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PRG III: Investing in Dignified Jobs for All
Upaya has invested in 42 companies (and exited 10 investments) creating 51,222 dignified jobs for people living in extreme poverty in India. Upaya is on a mission to create 300,000 jobs by 2030 through its PRG model.

Pescadata - an app for small scale fishing communities
A logbook and expenses app for small-scale fishers and fishing communities.

Women's Micro Small & Medium Enterprise Trade Finance
An award-winning finance vehicle to benefit women-led enterprises across the Indo-Pacific, with an initial focus on Indonesia, Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa, Timor Leste and the Solomon Islands.

Ting Global Interactive Ideographs Table
Ting Global Ideographs Table is an open-source taxonomy for the future workspace. This framework provides a common structure and language for young minds to e-meet, share their main topics of interest, and collaborate to create mutual activities.

SEEK GSP
Group support psychotherapy is a culturally sensitive and highly cost-effective first line intervention for depression and other common mental health problems in rural populations with gender-based violence. It can be delivered by lay health worker.

Solar Market Gardens
For over a decade, SELF’s Solar Market Gardens (SMGs) have tackled food insecurity through a combination of solar power and drip irrigation.

Sumba Iconic Island Initiative
To provide access to reliable and 100 percent renewable forms of energy for the 750,000 inhabitants of Sumba Island, ending their dependency on fossil fuels and supporting gender-balanced development and economic activities of the people.

Sustainable Sanitation in Nepal
A social enterprise model for public toilets piloted in Nepal that incorporates additional revenue streams with waste-to-value technology (biogas), bundled services (shops), gender-inclusive design, and a cleaning compliance program.

Tablet Comunitario
A solar powered mobile platform that can be towed by a vehicle or non-vehicle to remote rural areas, integrates technology and digital solutions in community engaging awareness campaigns and is prepared to properly store vaccines and register users.

World Social Capital Monitor
For the first time in history, in order to accelerate the SDGs people can score on eight crucial local social goods by open access and in 46 languages yet.

CoIO: AI-Powered Collective Intelligence/Inclusive Decisions
CoIO transforms organizational collaboration by using AI to ensure every voice is heard, breaking down power dynamics and language barriers while synthesizing diverse inputs into clear, actionable decisions—all within an accessible, asynchronous platform.
Backyard Bankers Initiative
Seeking grants of $15,000 to replicate Backyard Bankers Initiative in new immgrant communities. Groups are saving $50,000 per week

Anti-Eviction & Self-Determination in Ziwani, Nairobi
The Single Mothers Association of Kenya (SMAK) is fighting urban renewal by building energy sovereignty and food sovereignty, and organizing a community land trust to curb rampant real estate speculation and achieve permanent tenant security.

Capital Navigation in the South
Launching Capital Navigator under SoCap to help women entrepreneurs access capital, gain financial knowledge & connect with resources.

ConnectUP! Circle (C2) - A Digital Community
Expand our winning content/programs nationally! C2 is a culturally grounded digital community for Black/Brown startups & emerging businesses providing courses, toolkits, technical assistance to power founders confidently MANAGE their businesses, wealth, and health.

Ready, Set, Go: Salesforce Workflows capacity
Increase our capacity by automating manual operations of managing our accelerators, events, and bootcamps.

Closing Wealth Gaps Through Small Biz Acquisition
We help underrepresented entrepreneurs build wealth through business ownership. bETA has 193 grads and we are scaling across the country!

Equity Capital for BIPOC Entrepreneurs in CPG
Propeller Impact Fund II offers technical assistance to BIPOC entrepreneurs seeking equity financing for their CPG ventures.

The Mulberry Baltimore
A real estate-based community wealth building ecosystem

Healthy Entrepreneurs
Healthy Entrepreneurs delivers effective and affordable health products and services to the last mile, hard-to-reach populations in Sub-Saharan Africa, through a network of 5,000 Community Health Entrepreneurs in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Burundi.

AFRIpads Menstrual Kits
Our innovative Menstrual Health and Hygiene solution drives change through product, education and evidence. We are founded on the belief that if we can overcome menstrual barriers, we are one step closer to gender equality.

Women Originated Media Entrepreneurship Network (WOMEN)
The WOMEN project aims to develop women entrepreneurship in Ukraine inspired by the AEIF funded project e-Bridge. Project activities include interactive featured audio video, ICT learning mechanism, and peer-to-peer exchanges of women-owned companies.

Connecting Offline Learners to the World's Knowledge
RACHEL (Remote Area Community Hotspot for Education & Learning) is a low-cost, plug-and-play digital library for the 52% of the world's population without internet.

The Great Green Kouno Dagal Wall (GGKDW)
The project aims to conserve biodiversity, fight against desertification, climate change, pollution and nuisances, and also combat hunger and poverty.