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Behavioral Ideas Lab, Inc.
“Cash Plus Change”: More Impactful Cash Transfers Using Behavioral Science
Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania, Burundi, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Nigeria
Highly Ranked
Energy resources
New Energy Nexus (NEX)
25x25: Ending Energy Poverty Faster
Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Malawi, Myanmar, Nepal
Highly Ranked
Disabled persons' rights
Management Sciences for Health, Inc.
A Billion Voices: Leaders with Disabilities Building Inclusive Societies
Benin, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Ethiopia, Mexico, Vietnam
Arts and culture
Maryland Institute College of Art
Activating and Amplifying the Power of the Artist-Activist
United States, Brazil, Ethiopia, South Africa
Highly Ranked
Sanitation
Amref Health Africa
African Sanitation Revolution - Financial Inclusion Improves Sanitation & Health (FINISH)
Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda
Health care access
Public Health Foundation of India
Barefoot-Community-Health-Nurse: Create Livelihood Option, Ensure Self-sustainability-bridge last mile connectivity-for-1billion-Indians
India, Ethiopia, Nepal
Highly Ranked
Health care access
Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc.
Breathing New Life: Transforming Access to Oxygen Therapy for Children
Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda
Infectious and parasitic diseases
BroadReach Consulting, LLC
Building Africa’s Capacity to Predict and Respond to Disease Outbreaks
Burkina Faso, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Gabon, Nigeria
Air quality
World Resources Institute
Catalyzing Clean Air: An Open System for Source Attribution
India, Mexico, United States, Brazil, Ethiopia, Indonesia
Air quality
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
Clean Air Toolbox for African Cities
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Rwanda, Uganda, United States, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania
Climate change
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
Climate Services to Transform the Lives of Vulnerable Smallholder Farmers
Colombia, Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Ethiopia
Renewable energy
Dextron Engineering Limited
Community Electrification by Affordable Renewable Electricity that Perpetuates the Grant
Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Somalia
Health care access
SIGN Fracture Care International
Creating Equality of Fracture Care for the World’s Poor
Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Nicaragua, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Kenya, Nigeria
Entrepreneurship
The Endeavor Initiative Inc.
Creating Jobs through High-Impact Entrepreneurship
Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, United States, Ethiopia, India, Romania, Thailand
Highly Ranked
Eye diseases
Himalayan Cataract Project, Inc.
Cure Blindness, Create Sustainable Eyecare Systems - A Global Model
Bhutan, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Nepal
Highly Ranked
Water access, sanitation and hygiene
The Regents of the University of Colorado
DRIP - Ending Drought Emergencies in the Horn of Africa
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia