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Tinker Foundation
Tinker Foundation is a private foundation that makes grants to universities and organizations addressing social and economic issues in Latin America. Grantmaking programs include research and advocacy on subsidizing water management, conserving wildlife, and funding legal representation for impoverished or so-called “marginalized” people. 1
At-A-Glance
Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3), Private Foundation
Website: tinker.org
Founded:
1959
President:
Caroline Kronley
Location: New York, NY View on map
Tax ID: 51-0175449
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $84,627,722 Revenue: $6,820,060 Expenses: $4,681,127
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Background
Tinker Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that was founded in 1959 by Edward Larocque Tinker, lawyer and founder of Tinker Bank, now HSBC Bank. Since its inception, Tinker Foundation has made grants to fund research on Latin America that it argues could be used to improve Latin America economically and socially. 2
As of 2023, Tinker Foundation reports that it has given out over 1955 grants, totaling over $129 million. It makes grants to American graduate students performing research about or related to Latin America and to academic or nonprofit institutions in Latin America. 3 4
Grantmaking
Field Research Grants
In 1979, Tinker Foundation created its Field Research Grant program, providing grants to American Universities with graduate students conducting research on Latin America. The grants subsidize travel to Latin America so researchers can become more familiar with Latin American culture and network with universities and other organizations. 5
As of 2019, Tinker Foundation reports that it had made grants to over 40 Centers for Latin American Studies, disbursing over $6.5 million in grants, with the centers matching $4 million in grants. 5
Institutional Grants
Tinker Foundation makes what it describes as “Institutional Grants,” which are grants made to organizations that perform research on or engage in addressing issues outlined by the foundation. 1
Since the 1980s, Tinker Foundation reports funding organizations that advocate for advancing the “rule of law” as a means of promoting democracy. Such research under its “democratic governance” programs include funding pro bono legal services, advocating for public disclosure of “justice institutions” with respect to the privacy of private citizens, supporting the careers of “justice system actors,” and connecting so-called “marginal groups” to justice services. 1
Tinker Foundation also funds organizations that research environmentalist issues, including wildlife conservation, environmentalist agricultural management, and water management policies that subsidize water access. 1
Leadership
Since 2017, Caroline Kronley has worked as the president of Tinker Foundation. Previously, she worked as a managing director for Rockefeller Foundation, where she worked for five years, and as a senior associate for Booz & Company and Katzenbach Partners LLC. 6
Financials
According to its tax returns, Tinker Foundation reported $11.0 million in total revenue for 2021, which came from its sale of assets, dividends and interest earned from securities, and interest earned on its cash investments. 7 Additionally, it reported having $7.1 million in total expenses and $5.2 million of which were categorized as being for charitable purposes. 8
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses
Expenses Detail
Employee Compensation
Highest Earning Employees
| Employee | Title | Total Compensation |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline Kronley | PRESIDENT | $293,815 |
| Bradford Smith | DIRECTOR | $4,000 |
| Dr Arturo C Porzecanski | DIRECTOR THRU 12/24 | $4,000 |
| Dr Shannon O'Neil | CHAIRMAN | $4,000 |
| Eugene Zapata Garesche | DIRECTOR | $4,000 |
| Isabel Aninat | DIRECTOR | $4,000 |
| Katherine Lorenz | SECRETARY | $4,000 |
| Vicente Leon | DIRECTOR | $4,000 |
| John Mcintire | DIRECTOR AS OF 03/24 | $2,000 |
Grant Activity
All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
- Total Grant Value: $67,370,150
- Number of Grants: 727
- Number of Recipients: 358
Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:
| Amount | Year | Funder | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| $400,000 | 2021 | Fundacion Para El Desarrollo De Alternativas Comunitarias De Conservacion | Develop and validate a Water Fund Sustainability Index to strengthen the long-term viability of the water fund model |
| $400,000 | 2021 | RAINFOREST ALLIANCE | Develop a structured process and framework for driving inter-ejido business development, sustainability, and financial viability |
