Recent Grants

ABTI-American University of Nigeria, School of Information Technology & Communication (Yola, Nigeria)
$100,000 in support of the establishment of a hub for the Center for Information and Communication Technology Innovation and Training. (2005)

African Economic Research Consortium (Nairobi, Kenya)
$800,000 in support of strengthening capacity in Africa for policy research and graduate training in economics (over four years). (2005)

African Virtual University (Nairobi, Kenya)
$1,270,000 in support of supplying discounted bandwidth to a consortium of universities in Africa (over three years). (2005)

Ahmadu Bello University (Zaria, Nigeria)
$2,500,000 in support of information technology, library development and related university strengthening activities (over three years). (2007)

Bayero University, Kano (Kano, Nigeria)
$3,100,000 in support of staff development and the refurbishing and upgrading of University facilities (over three years). (2007)

Committee of Vice-Chancellors (Abuja, Nigeria)
$215,000 to re-engineer and strengthen CVC's capacity and influence in the sector (over two years). (2005)

Institute for Policy and Economic Research (Abuja, Nigeria)
$150,000 in support of a planning grant to launch a new Institute for Economic and Policy. (2007)

Institute of International Education (New York, New York)
$82,500 in support of an evaluation to improve the impact of the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa on strengthening African universities (over three years). (2007)

International Foundation for Science (Stockholm, Sweden)
$160,000 in support of an audit of the science infrastructure base of 15 African universities. (2007)

JSTOR (New York, New York)
$122,000 in support of extending access to scholarly resources in the humanities and social sciences to Nigeria's research and higher education institutions (over five years). (2005)

Machina Emirate Development Association (Yobe State, Nigeria)
$30,000 in support of instructional technology and computing at Mai Bukar Memorial Science Boarding School. (2007)

National Universities Commission (Abuja, Nigeria)
$350,000 in support of enhancing capacity to meet the challenges of monitoring and coordinating the university system and to bring to scale some of the positive developments in the Nigerian university system (over two years). (2005)

New School (New York, New York)
$300,000 in support of a project to strengthen university research libraries in Nigeria through journal subscriptions (over two years). (2006)

New York University, Steinhardt School of Education (New York, New York)
$214,000 in renewed support of Partnership Projects (over two years). (2006)

Nigeria Higher Education Foundation (New York, New York)
$400,000 in support of fundraising and development for Nigerian universities (over three years). (2005)

Nigeria ICT Forum of Partnership Institutions (Zaria, Nigeria)
$200,000 in support of improving information and communication technology in selected Nigerian universities of higher education (over two years). (2005)

Pamoja (Chester, Vermont)
$150,000 in support of a project to build the fundraising capacity of four Nigerian universities. (2006)

Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation (Abuja, Nigeria)
$50,000 in support of the purchase of books and materials for the Olusegun Obasanjo Research Library. (2005)

Tertiary Education Network (Rondebosch, South Africa)
$160,000 to improve the technical capacity of the universities involved in the African Virtual University (over three years). (2005)

Tides Center, Africa Grantmakers Affinity Group (San Francisco, California)
$75,000 in support of general operations (over three years). (2006)

United States Embassy (Abuja, Nigeria)
$29,000 in support of shipping of books to Nigeria. (2006)

University of Antananarivo, Faculty of Sciences (Antananarivo, Madagascar)
$820,000 in support of the advancement of conservation biology within the Faculty of Science (over three years). (2006)

University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa)
$100,000 in support of two forums in Africa for university leaders (over two years). (2006)

University of Ibadan (Ibadan, Nigeria)
$250,000 in support of building the culture of educational philanthropy (over three years). (2005)

University of Ibadan - Nigeria (Ibadan, Nigeria)
$4,000,000 in support of strengthening the human capital, institutional facilities, and governance system of the University (over three years). (2007)

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
$303,000 in support of improving user access to research and information materials at university libraries in Nigeria (over three years). (2005)

University of Port Harcourt (Port Harcourt, Nigeria)
$2,500,000 in support of institutional strengthening (over three years). (2006)

 

Action Health, Incorporated (Yaba, Nigeria)
$430,000 in support of Family Life HIV/AIDS Education and pre-service training of teachers in Nigeria (over three years). (2007)

