledge, one that is relevant to local realities and embedded in practice, and which responds to the true aspirations of rural and peri-urban communities for prosperity and progress.	For general support, though funds will prioritize Learning to Learn Teacher Development Program activities in Uganda.
75	Kimanya	Kimanya-Ngeyo Foundation for Science and Education aims to contribute to the social and economic development of the country by strengthening the capacity of communities to act as protagonists in improving their own material and social conditions. Kimanya-Ngeyo holds the firm conviction that access to knowledge is at the heart of development. The organization thus strives to empower local populations, especially youth, to assume ownership of, and engage meaningfully in, the process of applying, generating, systematizing, and disseminating knowledge. More specifically, a knowledge that benefits from the latest advances in modern science while respecting and tapping into local knowledge, one that is relevant to local realities and embedded in practice, and which responds to the true aspirations of rural and peri-urban communities for prosperity and progress.	This grant will support a secondary teacher training program in Uganda that aims to improve teaching quality and teacher-student relationships through more organized, engaging, and practical lessons based on regular planning and reflection, being attentive to social-emotional needs, and being more responsive to gender-based barriers to learning.
76	Kukuza Education	Transforming Ugandan Schools into more creative, engaging, equitable and safe learning spaces.	This grant will support the Do It Yourself (DIY) Program in secondary schools across Uganda. The program aims to close the life skills and psychosocial support gaps among learners, especially girls, so they can fully benefit from and thrive throughout their secondary education journey.
77	Kukuza Education	Transforming Ugandan Schools into more creative, engaging, equitable and safe learning spaces.	For secondary education program in Uganda.
78	Labhya Foundation	Labhya is an India-based nonprofit that enables children and adolescents from low socio-economic backgrounds with the necessary social & emotional skills to cope with challenges and become effective learners.	Enabling children's wellbeing and learning at scale, with intentional integration of gender inclusion
79	Language and Learning Foundation (LLF)	LLF's vision is that all children will have strong foundational skills and abilities of language and literacy, thinking and reasoning in their home and additional languages. Based on this strong foundation, all children will learn and grow to their full potential. By 2027, influence classroom practices of 2 Million teachers and teacher educators in collaboration with State Governments. This will potentially improve the learning outcomes of 35 Million children across 140,000 schools of 10 states in 10 Languages This is almost 30% of all children in grades 1 – 3 in government schools who are at the risk of not learning foundational skills.	Strengthening FLN Outcomes for Children especially girls in Government Primary Schools through gender-inclusive programming in 3 States in India.
80	Leadership For Equity (LFE)	Leadership for Equity (LFE) exists to improve the quality of learning in government run schools in India. The vision is to ‘build strong government school systems that refuse to let children down’. The mission is to improve the learning of 25 million children by equipping 1 million government teachers with future-ready learning resources, sustained academic support, and strengthened teacher education programs by 2030.	Exploring Gender Bias in Classrooms through TEACH Data: Evidence for Advancing Girls’ Education in India
81	Literacy and Adult Basic Education (LABE)	To promote literacy practices and increase access to information particularly among women and children in local communities in order to actively demand and protect their rights	General support to a Program that uses an integrated whole family two-generation approach for the development of home-based early childhood services that address both child- and adult-focused outcomes in marginalized communities of Uganda
82	Lively Minds	To get quality early childhood development to last mile communities in the Global South. And to do this by empowering marginalised parents as ECD providers	For general support in achieving strategic goals of expansion, innovation, optimization, and system change.
83	Luigi Giussani Foundation (LGF)	To create opportunities for professional and personal development starting with the dignity and infinite value of the person, developing one’s methods of personal engagement and the meaning of work, targeting teachers, students, parents and other professionals.	for Girls Education and Mentorship Support (GEMS) in Uganda
84	Magic Bus	Magic Bus works with adolescents and young people from marginalized communities, taking them on a journey from childhood challenges to achieving livelihoods and overcoming poverty. The mission is to equip vulnerable young people with the life skills that enable them to thrive in the transition to adulthood.	To support this critical transition period for the Rajasthan and Jharkhand projects
85	Magic Bus	Magic Bus works with adolescents and young people from marginalized communities, taking them on a journey from childhood challenges to achieving livelihoods and overcoming poverty. The mission is to equip vulnerable young people with the life skills that enable them to thrive in the transition to adulthood.	To scale up teacher-led life skills education delivery in Government Schools of Maharashtra and Tribal Residential and Non - residential Schools in Madhya Pradesh, impacting lives of 550,000 adolescents studying in grades 6-10 over a period of 4 years.
86	Makerere University	CHDC’s mission is to promote the wellbeing of children and women in Uganda through multi-disciplinary research, training, and strengthening of the partnership between the university, communities, and government.	to support the Child and Health Development Center to scale-up gender-transformative parenting programs in Uganda.
87	Malala Fund	Malala Fund works to ensure all girls can access and complete 12 years of education. They believe that by completing 12 years of quality schooling, girls will have the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to reach their full potential, make their own choices and engage meaningfully with the world around them.	For general support to implement Malala Fund's 2025 - 2030 strategy, focused on advocating for resources and policies that secure girls' rights to secondary education.