| $390,000 | 2024 | Natura y Ecosistemas Mexicanos | Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) are popular incentive-based instruments that provide conditional economic payments for natural resources management, including forest conservation. Despite achieving significant gains, Mexico’s PES have suffered significant budget reduction, increased funding volatility, and erratic design changes in recent years. These implementation challenges are complicating enrolment for communities and hampering the work of implementers and intermediaries. These issues not only jeopardize PES participation but also risk increasing deforestation rates across the country, potentially undermining climate and biodiversity objectives, notably the 30×30 target of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.This project aims to explore the impact of these implementation challenges on PES outcomes in Mexico, assessing perceptions among national and local stakeholders, and to inform and support stakeholders—including implementers, policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and others—in enhancing PES strategies and building networks, thereby contributing to critical climate and biodiversity targets. The project is structured around three specific goals: first, to assess the impact of PES implementation challenges and stakeholder perceptions at national and local levels; second, to assist stakeholders in refining PES design and execution, aligning with global conservation goals; and third, to foster a global community of PES supporters to guide future efforts in Mexico and beyond.The project brings together an organization and project team with extensive and complementary experience with PES –i.e. technical advisory, advocacy, and research– and encompasses three work packages (WP), each targeting distinct audiences and employing various methodologies: WP1) Applied research at national level and in a local case study in Selva Lacandona using spatial econometrics and field experiments, focusing on data analysis and dissemination among researchers and students through academic publications and conferences. WP2) Stakeholder engagement via policy workshops and training sessions aimed at policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and students, with outcomes shared through reports, policy briefs, and webinars. 3) Network building through the creation of a PES enthusiast community, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration across a broad spectrum of stakeholders, disseminated via a dedicated webpage and activities.Through policy recommendations, scientific advancements, human capital development, network-building, and knowledge exchange, this project expects to bolster PES programs in Mexico and abroad, contributing to the achievement of ambitious global climate and biodiversity goals. |
| $324,000 | 2021 | Tierraviva | Support the capacity of rural communities to access justice and protect their legal rights at a time of rapid agricultural development and environmental degradation |
| $317,000 | 2023 | Universidad Marcelino Champagnat | El proyecto tiene como objetivo promover la recuperación y aceleración de aprendizajes en comunicación, matemática y ciencias mediante el fortalecimiento de la tutoría entre pares en estudiantes de Lima Metropolitana. Esto se llevará a cabo a través del desarrollo de habilidades para el aprendizaje autónomo, fomentado por la tutoría entre pares mediante el modelo ABCD o Aprendizaje Basado en la Colaboración y el Diálogo. Este enfoque es una alternativa radical centrada en la dignidad y la libertad de las personas, transformando el núcleo de la educación.El modelo de expansión no es el de cascada, sino el de fractal, en el cual cada unidad se replica a sí mismo. Por esta razón, se utiliza el enfoque de cambio educativo como un movimiento social, garantizando la sostenibilidad y profundidad en la transformación de creencias y culturas docentes.Los beneficiarios serán los estudiantes de los últimos años de primaria y toda la secundaria de todas las escuelas públicas de la UGEL 01 (Lima Sur), con un total de 79.800 estudiantes. La metodología consiste en capacitar directamente a los estudiantes, docentes y especialistas de la UGEL en la metodología para que, de manera progresiva, la expandan a todos los actores involucrados.Al concluir los años de intervención, se iniciará la expansión de la propuesta a todas las UGEL y distritos de Lima Metropolitana, abarcando un total de 1 millón 200 mil estudiantes. |
| $300,000 | 2023 | Laboratório de Educação | Aprender a Estudar Textos (AET) is a professional development curriculum that helps 4th and 5th-grade teachers implement language-rich classroom activities by analyzing, modeling, planning, and reflecting on their interactions with students in order to enhance their understanding of historical content while developing academic language skills that can be transferred across fields of study. AET addresses significant gaps in Brazilian education, specifically in reading comprehension. Recent assessments, including the 2021 Progress in International Literacy Study (PIRLS), have shed light on the alarming statistics that over 38% of Brazilian 4th-grade students lack basic comprehension skills, with only 13% reading at a proficient level. This crisis stems from issues of educational access and quality, further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, with support from Tinker, a quase-experimental impact evaluation using the PIRLS research instrument found that students from the school district that participated in the AET program made considerable progress in their understanding of narrative and informative texts, and even surpassed the average score of two countries that participated in the 2021 international study and which had started out ahead of it.Given the proven effectiveness of AET in enriching student learning, we propose expanding the program during the 2024-2025 school years. Our plan is to transition from directly providing teachers with our professional development methodology to a framework that enables municipal administrators to serve as in-service teacher educators within their districts. This strategic shift will enable us to collaborate with multiple school districts simultaneously, extending AET's reach and providing high-quality education to more students across Brazil.By the end of 2025, we aim to adapt, pilot-test, and revise a scalable version of the AET program that can be tailored to the needs of diverse municipalities. We plan to continue our work with Várzea Paulista and Francisco Morato, the São Paulo municipalities that participated in the last edition of AET. Additionally, we intend to engage a group of 10 to 15 school districts in the Northeastern state of Maranhão, with a predominantly rural school population (77%) and the country's highest percentage of poor households (58%). This choice aligns with LABEDU's commitment to support students, teachers, and educational systems that can most benefit from our programs. |
