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Global Development and Population

2017 Grantmaking
  • 202
    Grants Awarded
  • 255
    Active Grantees
  • $119M
    Awarded To Grantees
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The Global Development and Population Program makes grants to expand women’s reproductive and economic choices, amplify citizen participation, and improve policymaking through evidence.

Strategies

Global Development and Population
Women's Choices
Ensure women have full opportunities to earn a living and can choose whether and when to have children.
Global Development and Population
Citizen Voices and Evidence-Informed Policy
Increase government responsiveness to citizens by increasing transparency, participation, and use of robust research and data in decisions.

Ideas + Practice

Recent Grants

World Bank 

for engagement of civil society organizations and the Women, Business and the Law data and analyses

Water Integrity Network 

for a program to build the capacity of local civil society and water activists in Kenya and Benin

Campaña Global por la Libertad de Expresión A19, A.C. 

for support of the Right to Information Program

Africa Freedom of Information Centre 

for a program to support open public contracting in East and West Africa

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Our Team

Ruth Levine
Ruth Levine 
Program Director
 @ruthlevine5
Norma Altshuler 
Program Officer
Althea D. Anderson 
Program Officer
Joseph Asunka 
Program Officer
 @joeasunka
Jessica Avendano [Headshot]
Jessica Avendaño 
Program Associate
Kim Brehm
Kim Brehm 
Program Associate
Aimée Bruederle 
Grants Officer
 @aimeebruederle
Christine Clark [Headshot]
Christine Clark 
Program Officer
Jodie Clark 
Program Associate
Leticia Corona 
Fellow
Margot Fahnestock
Margot Fahnestock 
Program Officer
Sarah Lucas
Sarah Lucas 
Program Officer
 @sarahtlucas
Alfonsina Peñaloza 
Program Officer
Christine Preston
Christina Preston 
Program Associate
Denise Robichau
Denise Robichau 
Program Associate
 @DRobichauHF
David Sasaki
David Sasaki 
Program Officer
 @oso
Pat Scheid
Pat Scheid 
Program Officer
 @pscheid6
Nathalie Scholl
Nathalie Scholl 
Program Associate
Jennifer Shipp
Jennifer Shipp 
Senior Counsel
Sarah Jane Staats
Sarah Jane Staats 
Communications Officer
 @sjstaats
Anupama Tadanki [Headshot]
Anupama Tadanki 
Program Associate
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