Funding search · EIN 061660068 · Washington, DC

Innovations for Poverty Action

Name: Innovations for Poverty Action grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

85
grants reported: $4.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $27,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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The Regents of University of California Berkeley12 grants · $693,150
Community Partners International3 grants · $460,164
Yale University4 grants · $436,376
The Freedom Fund3 grants · $425,559
Northwestern University2 grants · $368,006
End Modern Slavery Initiative Found3 grants · $291,296
Univ of Penn Truste7 grants · $255,064
International Rescue Committee6 grants · $230,252
The University of Chicago2 grants · $167,781
The College of William and Mary5 grants · $159,909

Giving over time

$1.3M

2022

$1.6M

2023

$1.8M

2024

Grant history

All 85 reported grants, largest first.

$360,457
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2024
Evidence syntheses and meta-analysis- capital and women's livelihoods
$295,278
Community Partners International · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Mental health & psychosocial support services (mhpss) in myanmar
$207,542
The Freedom Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
The freedom fund (brazil)
$180,815
The Regents of University of California Berkeley · Berkley, CA · 2023
Competition and entry in digital financial markets
$174,485
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Creating a panel database on rohingya refugees - cox's bazar panel survey (cbps)
$170,255
The Freedom Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
The freedom fund (brazil)
$131,507
End Modern Slavery Initiative Found · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
Gfems (india)
$131,454
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Creating a panel database on rohingya refugees - cox's bazar panel survey (cbps)
$129,135
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Seme - learning crisis
$127,091
Univ of Penn Truste · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Disrupted aid displaced lives
$120,000
The Regents of University of California Berkeley · Berkley, CA · 2022
Syrian refugee life study
$118,473
End Modern Slavery Initiative Found · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
Gfems (india)
$115,673
Community Partners International · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Mental health & psychosocial support services (mhpss) in myanmar
$112,031
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
What drives individuals to join armed organizations?
$110,972
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Stanford university (bangladesh)
$110,000
Regents of the University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2023
Asking about violence (nigeria)
$104,138
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024
Htri-hart uganda
$95,056
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Rebuild
$94,109
The Regents of University of California Berkeley · Berkley, CA · 2023
Educate! Follow-up study
$80,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Intergroup contact and refugee-native integration in lebanon
$79,726
The Regents of University of California Berkeley · Berkley, CA · 2023
Syrian refugee life study
$72,354
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
Welfare scoring for digital credit
$60,000
The College of William and Mary · Williamsburgh, VA · 2024
The effects of mobile technology cash grants and couples training
$57,083
Search for Common Ground · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
Nigeria herder farmer dialogues
$55,750
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
What drives individuals to join armed organizations?
$54,648
The Regents of University of California Berkeley · Berkley, CA · 2023
Teacher transfers
$53,314
Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Understanding the dynamics of refugee return
$51,429
Busara Center for Behavioral Economics · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Strategies for reducing non-institutional fraud and building trust-nigeria
$50,437
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Intergroup contact and refugee-native integration in lebanon
$50,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Planning to reduce violence (ipv)
$49,453
The Regents of University of California Berkeley · Berkley, CA · 2024
Educate! Follow-up study
$49,213
Community Partners International · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Mental health & psychosocial support services (mhpss) in myanmar
$48,872
The Regents of University of California Berkeley · Berkley, CA · 2023
Academic lead - university of california berkeley (mo)
$47,762
The Freedom Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
The freedom fund (brazil)
$47,661
The College of William and Mary · Williamsburgh, VA · 2023
Tips merchant use case preliminary scoping exercise + phase ii - tanzania
$45,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Becoming one
$43,727
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Becoming one
$41,316
End Modern Slavery Initiative Found · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
Gfems (india)
$35,381
Eleison Foundation · Milan, NY · 2023
Eleison foundation (philippines)
$31,741
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Real man challenge peru
$30,000
International Food Policy Research Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
Landesa-supported land allocation programs
$29,628
Univ of Penn Truste · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Seme - learning crisis
$27,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Living good chw program evaluation
$26,599
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023
Growth charts scale-up (zamcharts)
$26,013
Regents of the University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2024
Asking about violence (nigeria)
$25,083
The Regents of the University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Back-and-forth movements of syrians in lebanon
$25,000
Univ of Penn Truste · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Academic lead - university of pennsylvania (grossman)
$25,000
Univ of Penn Truste · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Seme - learning crisis
$25,000
Univ of Penn Truste · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Academic lead - university of pennsylvania (grossman)
$24,796
World Hope International · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Anti-trafficking curriculum in liberia (flipcharts)
$23,151
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Equitable energy access in myanmar
$21,070
The Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Ugpass take-up study in uganda
$21,001
Center for Global Development · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
Microenterprise support to assimilate refugees in uganda
$20,149
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College · Burlington, VT · 2023
Rfsa in mozambique
$20,149
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College · Burlington, VT · 2023
Zimbabwe takunda / amalima loko
$19,903
The College of William and Mary · Williamsburgh, VA · 2022
Advanced research methods in social sciences
$18,417
Willow International Dba Everfree · Orange, CA · 2023
Freedom greenlight with willow international
$17,186
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Peer counseling for improved outcomes among labor trafficking survivors (brazil)
$16,986
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Advancing evidence-based multi-generational programm
$16,955
The College of William and Mary · Williamsburgh, VA · 2022
Interoperable payments systems roessler - william & mary subaward 2021
$16,291
The Regents of University of California Berkeley · Berkley, CA · 2024
Academic lead - university of california berkeley (mo)
$16,186
The Regents of University of California Berkeley · Berkley, CA · 2024
Uc berkeley (kenya)
$15,939
The Freedom Story · Oakland, CA · 2022
The freedom story (thailand)
$15,390
The College of William and Mary · Williamsburgh, VA · 2024
Tz finscope qualitative component
$15,248
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Seme - learning crisis
$15,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
Leaders in action (lia)
$15,000
The Regents of University of California Berkeley · Berkley, CA · 2024
Scaling ela into elas
$15,000
International Youth Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Coordinating research on soft skills measurement in low- and middle-income count
$14,850
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Outcome measurement for the prevention and reintegration of child soldiers (car)
$14,633
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Protecting street-connected children from exploitation & forced labor in lebanon
$14,619
Eleison Foundation · Milan, NY · 2022
Eleison foundation (philippines)
$14,000
Sistemafutura Llc · Newark, DE · 2024
Tech-facilitated gbv pilot (kenya)
$12,217
World Learning · Brattleboro, VT · 2022
Coordinating research on soft skills measurement in low- and middle-income count
$12,169
Univ of Penn Truste · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Opportunity gaps and effect sizes in ecd
$11,176
Univ of Penn Truste · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Academic lead - university of pennsylvania (grossman)
$10,900
International Justice Mission · Arlington, VA · 2024
Ijm's experimental design proof of concept- aiw & tic interventions case studies
$10,872
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College · Burlington, VT · 2023
Care titukulane
$10,734
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
Nyu-praxis (india)
$10,666
Network for Empowerment & Progressive Initiatives · Bronx, NY · 2022
Styl long-term follow-up (9yrs+)
$10,350
The Regents of University of California Berkeley · Berkley, CA · 2022
Addressing the baby profit gap testing interventions to boost profits
$7,700
The Regents of University of California Berkeley · Berkley, CA · 2024
Cultivating cooperation the role of formalizing land rental contracts on refuge
$7,549
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2024
Care titukulane
$6,927
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2023
Htri-hart uganda
$5,432
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Seme - learning crisis
$5,245
Search for Common Ground · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
Nigeria herder farmer dialogues

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