| $300,000 | 2022 | GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN | The RECARGA initiative will convene and fund a cohort of civil society organizations working to ensure all children and young people can exercise their right to education. We believe such organizations can and should play a decisive role in ongoing recovery, ensuring that equity, quality, and access remain at the center of post-pandemic education system plans and investments. This requires having greater visibility and voice with Ministry and local education officials, as well as other key actors. Each participating organization will receive three years of funding to continue its education-related work, with a particular emphasis on increasing organizational influence and impact beyond direct service delivery. As a collective, the cohort will convene regularly to exchange information and approaches, articulate and advance shared priorities, engage with experts and stakeholders, and participate in capacity-strengthening activities. The organizations themselves will define the cohort’s priorities, practices, and norms, empowering them to exercise their leadership within the cohort, so as to strengthen their autonomy and voice in public and policy spaces. GFC will facilitate cohort activities, drawing upon relevant local resources and expertise as relevant, without assuming leadership within the cohort itself. |
| $300,000 | 2021 | Igarape Inc | Enhance the capacity of justice sector actors to detect and address national and transnational environmental crime |
| $300,000 | 2020 | Womens Justice Initiative Inc | Expand programming to 12 new communities while testing a refined program delivery model designed for scale and long-term sustainability |
| $295,000 | 2024 | Observatorio Nacional Ciudadano | The main objective of our proposal,"Making Alternative Justice Count,"is to collaborate with state AGOs in Mexico to standardize and improve how information related to Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms is recorded and analyzed.To reach our goals, we will establish a formal relationship with State AGOs in Mexico and introduce our project. Subsequently, we will interview operational personnel, conduct desk research obtain information through transparency requests, and create a theoretical framework that will be the basis of the registration system. After selecting pilot states, we will jointly develop a data management system that meets AGOs’ needs and fulfills the project objective."This system will be known as the MASC Comprehensive Information System (Sistema Integral de Información de MASC or SIIMASC, in Spanish). Once an initial version of the project is created we will work with operational personnel from the AGOs' specialized alternative justice agencies to implement and strengthen the system. Once the system is operational in the selected pilot institutions we will monitor and evaluate results obtained through its use. In the final stages of the project, we will work towards its expansion and adoption nationwide. |
| $293,000 | 2021 | Avance – Analisis, Investigacion y Estudios para el Desarrollo, A.C. | Foster resilience strategies in Mexicos fishing communities to strengthen their prospects for lasting ecosystem and economic productivity |
| $250,000 | 2023 | Federation of Agencies of Social and Educational Assistance – Federacao de Orgaos para Assistencia Social e Educacional (FASE) | Brazil is the country with the greatest abundance of fresh water in the world. However, faces urgent challenges related to unequal population access to natural resources and the growing threat to our water sources. The primary aim of this project is to contribute to democratizing the governance and accessibility of water resources in Brazil, fortifying water preservation, stimulating crucial public debate, and presenting alternatives that underscore water as an human right and a vital common good. With the following specific results: families benefiting from spring protection technologies and rainwater harvesting, concrete recommendations for the improvement of the National Policy and Water Resources and public debate stimulated with stakeholders informed.To achieve this objectives, the project is focused in four major interconnected strategic actions: 1) data production and systematization; 2) training, articulation and democratic participation; 3) strategic communication and 4) implementation of social technologies; in two fronts of action.First, at territorial level, it will involve implementing innovative methodologies in two Brazilian states where FASE maintains a presence (Bahia and Rio de Janeiro). These endeavors hold the potential to yield propositions that contribute to rectifying the democratic deficit in water management in the country, and to expand the legal framework for its protection. These include: (i) developing social technologies and discerning