United Kingdom · Economic development and livelihoods
GLOBAL INNOVATION FUND
Non-profit investment fund
GIF finds, funds and scales-up cost-effective, evidence-based social innovations that have the potential to measurably improve the lives of millions of people living on $5 a day or less in the developing world. GIF deploys grant and risk capital instruments to support a range of innovators across the globe to accelerate the development, rigorous testing, and scaling of innovations.
- Active at least since
- 2017
- Income 2024
- £16.6M
- Public funds 2024
- 98%
Accounts
Income Expenditure
Source: Charity Commission (England & Wales) — official register
Where the money comes from (2024)
Public funds 98% (£16.2M) · Other income 2%
Public funds: grants and contracts from government bodies as declared to the Charity Commission. Other income includes donations, legacies, trading and investments. Many organisations record funds from UN agencies and the European Union as income from charitable activities: in that case the public share is underestimated.
Data table
| Year | Income | Expenditure | Public funds | Staff | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | £16.6M | £10.5M | 98% | 0 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2023-12-31 | £5.4M | £8.2M | 92% | 29 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2022-12-31 | £7.9M | £17.6M | 28% | 33 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2021-12-31 | £6.2M | £17.8M | 49% | 35 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
| 2020-12-31 | £18.1M | £18.1M | 49% | 39 | Charity Commission (England & Wales) |
Public funds from donor governments
Payments by donor in the last 5 years
| Donor | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCDO (United Kingdom) | €2.6M | €5.7M | €14.9M | €6.8M | €3M |
| Sida (Sweden) | €3.1M | – | €4.8M | €3.4M | €1.8M |
Payments to the organisation reported by the aid agencies of 17 countries (USAID, FCDO, BMZ, Sida and others) in their own IATI data, converted to euros at the year's average rate. They include funds passed on to local partners. Not all donors name the recipient of their payments, so figures may be incomplete; EU funds are in their own section.
Spending on declared projects (IATI)
Only the projects the organisation publishes on IATI: usually a fraction of its total spending (median 14% in our checks).
Countries with projects published on IATI
Kenya ↗ 12 · India ↗ 11 · Uganda ↗ 8 · Indonesia ↗ 6 · Nigeria ↗ 6 · Philippines ↗ 5 · South Africa ↗ 5 · Zambia ↗ 4 · Bangladesh ↗ 3 · Ghana ↗ 3 · Malawi ↗ 3 · Tanzania ↗ 3 · Cambodia ↗ 2 · Myanmar (Burma) ↗ 2 · Rwanda ↗ 2 · Burkina Faso ↗ 1 · Brazil ↗ 1 · Côte d’Ivoire ↗ 1 · Costa Rica ↗ 1 · Egypt ↗ 1 · Ethiopia ↗ 1 · Mexico ↗ 1 · Mozambique ↗ 1 · Niger ↗ 1 · Nepal ↗ 1 · Papua New Guinea ↗ 1 · Pakistan ↗ 1 · Sierra Leone ↗ 1 · United States ↗ 1 · Vietnam ↗ 1
Number of activities published on IATI that mention the country, added up over all years. Platforms that raise funds for other organisations publish every small project as a separate activity. Each country opens on d-portal the list of this organisation’s projects in that country.
Projects published on IATI (most recent and largest)
| Project | Country | Period | Spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Harvest | Uganda | 2026–… ongoing | $500,000 |
| Reme.D | Egypt, Kenya | 2026–… ongoing | – |
| AI Diagnostics | South Africa | 2026–… ongoing | – |
| 4G Capital | Kenya, Uganda | 2026–… ongoing | $2M |
| BlueYou | Philippines | 2025–… ongoing | $200,000 |
| Mati Carbon | Zambia | 2025–… ongoing | $200,000 |
| Greenteams | Indonesia | 2025–… ongoing | $1M |
| Toothpick | Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda | 2025–… ongoing | $100,000 |
| Blackfrog | India, Kenya, Nigeria | 2025–… ongoing | $470,837 |
| Keep It Cool | Kenya, Uganda | 2025–… ongoing | $350,000 |
| Tiyeni | Malawi | 2025–… ongoing | – |
| Mafisa | Zambia | 2025–… ongoing | $255,000 |
| Agros | Indonesia, Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma) | 2025–… ongoing | – |
| Proximity | Myanmar (Burma) | 2024–… ongoing | $160,000 |
| Build Change | Indonesia | 2024–… ongoing | $219,614 |
| Agritask | Brazil, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Cambodia, Mexico, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Vietnam | 2022–… ongoing | $3M |
| International Care Ministries (ICM) | Philippines | 2020–… ongoing | $5.1M |
| Pagatech | Nigeria | 2018–… ongoing | $6M |
| Ideas42 and World Bank (Behavioural Insights for Cash Transfers) | Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania | 2017–2020 ongoing | $4.6M |
| EM3 | 2017–2022 closed | $8.8M | |
| mClinica | 2016–2024 ongoing | $3.1M | |
| Lively Minds | Ghana | 2016–2021 closed | $4.9M |
| One Acre Fund | 2016–2020 closed | $15M | |
| Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) | 2016–2023 closed | $3.9M | |
| Afrimarket | 2016–… closed | $3.1M |
Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.
Countries declared
Afghanistan · Albania · Armenia · Angola · Argentina · American Samoa · Azerbaijan · Bosnia & Herzegovina · Bangladesh · Burkina Faso · Bulgaria · Burundi · Benin · Bolivia · Brazil · Bhutan · Botswana · Belarus · Belize · Congo - Kinshasa · Central African Republic · Congo - Brazzaville · Côte d’Ivoire · Cameroon · China · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Cape Verde · Djibouti · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Algeria · Ecuador · Egypt · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Fiji · Micronesia · Gabon · Grenada · Georgia · Ghana · Gambia · Guinea · Guatemala · Guinea-Bissau · Guyana · Honduras · Haiti · Hungary · Indonesia · India · Iraq · Iran · Jamaica · Jordan · Kenya · Kyrgyzstan · Cambodia · Kiribati · Comoros · North Korea · Kazakhstan · Laos · Lebanon · St. Lucia · Sri Lanka · Liberia · Lesotho · Libya · Morocco · Moldova · Montenegro · Madagascar · Marshall Islands · North Macedonia · Mali · Myanmar (Burma) · Mongolia · Mauritania · Mauritius · Maldives · Malawi · Mexico · Malaysia · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Nicaragua · Nepal · Panama · Peru · Papua New Guinea · Philippines · Pakistan · Palestinian Territories · Palau · Paraguay · Romania · Serbia · Rwanda · Solomon Islands · Seychelles · Sudan · Sierra Leone · Senegal · Somalia · Suriname · São Tomé & Príncipe · El Salvador · Syria · Eswatini · Chad · Togo · Thailand · Tajikistan · Timor-Leste · Turkmenistan · Tunisia · Tonga · Türkiye · Tuvalu · Tanzania · Ukraine · Uganda · Uzbekistan · St. Vincent & Grenadines · Venezuela · Vietnam · Vanuatu · Samoa · Kosovo · Yemen · South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe
Official checks
- Public register
- Charity Commission — active registration
- Latest accounts filed
- 2024 (Charity Commission (England & Wales))
- Annual filings
- up to date (Charity Commission (England & Wales))
Facts from public registers and certification bodies, not a judgement on the organisation; the absence of a label is not a negative sign. Methodology
Timeline
- Registered as a charity
- First publication on IATI
Identifiers
Charity Commission · Companies House · IATI (d-portal) · Wikidata