Skoll Foundation's Grants: a Sampling of Awards

Acción International (Boston): $75,000 to develop model technology to streamline microcredit lending to help low-income women around the world run small businesses.

Acumen Fund (New York): $400,000 to support investment in enterprises that foster civic participation in the Muslim world.

Appropriate Technologies for Enterprise Creation (Nairobi, Kenya): $300,000 to establish a U.S. office to support the development of low-cost technologies for