Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network
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Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network: It's time for more effective U.S. foreign assistance.
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Operational Readiness: What the State Department Needs to Effectively Manage U.S. International Development and Humanitarian Assistance
www.modernizeaid.net
MFAN released a new report today expressing concern that the State Department lacks the staff, skills, and systems to successfully manage the U.S. foreign aid portfolio.
Want to see our TOP TEN concerns and how they can be addressed?
Read the full report here: www.modernizeaid.net/resources/op...
Want to see our TOP TEN concerns and how they can be addressed?
Read the full report here: www.modernizeaid.net/resources/op...
MFAN just released the first blog in our new series, “Moving Us Closer to Operational Readiness: Critical Needs for U.S. Foreign Assistance."
Thanks to authors George Ingram and Sally Paxton for this look at the need for transparency across foreign assistance.
www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/r...
Thanks to authors George Ingram and Sally Paxton for this look at the need for transparency across foreign assistance.
www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/r...
Restoring Transparency: Rebuilding the Foundations of U.S. Foreign Assistance Data
As mandated by Congress, transparency is a cornerstone of US foreign assistance – and for good reason.
www.modernizeaid.net
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
MFAN just released the first blog in our new series, “Moving Us Closer to Operational Readiness: Critical Needs for U.S. Foreign Assistance."
Thanks to authors George Ingram and Sally Paxton for this look at the need for transparency across foreign assistance.
www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/r...
Thanks to authors George Ingram and Sally Paxton for this look at the need for transparency across foreign assistance.
www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/r...
📢 MFAN and ONE: Protecting the DFC’s Development Mandate
With the DFC up for reauthorization, MFAN and The ONE Campaign have released a letter urging Congress to maintain a clear focus on low- and lower-middle-income countries.
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With the DFC up for reauthorization, MFAN and The ONE Campaign have released a letter urging Congress to maintain a clear focus on low- and lower-middle-income countries.
📝 www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/m...
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
📢 MFAN and ONE: Protecting the DFC’s Development Mandate
With the DFC up for reauthorization, MFAN and The ONE Campaign have released a letter urging Congress to maintain a clear focus on low- and lower-middle-income countries.
📝 www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/m...
With the DFC up for reauthorization, MFAN and The ONE Campaign have released a letter urging Congress to maintain a clear focus on low- and lower-middle-income countries.
📝 www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/m...
As Congress works to reauthorize the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), preserving the agency’s development mandate and strengthening impact is key.
MFAN has developed 5️⃣ recommendations to make this possible: cdn.prod.website-files.com/63764cef7a7a...
MFAN has developed 5️⃣ recommendations to make this possible: cdn.prod.website-files.com/63764cef7a7a...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
As Congress works to reauthorize the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), preserving the agency’s development mandate and strengthening impact is key.
MFAN has developed 5️⃣ recommendations to make this possible: cdn.prod.website-files.com/63764cef7a7a...
MFAN has developed 5️⃣ recommendations to make this possible: cdn.prod.website-files.com/63764cef7a7a...
In a new post, @devex.com considers how some funders including @openphilanthropy.bsky.social, who recently awarded MFAN with a grant to support advocacy efforts around U.S. foreign assistance program, are taking risks and developing new funding models.
Read more here: www.devex.com/news/as-aid-...
Read more here: www.devex.com/news/as-aid-...
As aid shrinks, top philanthropies test new ways to spur economic growth
As old growth models falter, the Gates Foundation and, more recently, Open Philanthropy are testing new ways to help low- and middle-income countries prosper. They’re able to take risks, test ideas, a...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
In a new post, @devex.com considers how some funders including @openphilanthropy.bsky.social, who recently awarded MFAN with a grant to support advocacy efforts around U.S. foreign assistance program, are taking risks and developing new funding models.
Read more here: www.devex.com/news/as-aid-...
Read more here: www.devex.com/news/as-aid-...
🚨 ICYMI 🚨 We’re Expanding Our Bipartisan Mission for Smarter, More Effective U.S. Aid 🎉
MFAN has received new funding from Open Philanthropy, allowing us to expand our bipartisan advocacy and education efforts. Learn more: www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/n...
MFAN has received new funding from Open Philanthropy, allowing us to expand our bipartisan advocacy and education efforts. Learn more: www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/n...
New Funding from Open Philanthropy will Enable MFAN to Expand Bipartisan Advocacy Efforts to Strengthen U.S. Foreign Assistance
www.modernizeaid.net
October 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🚨 ICYMI 🚨 We’re Expanding Our Bipartisan Mission for Smarter, More Effective U.S. Aid 🎉
MFAN has received new funding from Open Philanthropy, allowing us to expand our bipartisan advocacy and education efforts. Learn more: www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/n...