strategies to enhance water accessibility in urban areas of favelas, (ii) devising technologies and identifying strategies for bolstering the safeguarding, decontamination and regeneration of water sources, and (iii) undertaking a social cartography of water resources to pinpoint vulnerabilities and explore alternatives that fortify water safety. The direct audience of this action will be families living in Duque de Caxias (RJ), and in 08 rural communities in Vale do Jiquiriçá and Baixo Sul (BA) regions. Training and capacity-building initiatives will be conducted with the families involved in these states where will be installed social technologies, and to bolster local spaces for social control and participation.Second, at national scale, will entail orchestrating a convergence of diverse stakeholders, producing and disseminating impactful content to generate informed engagement across society. As a process of synthesizing the insights gleaned throughout the project, we will convene seminars to present our recommendations for the enhancement of the National Water Resources Policy, through the production of the “Water Crisis in Debate” dossier. |
| $243,000 | 2022 | Fauna & Flora International USA Inc | In 2021, with Tinker support, this FFI project tackled the risk of ~700 small-scale Atlántida Seascape fishers turning to illegal fisheries practices to recuperate depleted income, and incentivized socioeconomic recovery that benefits SSF, their communities and the biodiversity upon which they depend. FFI and its Seascape Partnership enabled greater communication between fishers and authorities, empowered fishers to engage directly with key actors, enhanced fisher appreciation for good fishing practice to support socioeconomic and ecological resilience, and catalyzed greater inclusion of women in fisheries and market decision-making.Now we want to leverage these impressive gains to create mechanisms, processes, and capacity that will sustain the Seascape’s SSF communities and the marine biodiversity on which they rely over the long term. The goal of this project is to protect Honduras seascape biodiversity through cultivating SSF markets that reward responsible fisheries and enable ecological and socioeconomic recovery and resilience, underpinned by Seascape-wide support and representation in marine governance. To do this FFI and our Seascape Partnership will use existing momentum to: i) empower fishers to engage in national policy discussions, ii) support fishers to pilot the first international SSF standard, iii) engage policymakers to draft the basis for national fisheries management measures beyond single species-specific guidelines, and iv) expand successful market initiatives launched in 2021/2022. The project methodology employs regular dialogue with the 20 Seascape communities to ensure bottom-up conservation that is locally led and implementable and will focus to a greater degree on ensuring participation of groups identified as vulnerable across the Seascape (women, young fishers and Garífuna fishers). Our approach focuses on enabling biodiversity and livelihood recovery and resilience through cultivating the required political, community and markets conditions to support this transition. The themes of ecological recovery, blue justice, and sustainability will be integrated throughout, with focus on economic recovery, responsible fishing practices, regulatory compliance, and fisheries standards.This 30-month project will increase capacity of Seascape fishers to engage in national policy discussions, enable SSF to evidence their responsible fisheries practices and gain access to premium markets, support national fisheries management regulations to use an ecosystem-level approach, identify new market opportunities and replicate successful approaches, add voices of women, young people and Garífuna individuals to decision-making fora, trial the first international standard for SSF certification, and initiate Honduras’ first national-level fisheries management plan. |
| $240,000 | 2022 | TeachUNITED | Ranked last in educational attainment among countries of the Organizations for Economic Cooperation and Development, Mexican children are leaving school with the worst outcomes in literacy, math, and science—with nearly half failing to meet basic standards. Outcomes are even worse for many Yucatán students, a state where more than 50% of people are from historically marginalized indigenous communities, and where many attend rural schools. Both communities are characterized by limited resources, poverty, isolation, and have experienced wide disparities in educational performance and persistent problems of low achievement (Brookings Institution).A root cause of educational disparities is limited, low-quality, and ineffective teacher training (RAND). Recognizing an urgent need for teacher support (especially with growing inequalities due to the pandemic) the Secretaría de Educación de Yucatán (SEY), has partnered with TU to deliver our effective teacher coaching program statewide. Directly supporting education officials and teachers with 1:1 coaching and evidence-based pedagogical strategies, this three-year project will develop a core group of certified instructional coaches and mentors, who will then guide teachers in high-impact instructional strategies.OBJECTIVESTEACHERS: Increase the supply of prepared teachers in the state. STUDENTS: Overcome pandemic-related learning loss and improve educational outcomes. INDICATORS Student academic growth, achievement, and engagement: Goal to increase by 15% over baseline two