Who funds IPA projects?
IPA’s expertise is provided as a service to its partners. Funding typically comes either from an organization’s evaluation budget or from donors (large and small) who are particularly interested in learning the impact of their dollars invested. On occasion, IPA will secure direct funding for research and evaluation and then search for partners to evaluate specific innovations or programs. IPA also often works with its partners to identify potential funding sources and submit joint proposals. Studies have been funded either directly or indirectly by a variety of foundations in the academic, development, and policy research communities, including the National Science Foundation, The World Bank, USAID-BASIS, the Asian Development Bank, and the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), and the Ford Foundation.