Action Health, Incorporated (Yaba, Nigeria)
$576,000 in support of the evaluation of the implementation of a sexuality education curriculum in public schools in Lagos State, Nigeria (over three years). (2006)

Adolescent Health and Information Projects (Kano, Nigeria)
$330,000 in support of implementation of the Family Life and HIV/AIDS Education Curriculum in Kano State (over three years). (2005)

BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights (Lagos, Nigeria)
$400,000 to promote the reproductive health and rights of women whose lives are governed by Sharia'h Law (over three years). (2007)

Bayero University, Kano (Kano, Nigeria)
$65,000 in support of institutional strengthening of Minjibir General Hospital. (2007)

Campaign Against Unwanted Pregnancy (Ikeja, Nigeria)
$300,000 in support of media education, research, and strengthening medical school curricula and teaching related to reproductive health and maternal mortality (over three years). (2006)

Center for Communication and Reproductive Health Services (Bida, Nigeria)
$300,000 in support of implementation of the Niger State Sexuality Education/Family Life and HIV/AIDS Education (over three years). (2006)

Centre for Development and Population Activities (Washington, D.C.)
$400,000 in support of education and training on maternal mortality reduction (over three years). (2007)

Civil Resource Development and Documentation Centre (Enugu, Nigeria)
$200,000 in support of activities toward improving maternal health and reproductive rights of women and young people in Nigeria through the legal system (over three years). (2006)

Community Health and Research Initiative (Kano, Nigeria)
$175,000 to work with 10 local governments and the Kano state government to reposition the commitment to address maternal mortality and morbidity through improved budgetary allocation and service delivery (over thirty two months). (2008)

Community Life Project (Apapa, Nigeria)
$150,000 to increase access to comprehensive reproductive and sexual health for out-of-school youth in Lagos State, Nigeria (over two years). (2007)

Federal Ministry of Health (Abuja, Nigeria)
$500,000 in support of promoting the use of magnesium sulfate (over two years). (2008)

Girls' Power Initiative (Calabar, Nigeria)
$300,000 in support of activities towards scaling up the implementation of the national sexuality education curriculum in Cross River State, Nigeria (over three years). (2007)

Global Health and Awareness Research Foundation (Enugu, Nigeria)
$150,000 in support of implementation of Family Life and HIV/AIDs Education in Enugu State (over two years). (2007)

Ipas (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
$400,000 in support of increasing access to post-abortion care services in Nigeria (over three years). (2006)

Legal Research and Resource Development Centre (Yaba, Nigeria)
$200,000 in support of consolidating and scaling up activities to integrate reproductive health and rights into legal education in Nigeria (over three years). (2006)

Management Strategies for Africa (Ilford, United Kingdom)
$300,000 in support of improving the policy environment for the implementation of reproductive health programs in Nigeria (over two years). (2007)

Management Strategies for Africa (Ilford, United Kingdom)
$83,000 to increase awareness and provide research and data analysis for policy formulation and implementation in Nigeria. (2007)

Management Strategies for Africa (Ilford, United Kingdom)
$240,000 in support of building a constituency to advocate for and ensure the successful implementation of the national sexuality education curriculum (over two years). (2005)

National Commission on Colleges of Education (Abuja, Nigeria)
$50,000 in support of implementation of the Family Life and HIV/AIDS Education curriculum. (2007)

OneWorld UK (London, United Kingdom)
$300,000 in support of developing and implementing computer and mobile phone based sexuality education for Nigerian adolescents (over two years). (2007)

Pathfinder International (Watertown, Massachusetts)
$100,000 in support of institutional strengthening of facilities promoting safe motherhood. (2007)

Pathfinder International (Watertown, Massachusetts)
$400,000 in renewed support of an initiative to improve maternal health in Nigeria (over three years). (2006)

Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (Benin, Nigeria)
$250,000 in support of reducing maternal mortality (over three years). (2007)

Women's Aid Collective (Enugu, Nigeria)
$200,000 in support of consolidating and scaling up activities to integrate reproductive health and rights into legal education in Nigeria (over three years). (2006)

