MasterCard Foundation Launches $50 Million Fund to Help Smallholder Farmers in Africa Release Date: 01/21/2015$15 million will support the development of new ideas, and $35 million wil help scale promising ideas or pilots.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Food SystemsInternational/Foreign Affairs
From India to Africa: A Quest to Learn about Reducing Food Loss Release Date: 01/15/2015Africa Region Associate Director, C.D. Glin examines how the Rockefeller Foundation is addressing food loss worldwide.Find More ByNews type InsightsFunding Area Food SystemsInternational/Foreign AffairsRelated Organizations The Rockefeller Foundation
Mastercard Foundation Announces New University Partnerships in Africa Release Date: 12/08/2014The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program is a 10-year, $500 million initiative.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area EducationInternational/Foreign Affairs
RPA, Ford, MasterCard Foundation Among Funders Partnering with Foundation Center on Global Development Release Date: 11/20/2014The partnership will focus on global development post-2015.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area International/Foreign AffairsRelated Organizations Rockefeller Philanthropy AdvisorsFord Foundation
Partnership with MasterCard Foundation Working to Strengthen Board Governance in Africa Release Date: 11/13/2014A $6.1 million partnership between MasterCard Foundation and the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion will launch the Accion Africa Board Fellowship Program.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area International/Foreign Affairs
MasterCard Commits $25 Million to Expand UN Capital Development Fund’s Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) Program Release Date: 11/10/2014MasterCard Foundation is investing in small businesses in developing countries.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area International/Foreign Affairs
MasterCard Foundation Funding $15.5 Million Program to Assist Small Farmers in Africa Release Date: 11/07/2014The program will help improve productivity for 730,000 farmers in Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area Food SystemsInternational/Foreign Affairs
RPA Announces Ebola Survival Fund Release Date: 10/29/2014Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors is partnering with a coalition of NGOs as part of a new grantmaking collaborative, the Ebola Survival Fund.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area HealthInternational/Foreign AffairsRelated Organizations Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Ford Foundation Selects Nicolette Naylor to Lead its Southern Africa Office Release Date: 10/28/2014Senior Program Officer, Nicolette Naylor, will become head of Ford Foundation's South Africa office.Find More ByNews type Appointments & TransitionsFunding Area Community DevelopmentInternational/Foreign AffairsSocial JusticeRelated Organizations Ford Foundation
Water.org Receives $2.9M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation in East Africa Release Date: 10/22/2014The grant will provide access to safe water and sanitation to 42,000 people in Ghana and Kenya.Find More ByNews type Member NewsFunding Area HealthInternational/Foreign AffairsRelated Organizations The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust