The scale of need
Nearly 50% of the world's population lives on less than $6.85 a day, and almost 9% – or 648 million people – live in extreme poverty on less than $2.15 each day.
Our Objective
Stand up to the vast global inequalities in health, wealth, and opportunity
We direct help in the most impactful ways, to those who need it most.
While many of us have a higher life expectancy than our parents and grandparents, and while we expect to have greater wealth than generations before us, millions of people live in poverty, and billions more struggle to get by. They cannot access basic healthcare and vaccinations, making them far more vulnerable to deadly diseases. They cannot access quality education to strengthen their economic future.
The Global Health & Development Fund (GHDF) aims to:
- Significantly improve the lives of the world's most vulnerable people;
- Eliminate deaths from easily preventable disease;
- Support sustainable, systemic change.
The Global Health & Development Fund is a philanthropic co-funding vehicle that does not provide investment returns.
▲ Photo by Gene Brutty on Unsplash
Our strategy
- We maximize impact by striking a balance between scale and certainty of outcomes in the initiatives we support. We aim to be risk-neutral.
- We collaborate with other organizations to ensure the fund fills a unique gap in the ecosystem.
- We explore ways of giving that may not be easy or available to most donors, including higher-risk or time-sensitive opportunities.
We seek out the biggest gaps
We don’t restrict ourselves to pre-determined problems or regions. Some of the gaps we want to close are:
- Nearly 50% of the world lives on less than $6.85 per day
- Globally, 1 in 5 children do not have access to essential immunizations
- A pregnant woman in Nigeria is over 200 times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than a woman in Sweden*
We accept and review requests for funding. Learn more and apply here.
Sources: The World Bank, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Our World in Data
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Direct and co-funded grants
Supporting the development of a network of aligned organizations that can inform and shape effective U.S. global development leadership.
Supporting priority countries to become and remain EITI members, and working to improve governance of critical transition minerals.
Advised grants
These grants have been identified, evaluated and advised on by Fund Managers; resources were deployed by external philanthropists through their giving infrastructure, separately from the Fund.
To scale up programs broadcasting locally-tailored educational content to children across Africa
Help those most in need right now
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Founders Pledge members
Contribute through your Donor Advised Fund (DAF) easily through the member app. Don’t have a DAF or want to discuss your options? Reach out to giving@founderspledge.com.
Not a member?
Contribute through Every.org. You can also contribute from any Donor Advised Fund; for details, reach out to giving@founderspledge.com.
Our impact
Impact reports
Meet the Fund Manager
Katrina Sill
Katrina Sill is the Global Health and Development Lead at Founders Pledge, where she researches and evaluates high-impact funding opportunities (HIFOs) and manages the GHD Fund. Previously, she was Associate Director at Innovations for Poverty Action’s Right-Fit Evidence Unit, where she advised international development funders and implementers on their data-driven decision making. Before that, she was the Impact Division Director at One Acre Fund Tanzania, where she led applied research to improve the program’s impact portfolio for smallholder farmers. She holds an MPA in International Development from Columbia University and BAs in Anthropology and Communication. In her free time, she enjoys time in the mountains and connecting with value-aligned community.
Learn More
Why we’re launching a Global Health and Development Fund
Searching for impact: How our Global Health & Development Fund fits into the development landscape
Pursuing riskier opportunities for impact in global health and development