years after the initial engagement. Teacher instructional knowledge, skills, and efficacy: Goal is to increase 25% over baseline two years after the initial engagement. BENEFICIARIESThe project will reach 600-1,200 education officials and teachers, improve educational quality for 400,000+ students, and reach all schools across the state. Most Yucatán schools serve students from marginalized populations, including rural and indigenous communities. Eight out of 10 inhabitants of Yucatán were considered to be living in poverty or a vulnerable situation (Coneval). With only 47% of indigenous primary school students continuing to secondary level, and only 39% of indigenous people achieving the same levels of education as the non-indigenous population (Brookings Institution), these communities have an acute need for effective and sustainable educator preparation and support.METHODOLOGYWe model effective instruction by including independent work, peer collaboration, and continuous feedback.Our content is based on extensive evidence and we only include strategies with proof of impacting student learning.Strategies taught have been proven to close learning gaps of 2-3 years in a single school year (Visible Learning, 2022).Coaching has been shown to be one of the most effective ways to improve teacher practice. Our coaching takes place throughout the school year so skills are embedded and sustained. |
| $225,000 | 2022 | Grupo de Accion por Los Derechos Humanos | Objetivo:Contribuir a la consolidación del SJPA a través del diagnóstico y documentación de los problemas estructurales, culturales y de contenido que han impedido una consolidación eficiente del SJPA en el estado de Oaxaca, con el fin de atender estructuralmente los obstáculos en conjunto con los actores corresponsables., el proyecto busca implementar metodologías innovadoras que puedan contribuir a la erradicación de los obstáculos, a la consolidación del sistema de justicia que abarque los siguientes puntos: Identificación de problemática social con base en tres criterios (Estructurales, culturales y contenido)Mapeo de instituciones, actores y corresponsables con la consolidación del SJPAIdentificación de acciones a implementar para contribuir con la consolidación del SJPA.Implementación de actividades de intervención conjunta entre los actores corresponsables con la consolidación del SJPA, las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil y la sociedad.Monitoreo y evaluación como actividad transversal que permita identificar el procesoDiagnóstico del impacto (Teoría del cambio más significativo) Dicha metodología parte del mencionado análisis tripartito de las estructuras institucionales, los contenidos legislativos y la cultura subyacente dentro y fuera del sistema. A partir de los resultados de este análisis, identificamos las necesidades, obstáculos y cambios requeridos para lograr la consolidación del sistema de justicia a través de un mapeo y análisis FODA para tener un diagnóstico ad hoc a cada institución donde se realizará la intervención. Una vez realizado esto, procedemos a la construcción de línea base para diseñar objetivos y que nos permita al final de la intervención identificar el cambio más significativo.Los objetivos específicos son: Objetivo 1 Diseño y adaptación de metodologíaObjetivo 2 Realización del Diagnóstico situacionalObjetivo 3 Diseño de modelo de intervenciónObjetivo 4 Implementación del modelo de intervenciónObjetivo 5 Evaluar y medir la eficacia de la metodología con la finalidad de verificar su implementación efectiva y transferencia de capacidades para la aplicación de la misma.Objetivo 6 Estrategia de comunicación e incidencia Los resultados específicos son: Una metodología para identificar los problemas estructurales y de origen de la problemática que parte del análisis tripartito de las estructuras institucionales, los contenidos legislativos y la cultura subyacente y fuera del sistema de justicia del estado de Oaxaca.Un diagnóstico situacional sobre los problemas estructurales (legislativos, culturales y estructurales) para identificar las áreas de oportunidad donde se puede intervenir en aras de consolidar la correcta implementación del Sistema de Justicia Penal Acusatorio Adversarial |
| $220,000 | 2023 | Fundacao Getulio Vargas | Fishing is one of the most relevant human activities in the Amazon and encompasses different dimensions of local life, such as food security, economic dynamism, and leisure, especially for populations residing in riverside territories. The fishing agreement is a participatory management instrument that defines rules for managing fisheries resources to minimize pressure on local fisheries, optimize fisheries productivity, conserve aquatic ecosystems, and, above all, contribute to the reduction of conflicts. It is in this context that the experience of the Mamori Lake Hydrographic Basin, located in the municipality of Careiro (state of Amazonas, Brazil) is inserted. Mamori Lake is strategic for the conservation of biodiversity on the northern stretch of the BR-319 and encompasses 32 communities. In 2010, the Basin reached a process of anthropization resulting from the invasion of predatory commercial fishing boats for many years. Approved in 2011, a fishing agreement resulted in the full recovery of the basin in the following years. Three factors explain the success of the experience: community protagonism and engagement; the training of local actors and the strong inter-institutional support that the local population received. After 12 years of approval, the current scenario is characterized