The Future Fund regrantors are approaching their deadline (September 31st) to fund projects and I'm guessing some of them are scrambling to find stuff to fund due to deadline pressure, so I'm posting this question as a public good for them to look for opportunities. Post individual suggestions as top-level comments if you want people to upvote them, or make it a list if you have a lot of suggestions. I recommend taking a minute to think through your social network (did you meet anyone at EAG?) who has a project that could be evaluated for funding.
Another idea from our EA Lab/Think-Tank:
IDEA: A self-sustaining Lending platform/organization that gives out very low interest, zero-collateral micro-loans to the poorest people in Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries globally.
Summary:
Loans will range from $25 to $1000 and repayment durations will be from 1 month to 1 year
Loans are meant to be used by these poor people for things like:
Execution and Funding Requirement:
We will be happy to provide any more details on request. Any interested donor please DM me