Youth, Adolescent, Reflection & Action Center (Jos, Nigeria)
$275,000 in support of Family Life and HIV/AIDS Education in Plateau State (over three years). (2007)

 

Access to Justice (Apapa, Nigeria)
$400,000 in support of activities to strengthen the protection against extra-judicial killings through the revival and implementation of State Coroner laws and procedures in Nigeria (over three years). (2006)

Alliances for Africa (Lagos, Nigeria)
$200,000 in support of information, communication, and public advocacy on the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights in Arabic (over three years). (2007)

Benetech (Palo Alto, California)
$59,000 to support the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria to implement its Martus software to gather and utilize human rights information. (2008)

Centre for Law Enforcement Education (Ikeja, Nigeria)
$330,000 for the conduct and use of a national crime victimization survey as a complementary and reliable source of information to official statistics on crime in Nigeria (over two years). (2005)

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (Abuja, Nigeria)
$183,000 to document the status of justice sector reform, human rights, and juvenile justice in Nigeria. (2008)

CLEEN Foundation (Ikeja, Nigeria)
$193,000 in support of a second national electoral survey as a complementary and reliable source of information to official statistics on elections in Nigeria. (2007)

CLEEN Foundation (Ikeja, Nigeria)
$231,000 to conduct a post-election national survey to measure public perceptions of the electoral process in the April 2007 general elections. (2007)

Gender and Development Action (Lagos, Nigeria)
$30,000 for technical support for women in the National Conference on Political Reforms in Nigeria. (2005)

Global Rights (Washington, D.C.)
$100,000 in support of activities to build the capacity of human rights organizations in Kano state to monitor, document, and report on human rights violations. (2007)

Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet and Society (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
$50,000 to monitor Internet accessibility and to carry out research, in conjunction with the Open Net Initiative, into the deliberate tampering of the Internet during the elections in Nigeria that were held in April 2007. (2007)

League for Human Rights (Jos, Nigeria)
$240,000 in support of a project to promote the right to equality and non-discrimination in Plateau State (over three years). (2006)

Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (Abuja, Nigeria)
$300,000 in support of the Reform of Pre-Trial Detention and Legal Aid Service Delivery in Nigeria (over three years). (2006)

Legal Defense and Assistance Project (Anthony Village, Nigeria)
$450,000 to strengthen and reform the administration of criminal justice in six states in Nigeria (over three years). (2007)

Legal Research Initiative (Abuja, Nigeria)
$275,000 to incorporate and apply the provisions and practices contained in the United Nations Convention into the operations of law enforcement agencies in Nigeria (over three years). (2007)

Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) (Port Harcourt, Nigeria)
$100,000 for participatory monitoring of local government resources and improving accountability in Rivers State (over two years). (2005)

National Human Rights Commission (Abuja, Nigeria)
$400,000 to build the capacity to implement the National Action Plan for the promotion and protection of human rights and to document and report on human rights violations in Nigeria (over three years). (2007)

Network of University Legal Aid Institutions (Abuja, Nigeria)
$250,000 to expand the scope of clinical legal education and complement official legal aid services in Nigeria (over two years). (2008)

Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (Ikeja, Nigeria)
$300,000 in support of a research and advocacy project on abuse of human rights by police in Nigeria (over two years). (2005)

Nigerian Bar Association (Lagos, Nigeria)
$300,000 to train and sensitize Nigerian lawyers on the use of regional and sub-regional mechanisms for human rights protection and the review of the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Procedure Rules (over two years). (2007)

Organisation Pour Les Libertes Citoyennes (Ikeja, Nigeria)
$40,000 campaign for the Abrogation of the Public Order Act. (2006)

Social and Economic Rights Action Center (Lagos, Nigeria)
$300,000 in support of the advancement of economic, social, and cultural rights in Nigeria (over three years). (2006)

University of Ibadan Faculty of Law (Ibadan, Nigeria)
$250,000 in support of strengthening the human rights and rule of law program. (2007)

Women's Right Advancement and Protection Alternative (Abuja, Nigeria)
$250,000 in support of Islamic Family Law and Practices in Northwestern Nigeria (over three years). (2005)