by new invasions and by the demobilization of the inter-institutional support that the local population received in the past. There is strong demand from the community for the revision of the agreement, to guarantee the protection of their ways of life and the conservation of biodiversity.This project’s objective is two-fold. First, to provide a robust assessment & evaluation cycle for the Fishing Agreement of the Mamori Lake Hydrographic Basin. This entails strengthening the community's social fabric, in close collaboration with the public sector, towards a synthesis of local inputs for a renewed agreement, together with the creation of an Independent Territorial Monitoring model for this territory. Secondly, and in a complementary way, to build recommendations for the improvement of governance and protection policies targeting artisanal fishing territories and aquatic ecosystems in the Brazilian Amazon region. |
| $218,000 | 2023 | Asociacion San Sustainable Agriculture Network | This project seeks to design, prototype, and test an innovative community-based monitoring and assurance system with coffee growers in Planadas, Colombia, as an alternative and complementary system to third-party certification that will empower local communities to track and verify farm and landscape performance, as well as democratize data so that communities can use it to make decisions on equitable and sustainable land use that restores, preserves and enhances biodiversity, improves livelihoods and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. This system has the potential to enhance biodiversity-based practices, tools, and approaches of entire supply regions, offer credible assurances to businesses for key commodities, and provide an evidence base that will drive new investments in support of a global move towards sustainability for small producers and rural communities.The beneficiaries of the project are coffee farmers from four villages and two coffee associations in Planadas municipality, Tolima department, Colombia, who will be empowered to make informed decisions on sustainable land use. The project methodology involves designing, prototyping, and testing a participatory and inclusive system in collaboration with these coffee producers and associations in Planadas, and will leverage SAN’s recent experience to develop a common territorial agenda with the same target communities as part of a broader landscape management approach, ensuring relevance to the local context and needs.Anticipated short-term outcomes are: 1) improved capacity for four coffee farming communities to efficiently monitor, collect, and analyze performance data to inform decision-making in the landscape; 2) a 'go-to-market' strategy to support the adoption of a community-based monitoring system; and 3) a consolidated understanding of community-based monitoring and assurance systems and how they can support shared outcomes and claims. The long-term outcomes are that communities in all coffee-growing municipalities in Tolima have the capacity to monitor, collect and communicate shared performance outcomes at the landscape level, and that agribusinesses will have enhanced due diligence ability to make claims about regenerative agriculture that are relevant and proportional to actions taken in the landscape.The plan for disseminating results involves sharing the project's findings and outcomes with the coffee sector, other supply chains, policymakers, and stakeholders in the sustainability and development fields through publication on SAN's website, social media channels and through our global network of members. The project's replicability in other landscapes and supply chains will be emphasized to encourage adoption and adaptation to different contexts. |
| $216,000 | 2024 | Grupo De Analisis Para El Desarrollo | This project aims to address the current educational inequities in mathematics learning among third to sixth grade students in Peru through the implementation of Conecta Ideas Peru (CIP) a digital educational program. We have developed a set of EdTech resources aiming students in public schools, but we would like to use this grant to specifically address the needs of students who are behind in their levels of learning. By taking in consideration a system approach, we will tackle math learning recovery of students lagging in two regions of Peru. As part of the project at student level we will provide math activities through the app, which will extend – weekly- the number of instructional hours dedicated to math. Moreover, we will send weekly messages to parents to remind them to use the app. At the school level, our strategy involves strengthening leadership and teacher pedagogical development by providing coaching and training on math didactics according to students needs. The mentor trained by our team will work with each school, implementing a guided program that will combine virtual and face to face sessions. Finally, to strengthen local and regional authorities’ capacity to make evidence-based decisions, we will provide them with monthly reports and conduct meetings to review main results, while trying to establish goals or plausible strategies. As part of the dissemination plan, we will develop a working paper and policy brief summarizing the main lessons learned, describing how aligning all levels of the system (local authority, school principal, teachers, parents, and students) through the program can lead to learning recovery. Additionally, we will seek to share these lessons through a workshop or event with researchers and decision-makers. |
