Our Supporters

Supporters

  • African Management Services Company (AMSCO)
  • Alwaleed bin Talal Foundation
  • Andrew & Melora Balson Family Fund
  • Australian Agency for International Development (AUSAID)
  • Autodesk Foundation
  • Barr Foundation
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Brian Kopperl and Leslie Talmadge
  • Cardno Emerging Markets
  • Clif Bar Family Foundation
  • Deere & Company
  • EngenderHealth
  • Eucalyptus Foundation
  • ExxonMobil Foundation
  • Greater Impact Foundation
  • Guy Cogan
  • Hilary & Kevin Greene
  • IKEA Foundation
  • Imperial Tobacco
  • International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) – GAAP (Gender Program)
  • International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
  • Janji, LLC
  • Jasmine Social Investments
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Joshua and Anita Bekenstein
  • Kenya Climate Innovation Centre (KICC)
  • Kevin & Laurie Carnahan
  • Laurie & Peter Thomsen
  • Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
  • May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
  • Monsanto
  • Mrs. Frances K. Geballe
  • Olivia White
  • Only The Brave Foundation
  • Planet Wheeler Foundation
  • Rockefeller Foundation
  • Salesforce.com Foundation
  • Segal Family Foundation
  • Skoll Foundation
  • SoSense
  • Technoserve
  • The Adventure Project
  • The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
  • The French Embassy
  • The globalislocal Fund
  • The Hall STEPS Foundation
  • The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
  • The Mulago Foundation
  • The Pershing Square Foundation
  • The Royal Danish Embassy
  • The Skilling and Andrews Foundation
  • The Staples Trust
  • The West Foundation
  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Development Innovation Ventures (DIV)
  • United Way of the Bay Area
  • University of California San Francisco  (UCSF)
  • US Department of State
  • Vanderbilt Family Foundation
  • Voxtra Foundation
  • Western Union Foundation
  • William Mayer and Diane Currier
  • William Miller
  • …Plus many, many other generous individual donors

Partners

  • Action Aid
  • ADPP in partnership with the ExxonMobil Foundation
  • Africare in partnership with the ExxonMobil Foundation
  • Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development
  • Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa
  • Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)
  • Caritas Internationalis
  • Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
  • Center for Research in Water Solutions
  • Clinton Foundation
  • Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
  • Concern Worldwide
  • Danish refugee council
  • Development Aid from People to People (DAPP)
  • Department for International Development (DFID)
  • Environment Africa Malawi
  • First Quantum Minerals
  •  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammernarbeit (GIZ)
  • Heifer International
  • Helen Keller International
  • International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
  • International Potato Centre
  • International Organization for Migration (IOM)
  • Japan International Tobacco
  • Lutheran World Foundation
  • Mercy Corps
  • Netherlands Embassy
  • Oxfam-Zambia
  • Plan International
  • Rural Infrastructure Development Programme
  • Samaritan Purse
  • Save the Children
  • Small and Micro Enterprise Programme (SMEP)
  • Solidarities International
  • Swedish Embassy
  • Tear Fund
  • Total Land Care (TLC)
  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Vision Fund
  • Welt Hunger Hilfe (formerly German Agro Action)
  • World Food Program (WFP)
  • World Relief
  • World Vision
  • Worldwide Fund for Nature
  • And numerous other NGOs and CBOs

Awards & Accolades

  • 2014 Finalist for The University of Pennsylvania and Wharton School’s Limpan Family Prize
  • 2012 US State Department “Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls”
  • 2012 The Global Journal – KickStart listed among the “Top 100 Best NGOs in the World”
  • 2011 CIO Magazine’s Top 100 companies using Information and Communications Technology
  • 2011 Forbes Magazine, Impact 30 List (World’s leading social entrepreneurs)
  • 2011 4-Star rating on Charity Navigator
  • 2008 OneWorld’s Person of the Year Award
  • 2008 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability
  • 2008 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation
  • 2008 Design News – 2008 Engineer of the Year
  • 2007 Social Capitalist Award Fast Company Magazine & the Monitor Group
  • 2006 Argosy Foundation and eTown E-Achievement Award
  • 2005 Skoll Social Entrepreneur
  • 2004 IDSA Gold Award
  • 2003 Schwab Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs
  • 2003 Beacon Prize for Creative Giving
  • 2003 TIME, European Heroes
  • 2003 AGFUND International Prize for Pioneering Development Projects
  • 2003 Newsweek – Inventions That Will Change the World
  • 2003 Gleitsman Award of Achievement
  • 2002 San Jose Tech Museum Award