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Awarded Dec 04-2018
University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2018
toward the costs of establishing the Electricity Growth and Use in Developing Economies (E-GUIDE) Center that will use advanced analytics to improve the understanding of energy demand and use in emerging countries and contribute to improved energy planning, access and the productive use of energy
    $3,789,716
    Awarded Dec 10-2018
    The Windward Fund 2018
    for use by Factor(E) Ventures, PBC in support of testing technologies and business models which will utilize energy to unlock agricultural productivity and create a community of practice focused on joint planning, research and investment related to the intersection of energy and agriculture to drive economic opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa
      $750,000
      Awarded Jul 19-2018
      Energy 4 Impact 2018
      in support of developing an innovation lab to assess the viability of mini-grid models to support energy service companies to accelerate energy access for poor and vulnerable people in rural areas in Africa
        $751,740
        Awarded Apr 03-2018
        2018
        toward the costs of establishing a Smart Power Myanmar Facility to accelerate the spread of decentralized renewal energy solutions in Myanmar
          $5,000,000
          Awarded Dec 19-2017
          Human Needs Project, Inc. 2017
          in support of a project to provide innovative energy technologies in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya and in general support of its mission to enable the poor to access prosperity through localized community centers, 4/17/2020 to amend the work in support of a corona virus awareness and prevention project in the Kibera slum
            $600,000
            Awarded Dec 07-2017
            Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors 2017
            for use by 100 Resilient Cities toward the costs of building cities’ capacity globally to maintain and recover critical functions in the face of shocks and stresses, and to support their progress toward operational independence and sustainability
              $35,000,000
              Awarded Dec 08-2017
              Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors 2017
              for use by 100 Resilient Cities in support of expanding and enriching the Global Resilience Academy curriculum and institutionalizing its approach (in partnership with Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation)
                $3,728,256
                Awarded Dec 22-2017
                FactorE Ventures PBC 2017
                in support of a technical and market assessment of how to deliver productive power and associated appliances to poor and vulnerable people in off-grid contexts
                  $503,910
                  Awarded Nov 20-2017
                  2017
                  toward the costs of expanding and enhancing its work in creating regional and statewide consistency in planning for future flood risk
                    $439,033
                    Awarded Nov 20-2017
                    Sambodhi Research and Communications Private Limited 2017
                    in support of a project to conduct an impact assessment of the Foundation’s Smart Power for Rural Development (SPRD) Initiative and the extent to which the initiative is positively impacting the lives of people and spurring economic growth in SPRD-supported communities in India
                      $500,000