Root Capital donations received

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Basic donee information

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Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_Capital

Donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 10 1,500,000 2,674,500 125,000 125,000 282,000 400,000 1,288,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,150,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000
FIXME 6 400,000 2,849,167 125,000 125,000 282,000 282,000 400,000 400,000 1,288,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000
Agriculture 3 2,000,000 2,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000
1 2,150,000 2,150,000 2,150,000 2,150,000 2,150,000 2,150,000 2,150,000 2,150,000 2,150,000 2,150,000 2,150,000 2,150,000 2,150,000

Donation amounts by donor and year for donee Root Capital

Donor Total 2018 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 1970
Ford Foundation (filter this donee) 15,282,000.00 0.00 0.00 5,000,000.00 0.00 282,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,000,000.00
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (filter this donee) 7,500,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,000,000.00 1,500,000.00 0.00 4,000,000.00 0.00
Mulago Foundation (filter this donee) 2,150,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,150,000.00 0.00 0.00
Barr Foundation (filter this donee) 1,688,000.00 0.00 400,000.00 0.00 1,288,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
MacArthur Foundation (filter this donee) 125,000.00 125,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total 26,745,000.00 125,000.00 400,000.00 5,000,000.00 1,288,000.00 2,282,000.00 1,500,000.00 2,150,000.00 4,000,000.00 10,000,000.00

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (10 donations)

Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
DonorAmount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 10)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
MacArthur Foundation125,000.00102018FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- to support a project that will explore the adaptability of Root Capital’s Efficient Impact Frontier model to a broader range of sectors and capital types as a tool for more effective impact measurement and management. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Massachusetts; affected cities: Cambridge.
Barr Foundation400,000.0082015-03-02FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- To strengthen and expand Root Capital's capacity to plan, implement, and measure its efforts to increase smallholder farmer resilience to climate change and related environmental shocks.
Ford Foundation5,000,000.0022014-12-22FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To provide long-term financing to low-income coffee farmers in Latin America to address the financing gap for renovation and replanting following the coffee leaf rust crisis. Affected regions: 192###Central America###50@@@541###Latin America###50; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
Barr Foundation1,288,000.0072013-06-12FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- To develop resilient and profitable coffee and cocoa supply chains in Haiti.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation2,000,000.0052012-11-07Agriculture/agricultural financial serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide loans and financial training to small and growing rural businesses in Africa; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Zambia|Uganda|Ghana|Kenya|Malawi|Mozambique|Rwanda|Tanzania, united republic of|South africa|Eswatini.
Ford Foundation282,000.0092012-07-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To identify, pilot and refine a cost-effective and effective way to build poverty monitoring systems into its lending processes to ensure that its lending benefits low-income smallholder farmers. Affected regions: 291###East Africa###75@@@625###Mexico###25; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1,500,000.0062011-04-19Agriculture/agricultural financial serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide loans and financial training to small and growing rural businesses in Africa; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Zambia|Uganda|Ghana|Kenya|Malawi|Mozambique|Rwanda|Tanzania, united republic of|South africa|Eswatini.
Mulago Foundation2,150,000.0042010--https://mulagofoundation.org/Portfolio/root-capital-- Donation date is not a single date but rather when funding began. Rainer fellow in . Mulago’s reasons for investing: “Small and medium sized agricultural businesses are the backbone of any rural economy and the key to improving the incomes of smallholder farmers. Root Capital provides the working capital and market connections that are otherwise unavailable to these businesses in Africa and Latin America. Mulago is particularly interested in Root Capital's Frontier Portfolio with its emphasis on new markets, food security and nutrition.”.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation4,000,000.0032009-11-23Agriculture/agricultural financial serviceshttps://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf-- to provide loans and financial training to small and growing rural businesses in Africa; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Zambia|Uganda|Ghana|Kenya|Malawi|Mozambique|Rwanda|Tanzania, united republic of|South africa|Eswatini.
Ford Foundation10,000,000.0011970-01-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To finance African and Latin American small and growing businesses that incorporate poor smallholder farmers in value chains that build sustainable livelihoods. Affected regions: 9###Africa###60@@@541###Latin America###40; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.