Based in USA

DIV Fund (formerly Development Innovation Ventures, USAID)

Washington, District of Columbia, USAWebsite

About DIV Fund (formerly Development Innovation Ventures, USAID)

DIV Fund (formerly USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures) backs evidence-driven solutions that can measurably improve lives in low- and middle-income countries. It acts like a development venture fund: it looks for promising ideas, funds pilots and tests, and then scales the strongest interventions based on rigorous evidence of impact and cost-effectiveness. Its grantees span sectors, but the common thread is innovation with clear potential for large-scale global development impact, especially in countries where USAID works.

Annual Giving$10M(2023)

Focus Areas

Evidence-Driven Global Development InnovationPoverty Graduation and Economic MobilitySmallholder Agriculture and Farmer IncomeGlobal Health Delivery and AccessEducation and Human CapitalSanitation, Energy, and Basic Services

Giving Approach

Tiered venture-style funding with staged grants for pilot, test, and scale; typically provides smaller early-stage awards and larger follow-on support to solutions that demonstrate measurable outcomes and strong evidence.

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DIV Fund (formerly Development Innovation Ventures, USAID)

About DIV Fund (formerly Development Innovation Ventures, USAID)

Focus Areas

Giving Approach

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DIV Fund Innovation Grants (Tiered: Pilot / Test / Scale)

DIV Fund (formerly Development Innovation Ventures, USAID)

About DIV Fund (formerly Development Innovation Ventures, USAID)

Focus Areas

Giving Approach

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How to approach this funder

Notable grantees:

Open Grant Opportunities

DIV Fund Innovation Grants (Tiered: Pilot / Test / Scale)