Fundraising & Grants

FUNDRAISING CONSULTANCY

TERMS OF REFERENCE – FUNDRAISING CONSULTANCY Background: Since 2010, Spark has built the civic and economic power of rural communities facing poverty in East Africa and West Africa. Spark's innovative Facilitated Collective Action Process (FCAP) strengthens citizen engagement and improves rural livelihoods to drive sustainable development. Through the FCAP, Spark Microgrants puts communities at the center of development, supporting them to find solutions to challenges, and increasing their control over the process. Facilitated village "town-hall style" weekly meetings are combined …

Global Development Director

Spark MicroGrants believes in a world where everyone lives with dignity and determines their own positive future. Spark has worked in 1000+ villages in 6 countries and has pioneered a community-driven development model in sub-Saharan Africa. Spark works with NGO and Government partners to scale the model's adoption and impact on rural communities – on their own terms. Our model combines facilitated community meetings with a small, discretionary grant to catalyze local action and institution building. Read more about our …

Senior Director, Philanthropy (Remote)

GiveDirectly (GD) aims to reshape international giving – and millions of lives – by providing cash grants directly to the world’s poorest. The Brookings Institution estimates that $70B of cash transfers would be required to eliminate the poverty gap; the aid sector currently spends $135B each year, much of it on evidence-free interventions. GiveDirectly wants to change that, establishing cash transfers as a benchmark for foreign aid – as the index fund is a benchmark for the financial industry – …

Donor and External Relations Senior Manager – Rwanda

Spark Microgrants believes in a world where everyone lives with dignity and determines their own positive future. Decades of prescriptive aid have sidelined the poor from the very programs meant to uplift them. We believe in local solutions and catalyzing rural villages facing poverty into action. Building on the success of the Advancing Citizen Engagement (ACE) Project, the Government of Rwanda, through the Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC) and the Local Administrative Entities Development Agency (LODA), has developed the National …

Director, Individual Giving (Remote)

Summer Internship 2026 – CGD Europe

Our people are our most valuable asset in achieving our mission to reduce global poverty and inequality. CGD seeks highly qualified and deeply dedicated colleagues to further our research, program goals, our communications and outreach efforts, as well as to improve our organizational efficiency and operations. The Center offers a range of positions in economics, policy, communications and administration. Occasionally, as space and funding are available, CGD also offers post-doctoral fellowships and internships. Our generous benefits package for full-time U.S. based …

Associate or Senior Associate, Fundraising & Database Administration

Associate/Senior Associate, Fundraising & Database Administration Location: Dakar, Senegal; Delhi, India; Lusaka, Zambia; Manila, Philippines; Nairobi, Kenya; or Rabat, Morocco, or Remote, United States About IDinsight We amplify social impact by partnering with leaders to develop tailored solutions. Our mission is to improve lives with data and evidence. We transform how the world fights poverty. IDinsight is a global nonprofit that equips leaders with the data, evidence and technology to improve lives at scale. We partner with governments, NGOs, multilaterals, …