industry international development founded july 2010 headquarters musanze rwanda key people sasha fisher founder website www.sparkmicrogrants.org spark microgrants is a 501 c 3 non profit organization that gives microgrants of about 3 000 to local communities in east africa . contents 1 history 2 board of directors 3 media coverage 4 statistics 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit since july 2010 spark microgrants has worked alongside communities in rwanda uganda and burundi in order to support their community driven initiatives . community members contribute on average over 1 600 hours of planning for their projects . projects range from increasing access to education and clean water to projects rebuilding orphanages and sustainable latrines . spark facilitators help to instigate discussion amongst a community about the goals of the community and possible solutions are brought together with skills training to ensure communities take ownership of improvements they seek . spark microgrants began its work in rwanda in 2010 and has rapidly scaled across rwanda uganda and burundi . spark has over 90 community partners today . spark has been touted as the organization that will change the way aid is distributed to more rapidly build a world with dignity . board of directors edit sasha fisher executive director neal lesh chief strategic officer andy bryant executive director of the segal family foundation allison devore ranu dhillon jonathan jackson grace lesser media coverage edit in 2011 spark microgrants was featured in forbes magazine 1 and was a semi finalist in the buckminster fuller challenge . 2 statistics edit spark microgrants has 90 community partners with the support of foundations and private donors . 3 see also edit sustainable development portal social entrepreneurship community mobilization references edit susan adams 11 july 2011 . saving the world on a shoestring spark microgrants . forbes . http challenge.bfi.org 2011semi finalist sparkmicrogrants http www.sparkmicrogrants.org our projects external links edit official website saving the world on a shoestring spark microgrants forbes spark microgrants spotlight projects segal family foundation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title spark microgrants & oldid 709527943 categories organizations established in 2010501 c 3 nonprofit organizationsrwandamicrofinance in africa navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 11 march 2016 at 12 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view