MFAN has received new funding from Open Philanthropy, allowing us to expand our bipartisan advocacy and education efforts. Learn more: www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/n...
🎉 MFAN is Strengthening its Bipartisan Advocacy for More Effective U.S. Foreign Assistance 🎉
We’re proud to share that MFAN has received new support from Open Philanthropy, an organization dedicated to maximizing impact through evidence-based giving.
www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/n...
We’re proud to share that MFAN has received new support from Open Philanthropy, an organization dedicated to maximizing impact through evidence-based giving.
www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/n...
New Funding from Open Philanthropy will Enable MFAN to Expand Bipartisan Advocacy Efforts to Strengthen U.S. Foreign Assistance
www.modernizeaid.net
October 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🎉 MFAN is Strengthening its Bipartisan Advocacy for More Effective U.S. Foreign Assistance 🎉
We’re proud to share that MFAN has received new support from Open Philanthropy, an organization dedicated to maximizing impact through evidence-based giving.
www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/n...
We’re proud to share that MFAN has received new support from Open Philanthropy, an organization dedicated to maximizing impact through evidence-based giving.
www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/n...
MFAN welcomes the release of the Administration’s first Global Health Strategy as an important step toward a coordinated U.S. approach to #globalhealth, but also notes its risks and limitations.
Read more @ www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/m...
Read more @ www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/m...
MFAN Statement on the Administration’s New Global Health Strategy
www.modernizeaid.net
September 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
MFAN welcomes the release of the Administration’s first Global Health Strategy as an important step toward a coordinated U.S. approach to #globalhealth, but also notes its risks and limitations.
Read more @ www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/m...
Read more @ www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/m...
🎉 NOW HIRING! MFAN is looking for our next Policy & Government Relations Manager! 🎉
Do you have a passion for ensuring that U.S. foreign assistance is efficient and effective? Have you worked with Congress for 2-4 years? If so, join us!
Apply today!
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Do you have a passion for ensuring that U.S. foreign assistance is efficient and effective? Have you worked with Congress for 2-4 years? If so, join us!
Apply today!
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September 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🎉 NOW HIRING! MFAN is looking for our next Policy & Government Relations Manager! 🎉
Do you have a passion for ensuring that U.S. foreign assistance is efficient and effective? Have you worked with Congress for 2-4 years? If so, join us!
Apply today!
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Do you have a passion for ensuring that U.S. foreign assistance is efficient and effective? Have you worked with Congress for 2-4 years? If so, join us!
Apply today!
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
MFAN released a new report today expressing concern that the State Department lacks the staff, skills, and systems to successfully manage the U.S. foreign aid portfolio.
Want to see our TOP TEN concerns and how they can be addressed?
Read the full report here: www.modernizeaid.net/resources/op...
Want to see our TOP TEN concerns and how they can be addressed?
Read the full report here: www.modernizeaid.net/resources/op...
Operational Readiness: What the State Department Needs to Effectively Manage U.S. International Development and Humanitarian Assistance
www.modernizeaid.net
September 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
MFAN released a new report today expressing concern that the State Department lacks the staff, skills, and systems to successfully manage the U.S. foreign aid portfolio.
Want to see our TOP TEN concerns and how they can be addressed?
Read the full report here: www.modernizeaid.net/resources/op...
Want to see our TOP TEN concerns and how they can be addressed?
Read the full report here: www.modernizeaid.net/resources/op...
In our newest blog post, written by MFAN Executive Director Tod Preston, MFAN responds to the FY26 House Foreign Assistance Bill.
To learn how the House bill will address key priorities areas, read our full story: www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/f...
To learn how the House bill will address key priorities areas, read our full story: www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/f...
FY26 House Foreign Assistance Bill: A Mixed Marker of Congressional Assertiveness
www.modernizeaid.net
September 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
In our newest blog post, written by MFAN Executive Director Tod Preston, MFAN responds to the FY26 House Foreign Assistance Bill.
To learn how the House bill will address key priorities areas, read our full story: www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/f...
To learn how the House bill will address key priorities areas, read our full story: www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/f...