| $211,000 | 2022 | Transparency Brazil | The project objective is to improve the accountability of state Public Defender's Office (DP) and state Public Prosecutor's Office (MP). By improving their accountability, the project will allow civil society to press for changes in the priorities of both agencies, allow their leadership to enhance the institutions' work with the usage of more data, and improve access to justice for the more vulnerable groups in the long term. The project anticipates two primary outcomes, along which we organized the activities and outputs. The first outcome is improved transparency and accountability of DPs, and the second outcome is improved transparency and accountability of state MPs. We expect both agencies to change some of their strategies and regulations and receive better input and feedback from society. The main outputs related to the DP outcome are as follow: we will publish a report from a racial and gender equity point of view, analyzing the criteria each DP uses across all Brazilian states to decide who is eligible to receive legal aid; review the DP Ombudsperson model in 14 units of the federation and assess their functioning in three dimensions: model, reach, and accountability, and making recommendations on how to improve it and expand the Ombudsperson to more state DPs; develop a set of performance indicators on a critical area (to be defined) for a selected state DP and showcase the results of this pilot to other DPs. The main outputs related to the MP outcome are as follow: review and assess the transparency and accountability of a piece of the strategic plan of state Public Prosecutor's Office called Plano Geral de Atuação (PGA); develop performance indicators to monitor implementation of PGAs and showcase the results of this pilot to other MPs. The primary beneficiaries of our projects are the members of both public agencies and low-income people, predominantly black, indigenous, and women. TB will provide DP and MP indicators and reports about their work, improving transparency and accountability. As a result, it will enhance access to justice and protection of rights in the long term for vulnerable groups, especially the poor, black, indigenous, and women. We have two complementary strategies for the dissemination of our work. The first one considers mainly DP's and MP's members. We will contact them directly to present the project's objectives in meetings and create a dialogue channel. Additionally, we hope to raise the interest of some of them to partner with us and become a showcase of the performance indicators. The second strategy is dissemination through media outlets. We will define a communication plan to launch reports and publish articles in national and specialized media outlets.oject summary. |
| $210,000 | 2020 | Fauna & Flora International USA Inc | Support small-scale fishers in Honduras in building a vision and the institutional capacity to develop crisis resilience and recovery strategies that underpin sustainable marine livelihoods and maintain marine habitat vitality. COVID-19 Response |
| $208,000 | 2022 | Universidad Adolfo Ibanez | The project is organized in three stages, each one entailing its research focus and accompanying activities. The first phase will provide the necessary information to identify and describe international standards on access to justice and fair trial, in the context of remote justice and the pandemic. Secondly, it will aim to identify and catalog different experiences on the use of ICTs in judicial systems, describing their potential benefits and risks. Based on an initial finding from desk-based research, case studies will be selected and followed by a process of data gathering based on secondary sources. The second phase will focus on the use of e-justice mechanisms in Chile, in order to describe and compare the national experience with the findings of the first stage catalog. Particular importance will be put on the impacts of ICTs on access to justice and fair trial among main users and vulnerable groups of the population. A third phase will follow to disseminate our findings. For reaching our main stakeholders–judicial and political institutions—activities will include workshops and conferences with key actors invited to comment and participate. The reports, as well as summarized versions, will be distributed among relevant institutions. It is important to note that our Law School already has relationships with the Supreme Court, the main judicial institutions, and many professors who have established connections with various key actors within this stakeholder map. In addition, for reaching specialized audiences, activities include hosting and participating in national and international conferences and colloquiums. These can reach both the academia and the legal professional world, and allow us to expand our results within the Latin American region. For reaching wider audiences to contribute to the public debate on civil justice reform and the use of ICTs in the judicial system, activities will focus on media outreach, podcasts, and general dissemination products. For reaching audiences interested in ICTs and innovation within the law, the focus will be on the development of a legal design lab, to support technology solutions with a multidisciplinary approach. This will include an online platform that will host all the information and products of the project. |
