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Spark Microgrants Closes $25 Million Round, Launches New Round for Growth Towards National Scale
Spark Microgrants announced successful closure of first philanthropic round securing $27MM to back ambitious 3-year strategy in Rwanda, Malawi and beyond.
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Lessons from designing and testing two variations of a “lean” facilitation approach for community driven development programs
Community-driven development programs combine village grants with facilitation, but there is little evidence on how much facilitation is actually needed. To help answer this question, Spark launched an RCT comparing its standard model to a lean facilitation approach, informed by a pilot that identified the minimum support needed while keeping communities in the lead.