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The Foreign Aid Bridge Fund

Host Organization: Unlock Aidmdi-circle-small Washington, DC, USA mdi-circle-small foreignaidbridgefund.org/

About

As a result of the U.S. foreign aid freeze, many of the world's highest-impact, frontline organizations have had to temporarily pause operations or reduce services to millions of people around the world. Unlock Aid, in collaboration with a number of partners, is raising an emergency fund to enable high-impact organizations with sustainable business models to get back to work to prevent unnecessary harm and disruption to millions of people.

Contributions of any amount will make an enormous difference as well as help us to catalyze even greater resources for affected organizations.

For example:

  • One organization in Southern Africa is counting on $150,000 in U.S. foreign aid to enable them to continue to pay hundreds of community health workers to provide 30,000 children with essential medicines.
  • In West Africa, another organization has had to abruptly stop a randomized control trial to test uptake for a new malaria vaccine given a sudden shortfall of $225,000 due to the U.S. foreign aid freeze.
  • In East Africa, one entity cannot make a $100,000 purchase of life-saving HIV/AIDS medications and another cannot purchase $50,000 worth of nutrient-dense foods for children, both because of the freeze on U.S. foreign aid.
  • In Latin America, one organization is counting on $250,000 in U.S. foreign aid to provide cash-based loans to keep open hundreds of small businesses in the region.
  • In Southeast Asia, one organization is counting on $100,000 in U.S. foreign aid to continue to provide life-saving assistance to refugees displaced by war.

An Emergency Fund for Frontline Organizations

This is a fast, simple way to keep essential organizations running. Your donation goes directly to organizations that:

  • Deliver extraordinary impact at scale and cost-effectively
  • Have had their operations curtailed by the U.S. foreign aid freeze
  • Work directly with communities, rather than acting as intermediaries
  • Operate sustainable business models that are not overly-dependent on a single source of revenue
  • Work in fields including health, water, agriculture and food security, sanitation, climate adaptation, livelihoods and economic prosperity, education, and humanitarian response

This fund is not a long-term fundraising source. It provides critical, short-term grant-based financing to ensure immediate impact and program continuity.

While many organizations are in need right now, this fund is designed specifically to support frontline organizations that meet the above criteria.

Trusted, Vetted Organizations

In addition to meeting all of the above criteria, organizations supported by this fund must also:

  • Have been previously vetted and undergone extensive due diligence by top philanthropies, funds, investors, the U.S. government, and/or other bilateral or multilateral funders
  • Be willing to report results and impact to funders
  • Be approved to receive funding by our Investment Committee
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About the Host

The Unlock Aid Coalition is a trade organization advocating for policies that foster innovation in international development.

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