Population Action International

About Population Action International

Population Action International’s recent grantmaking is anchored by a large general program support grant to Bringham and Women’s Hospital Inc in Boston, alongside another substantial general program support award to Results for Development Institute Inc in Washington, DC. That pattern fits a public charity that funds advocacy, partnerships, and changemakers working on sexual and reproductive health and rights, rather than individuals or program-related investments. The foundation’s stated priorities include family planning, advocacy and policy, health systems strengthening, accountability and budget tracking, youth engagement and youth-led organizations, and humanitarian sexual and reproductive health. Its active grant programs show a strong emphasis on supporting civil society and youth-led organizations, including flexible advocacy funding and technical assistance. Grants are often tied to organizational capacity strengthening, policy influence, monitoring, and accountability work. Recent awards also include support for the United States Fund for UNICEF in New York, Msi-us in Washington, DC, and Living Goods in San Francisco, all as general program support. The overall picture is of a funder that combines large unrestricted awards with targeted advocacy and capacity-building support across sexual and reproductive health and rights.

What Population Action International Funds

Population Action International supports several connected cause areas within sexual and reproductive health and rights. In youth-led advocacy, YOUAccess provides technical and financial support to organizations in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and India that work on adolescent and youth SRHR, policy change, and funding advocacy. In Francophone West Africa, the Alliances for Advocacy project strengthens civil society partnerships on SRHR policy, programs, and funding, with support extending to Niger. The Opportunity Fund is a flexible source of financial and technical support for near-term advocacy led by local civil society organizations in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire. The foundation also backs domestic financing and accountability work through the Government Accountability for Family Planning Budgets project, which helps advocates track budgets and push for higher public investment in family planning.

How Population Action International Gives