On Tuesday, MFAN proudly launched our bipartisan consensus vision for the future of U.S. international assistance. Coauthored by Republican and Democrats, these recommendations ensure that U.S. foreign aid remains effective, accountable, and transparent. Read the report here: bit.ly/4eZNICW
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July 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
On Tuesday, MFAN proudly launched our bipartisan consensus vision for the future of U.S. international assistance. Coauthored by Republican and Democrats, these recommendations ensure that U.S. foreign aid remains effective, accountable, and transparent. Read the report here: bit.ly/4eZNICW
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The USDA McGovern-Dole Food for Education program "has helped break cycles of poverty by providing more than just food: it has offered hope, education, and a path forward for these children, for whom their McGovern-Dole school meal may be the only meal they eat in a day."
Read the full article ⬇️.
Read the full article ⬇️.
McGovern-Dole Food for Education program still benefits Kansas farmers, and the world | Opinion
Former U.S. secretaries of agriculture Tom Vilsack and Mike Johanns urge Congress to continue international hunger-relief program.
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June 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The USDA McGovern-Dole Food for Education program "has helped break cycles of poverty by providing more than just food: it has offered hope, education, and a path forward for these children, for whom their McGovern-Dole school meal may be the only meal they eat in a day."
Read the full article ⬇️.
Read the full article ⬇️.
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📢 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the 2025 DFI Transparency Index
Register now to join us & @odi.global on 26 June for this important discussion on the #transparency & #accountability of development & climate finance
👉 Sign up: odi.org/en/events/la...
#2025Index #financingourfuture
Register now to join us & @odi.global on 26 June for this important discussion on the #transparency & #accountability of development & climate finance
👉 Sign up: odi.org/en/events/la...
#2025Index #financingourfuture
June 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
📢 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the 2025 DFI Transparency Index
Register now to join us & @odi.global on 26 June for this important discussion on the #transparency & #accountability of development & climate finance
👉 Sign up: odi.org/en/events/la...
#2025Index #financingourfuture
Register now to join us & @odi.global on 26 June for this important discussion on the #transparency & #accountability of development & climate finance
👉 Sign up: odi.org/en/events/la...
#2025Index #financingourfuture
The State Dept’s revised re-org proposal contains some encouraging changes from the March 28 version, but more improvements are still needed to avoid the continued degradation of U.S. development and humanitarian assistance capabilities. MFAN’s full statement: www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/s...
Statement from MFAN Executive Director Tod Preston on State Department’s Revised Reorganization Proposal
www.modernizeaid.net
May 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The State Dept’s revised re-org proposal contains some encouraging changes from the March 28 version, but more improvements are still needed to avoid the continued degradation of U.S. development and humanitarian assistance capabilities. MFAN’s full statement: www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/s...
Looking forward to this discussion! Thank you @publishwhatyoufund.bsky.social
🗓️ Join us on 28 May 11am EST/4pm BST for
Localisation re-imagined: Funding for local actors in a changing aid landscape
We’ll discuss our findings and what next for localisation with CSOs, INGOs, funders and researchers.
🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Localisation
Localisation re-imagined: Funding for local actors in a changing aid landscape
We’ll discuss our findings and what next for localisation with CSOs, INGOs, funders and researchers.
🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Localisation
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May 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Henry Lewis has dug into the funding provided directly to local actors by 5 major donors. He wanted to know if donors are delivering on their promises to increase local funding. The short answer: not yet.
Read the highlights:
www.publishwhatyoufund.org/2025/05/are-...
#Localisation #LocallyLed
Read the highlights:
www.publishwhatyoufund.org/2025/05/are-...
#Localisation #LocallyLed
May 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Henry Lewis has dug into the funding provided directly to local actors by 5 major donors. He wanted to know if donors are delivering on their promises to increase local funding. The short answer: not yet.
Read the highlights:
www.publishwhatyoufund.org/2025/05/are-...
#Localisation #LocallyLed
Read the highlights:
www.publishwhatyoufund.org/2025/05/are-...
#Localisation #LocallyLed
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#Food insecurity isn’t just about scarcity—it’s about resilience. Discover what #evidence tells us about effective approaches to tackling #foodinsecurity and #malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa.
📖3ie-@deval-institute.bsky.social blog: www.3ieimpact.org/blogs/tackli...
📖3ie-@deval-institute.bsky.social blog: www.3ieimpact.org/blogs/tackli...
Tackling food insecurity and malnutrition while building resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: what works?
An upcoming rapid evidence assessment of the effects of information,
www.3ieimpact.org
May 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
#Food insecurity isn’t just about scarcity—it’s about resilience. Discover what #evidence tells us about effective approaches to tackling #foodinsecurity and #malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa.