88	Milaan Foundation	Milaan Foundation is a nonprofit, social impact organisation working with and for adolescent girls from socially and economically marginalised communities in India with a mission to create an inclusive and equal world where every girl is educated, healthy and safe.	To build out an M&E team, conduct a process evaluation, and expand the Girl Icon program with redesigned curriculum.
89	Mobile Creches	To influence multiple stakeholders at National, State and Local levels by promoting Early childhood Care and Development through providing and supporting services, enhancing capacities and campaign building.	For strategic support towards building a gender-transformative ECD and care ecosystem
90	Msichana Initiative	To advocate for reforms of discriminatory legal frameworks and enforcement of gender-sensitive approaches through engaging girls, community and relevant stakeholders.	Enhancing girls’ agency and ensuring systems support girls to remain in school and excel
91	NalandaWay Foundation	NalandaWay Foundation is a 20-year-old non-profit that uses the arts to empower children and adolescents from disadvantaged communities by strengthening their resilience, agency, and emotional well-being. Working in partnership with governments and local communities, they have integrated arts and well-being initiatives into government-run schools, Child Care Institutions (CCIs), urban slums, and Anganwadi Centres, ensuring their impact spans both bustling cities and remote villages.	To support mothers and children through Mother Circles that strengthen maternal agency, promote gender-equitable caregiving, and enhance children’s school readiness in partnership with Anganwadi Workers, families, and community leaders.
92	National Generation Equality Forum Advisory Committee (GEF-NAC)		For the National Generation Equality Forum Advisory Committee (GEF-NAC) to develop a detailed advisory note to stimulate innovation and implementation of Tanzania's Early Childhood Development (ECD) framework.
93	NYU Abu Dhabi	To welcome and educate global citizens, and produce knowledge in order to promote human understanding and to better society. Through distinctive global liberal arts education and graduate programs, Abu Dhabi enables students and graduates to achieve intellectual, personal, and professional fulfillment and empowers them to make significant societal contributions to the world. Through cutting-edge research, Abu Dhabi develops knowledge, fosters creativity, innovation, and helps solve humanity’s shared challenges. Together, Abu Dhabi contributes to the knowledge-based economy and society, and plays a central role in NYU’s global mission.	The grant is to study the effectiveness of an innovative educational program targeting underprivileged adolescent girls at KGBV, Karanataka, led by David Blakeslee and four other team members.
94	On Think Tanks		to facilitate a lean and purposeful wind-down, consolidate learning and collaboration from the past phase, and ensure that AERFC’s key contributions remain relevant and accessible to inform future initiatives and the broader education research funding field.
95	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)	The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation that works to build better policies for better lives. They draw on more than 60 years of experience and insights to shape policies that foster prosperity and opportunity, underpinned by equality and well-being. The OECD works closely with policy makers, stakeholders and citizens to establish evidence-based international standards and to find solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges. From improving economic performance and strengthening policies to fight climate change to bolstering education and fighting international tax evasion, the OECD is a unique forum and knowledge hub for data, analysis and best practices in public policy. Their core aim is to set international standards and support their implementation – and help countries forge a path towards stronger, fairer and cleaner societies.	Support international costs for India’s participation in the third round of the Survey on Social and Emotional Skills (2025-2027).
96	Oxford Policy Management India (OPM)	OPM works with bilateral and multilateral agencies, national and international foundations, academic institutions, government, international donors, local organisations, and partners, helping them develop and implement policies that reduce poverty, improve livelihoods, and reform public services.	Landscape review of Gender and Early Childhood Education in India
97	PAL Network	PAL Network generates robust evidence on learning outcomes through oral one-on-one assessments conducted in households. They collaborate with government and non-state actors in the education sector to implement evidence-based programs that enhance learning outcomes. They generate new insights to understand learning contexts and issues by analyzing data from assessments, action programs, and other research studies. They use evidence to track and report on global progress while advocating for equitable, inclusive, and high-quality education.	General Support to the PAL Network.
98	Pastoral Women Council (PWC)	To sustainably empower indigenous pastoralist and agro-pastoralist women and girls in northern Tanzania to ensure their rights and voices are respected, they are economically empowered, and they have access to quality social services	To support a girls education program in pastoralist communities across northern Tanzania
99	Peepul India	Peepul aims to enable and deliver excellence in government schools in India through direct programmes where they run interventions as well as systemic change efforts that drive engagement, quality and accountability within the system. They dream of a world where every child is enabled and supported to live up to his / her potential. Their belief is simple – every child in a government school should receive a high-quality education, regardless of background or circumstance, that allows them to realize their full potential. They envision a world where government schools compete with elite private schools in terms of quality. Peepul exists to improve the quality of education for the poorest children in India. They work in deep partnership with the government to undertake system transformation programmes that improve learning outcomes of children coming from lower income communities for whom government schooling is the only real option at availing a high-quality education.	This grant will support incorporating gender equality within the organisation and its programmes.
100	Population Council	To improve the well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations and to help achieve a humane, equitable, and sustainable balance between people and resources.	Early childhood development and education research in India