Innovations For Poverty Action A Nonprofit Corp
Washington, DC
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Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW Fl 4, Washington, DC 20036, USA
- Website
- poverty-action.org
- Founded
- 2002
- Employees
- 1K-5K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $250M-$500M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Commercial & Professional Services
- Professional Services
- Research & Consulting Services
- SIC code
- 87 Engineering & Management Services
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Contract awards
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Grant awards
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Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | R01AG076655 | $36,936 | |
| Brown University | RF1MH130320 | $198,224 | |
| Save The Children Federation, Inc. | 72DFFP19LA00003 | $4,740,599 | |
| New York University | R37CA272664 | $235,519 | |
| University Of Washington | R21HD114901 | $92,299 |
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About the company
Innovations For Poverty Action (IPA) is a non-profit research and policy organization that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. Registered with the federal government since 2007, IPA conducts rigorous evaluations of anti-poverty strategies and works to scale up successful programs. Through federal grant awards, IPA provides research design, data collection, program evaluation, and policy analysis services to U.S. government agencies and other partners. The organization leverages its expertise in randomized controlled trials and behavioral economics to generate evidence on interventions across sectors like education, health, governance, and financial inclusion in developing countries. IPA's work aims to improve the lives of the world's poor by ensuring that policy is driven by scientific evidence.
IPA has received numerous prime and sub-federal grant awards to carry out poverty alleviation research and evaluations globally. Recent projects include a $1.2 million USAID grant to evaluate community-based reintegration programs in Mexico, a $2 million State Department award to study police organizational practices, and a $3 million grant to increase alternative dispute resolution in criminal justice systems. IPA also implements large-scale randomized trials through sub-awards, such as evaluating early childhood interventions in Ghana for Yale University and studying the impacts of cash transfers in Malawi and Liberia for UC Berkeley. The organization frequently partners with USAID, the State Department, NSF, NIH, and other agencies to conduct field experiments and impact evaluations on topics ranging from agricultural technology adoption to youth employment programs to combating human trafficking. IPA's work spans multiple countries and involves collecting data through surveys, experiments, and other methods to rigorously assess the effectiveness of development interventions.
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Is Innovations For Poverty Action A Nonprofit Corp registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Innovations For Poverty Action A Nonprofit Corp's SAM.gov registration is active through January 26, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does Innovations For Poverty Action A Nonprofit Corp hold?
Innovations For Poverty Action A Nonprofit Corp holds a place on 2 federal contract vehicles, including MCC Threshold Compact Development Support BPA and MCC Impact Evaluation Services 2005-2012.
What is Innovations For Poverty Action A Nonprofit Corp's most recent federal award?
Innovations For Poverty Action A Nonprofit Corp's most recent federal grant award is Testing a behavior change approach to counter criminal youth recruitment (7200AA24FA00020), from Office of the Assistant Administrator (USAID), on September 1, 2024.
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