America Achieves
For Results For America's Global Survey Of Evidence-informed Policymaking Practices
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Amount$500,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/17/2015
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Term18.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
Results for America (RFA), which operates under America Achieves, Inc., seeks to improve the impact of public resources in government through evidence-informed policymaking. Under this grant, RFA will begin to expand its work beyond the United States by conducting a comprehensive survey of policies, programs, and systems for evidence-informed policymaking around the world, especially in the developing world. RFA will also convene leaders to inform the research, share experiences, and potentially begin building a global coalition for evidence-informed policymaking.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.americaachieves.org
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
America Achieves advances fair access to educational and economic opportunity by serving as a scale-oriented program incubator/accelerator — as well as an advisor and convener of key leaders. Since the organization was founded, it has supported projects advancing deeper learning and incubated, scaled, and launched educational policy and systems change initiatives, while advising dozens of top foundations and leaders across sectors. The grant will assist in the spin-off of remaining initiatives, conducting an effective transition, and wind-up for the organization.
for the Results for America project to improve use of evidence in federal budget allocations
Today less than 1 percent of federal spending explicitly considers evidence of impact as a criterion for funding. Launched in 2012, Results for America seeks to create a new norm for allocating public dollars through "investing in what works," helping to drive public resources toward results-oriented solutions.
