UP identifies and supports compelling initiatives that have the potential to scale their impact using a finite amount of philanthropic capital. Each of our awardees represents a different hypothesis about how to create sustainable social change. UP is pleased to announce awards to the following outstanding initiatives:

Civil Rights Litigation Venture Fund

Using a Venture Fund Investment Structure to Finance Criminal Justice Reform Litigation

Ambercycle

A Breakthrough Closed-Loop Recycling Technology to Create New Materials Out of Waste Plastic

No Means No Worldwide

Scaling an Evidence-based Rape Prevention Program for Adolescent Boys and Girls

Breakthrough India

Scaling A School-Based Adolescent Program to Address Gender-Biased Sex Selection in India

Development Media International 

National Scale-up of a Radio Campaign for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Survival in Mozambique

Precision Agriculture for Development

Developing a High-Quality Advisory Service for 100 Million Farmers using New Technology Tools

StrongMinds

Treating Depression at Scale in Africa through Self-Perpetuating, Community-Based Interpersonal Therapy Groups

Suyo

Unlocking the Economic and Social Value of Low-Income Families' Homes Through Property Formalization

Parsyl

Providing Actionable Insights to the Vaccine Market

mRelief

Streamlining the Food Stamp Enrollment Process to Unlock Unclaimed Benefits for Low-Income Americans

Honduras Safer Municipalities & Jobs Program

​Evaluating the Impact of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on the Life Trajectory of Youth in High-Crime Contexts

Optimizing Ventilation to Improve Health

 Developing Affordable Designs to Increase Household Ventilation and Improve Health in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Graduated Reintegration

A New Model of Reentry to Reduce Mass Incarceration in the United States

RCT of a Reformulated RUTF

Ensuring Cognitive Recovery for Malnourished Children
If you are interested in participating in any of these initiatives, or would like more information, please contact us.