| $200,000 | 2024 | Fundacion Crisalida Internacional | Glasswing respectfully requests $300,000 USD for the duration of two years to implement Building Foundations for Success in the Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras)."The objective of this project is to improve the foundational skills in children, ages 5-12 years, through the Leap Forward and Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) methodologies developed by Pratham to create an environment of continued learning for each child and their community. |
| $200,000 | 2023 | Atentamente Consultores Ac | The proposed project’s overall objective is to equip Grades 1- 3 primary school educators and students across the Yucatán Peninsula with socioemotional competencies (SEC) to prevent chronic stress and burnout while fostering emotional well-being and supporting academic outcomes. It will accomplish this, in part, by designing and developing a new curriculum for these grades by integrating two leading evidence-based social-emotional learning programs that improve the SEC of educators, primary school children, and their parents. These programs are AtentaMente’s Educating for Well-being and Committee for Children’s Second Step. Through this project, AtentaMente will also conduct training for educators, principals, and other staff to learn how to implement this new curriculum. The proposed work builds on more than three years of collaboration with the Ministries of Education of states in the Yucatán Peninsula. It is expected to reach 1,500+ educators and 40,000+ students from lower-elementary schools across the predominantly Indigenous states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán. More specifically, the project will reach 56 districts, including at least ten new districts we currently do not have funding to work with and from whom we have directly received government requests for this program. Anticipated results include improved educator and student SEC and well-being, more supportive classroom climates, measurably increased short- and long-term academic achievement, and local leadership for SEL teams that can provide continuity for SEL implementation. Results from the project will be disseminated widely in the national and international education community through conferences, panels, and workshops and via our existing funders and government partners. Further, we will advocate for continued scaling of project activities over time by leveraging relationships with government allies across the Yucatán Peninsula and creating a road map for future project implementation within states with similar characteristics. |
| $200,000 | 2022 | School the World, Inc. | The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on education around the world. The World Bank predicts that “learning poverty” – the share of ten-year old children unable to read or understand simple text – will increase from 50% to 70% globally. UNICEF is predicting an 80% learning poverty rate for Latin America. All recognize that the most disadvantaged children have been disproportionately affected by school closures and, indeed, School the World’s Spring 2022 diagnostic testing of thousands of children in rural Guatemala and Honduras suggested a 93-94% learning poverty rate for Latin America’s most disadvantaged 5th grade students.Various studies of pandemic education interventions establish tutoring as an effective learning recovery tool. Other studies suggest high dosage tutoring is more effective than low dosage tutoring. With this background, STW designed a 2022 school-based tutoring strategy for approximately 3400 students in rural Guatemala, Honduras and Panama (Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca). We hired and trained aides in a “teaching at the right level” methodology for foundational skills in reading and math. Teacher aides conducted an initial diagnostic of student abilities and organized students based on abilities. Each student received 3.5-4 hours of small group tutoring per week. With formative testing every two weeks, aides “graduate” students who have achieved particular competencies to new groups along the micro-skills continuum. Ideally, we would like to have trained the teachers in this methodology but given the urgency for this generation of children and the expected challenges with school directors and teachers, we consciously chose to prioritize the children. We asked the teachers to work with the aide but if they chose not to, we did not pursue the matter. We hoped the teachers would become more engaged as students began learning and thereby more receptive to a training program in the “teaching at the right level” methodology at a later time. And we are seeing just that. The diagnostic revealed extremely low learning levels, likely initially established by a poor quality of education pre-pandemic and exacerbated by long school closures. Nevertheless, the formative testing results over the first few months of a six-month intervention reveal significant improvement in attainment of foundational skills in reading and math. Equally as encouraging, students became excited about their own learning, building confidence among students and great interest from parents. Staff report increased school attendance and school directors expanding school days upon seeing results. All countries report interest even from initially recalcitrant teachers after seeing students improve. See Testimonials for more anecdotal evidence. |
| $200,000 | 2021 | Centro de Investigacion | Support teachers, educational authorities, and civil society organizations to address gaps in learning due to pandemic school closures |
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