📖3ie-@deval-institute.bsky.social blog: www.3ieimpact.org/blogs/tackli...
📖3ie-@deval-institute.bsky.social blog: www.3ieimpact.org/blogs/tackli...
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The dismantling of USAID shuttered crucial programs. The PRO initiative, hosted at @cgdev.org is stepping in—helping preserve USAID's cost-effective projects by matching donors w/ urgent opportunities.
More from Robert Rosenbaum in @insidephilanthropy.com:
www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/how-don...
More from Robert Rosenbaum in @insidephilanthropy.com:
www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/how-don...
How Donors Can Maximize Impact Following USAID Cuts: The PRO Initiative
What if donors had a list of vetted, ready-to-go intervention points to save lives as USAID is gutted? That's what this urgent initiative seeks to provide.
www.insidephilanthropy.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The dismantling of USAID shuttered crucial programs. The PRO initiative, hosted at @cgdev.org is stepping in—helping preserve USAID's cost-effective projects by matching donors w/ urgent opportunities.
More from Robert Rosenbaum in @insidephilanthropy.com:
www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/how-don...
More from Robert Rosenbaum in @insidephilanthropy.com:
www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/how-don...
MFAN member @results4dev.bsky.social encourages the global development community to reimagine a more resilient and equitable system — one that centers local leadership, strengthens country systems, and better aligns donor efforts with national priorities.
May 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
MFAN member @results4dev.bsky.social encourages the global development community to reimagine a more resilient and equitable system — one that centers local leadership, strengthens country systems, and better aligns donor efforts with national priorities.
MFAN’s new Situation Report, “Local Actors: Critical for the Future of Effective International Aid, Hardest Hit by the Crisis,” highlights the grave impacts of U.S. funding terminations on local organizations and offers recommendations to avoid further damage.
New Situation Report Released – “Local Actors: Critical for Effective International Aid, Hardest Hit by Funding Cuts”
www.modernizeaid.net
May 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
MFAN’s new Situation Report, “Local Actors: Critical for the Future of Effective International Aid, Hardest Hit by the Crisis,” highlights the grave impacts of U.S. funding terminations on local organizations and offers recommendations to avoid further damage.
In advance of Secretary of State Rubio’s testimony before Congress next week, MFAN is highlighting 10 key questions lawmakers should raise about the Administration’s sweeping foreign assistance reorganization.
Read the questions here: www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/m...
Read the questions here: www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/m...
MFAN Highlights Key Questions Ahead of Secretary Rubio’s Congressional Testimony Next Week
www.modernizeaid.net
May 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
In advance of Secretary of State Rubio’s testimony before Congress next week, MFAN is highlighting 10 key questions lawmakers should raise about the Administration’s sweeping foreign assistance reorganization.
Read the questions here: www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/m...
Read the questions here: www.modernizeaid.net/press-room/m...
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📢 Localisation is at a crossroads
Despite record #ODA levels, local actors still only receive a fraction of #GlobalDev funding
Join us on 28 May to ask: Where do we go from here?
🗓️ 11am EST / 4pm BST
💻 Online
🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Localisation #FundingLocal
Despite record #ODA levels, local actors still only receive a fraction of #GlobalDev funding
Join us on 28 May to ask: Where do we go from here?
🗓️ 11am EST / 4pm BST
💻 Online
🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Localisation #FundingLocal
Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom ...
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May 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
📢 Localisation is at a crossroads
Despite record #ODA levels, local actors still only receive a fraction of #GlobalDev funding
Join us on 28 May to ask: Where do we go from here?
🗓️ 11am EST / 4pm BST
💻 Online
🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Localisation #FundingLocal
Despite record #ODA levels, local actors still only receive a fraction of #GlobalDev funding
Join us on 28 May to ask: Where do we go from here?
🗓️ 11am EST / 4pm BST
💻 Online
🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Localisation #FundingLocal
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🗞️ Check out our latest newsletter, featuring news on #AidTransparency and #GlobalDev
Including:
🔍 The transparency of climate funds
➕ The additionality of DFIs
🗓️ The future for local funding
www.publishwhatyoufund.org/2025/05/news...
Including:
🔍 The transparency of climate funds
➕ The additionality of DFIs
🗓️ The future for local funding
www.publishwhatyoufund.org/2025/05/news...
News roundup - The transparency of climate funds, the additionality of DFIs and a local funding event
Our regular roundup of news on aid and development transparency – featuring News on our upcoming event discussing the local funding provided by major donors, our research papers on the transparency of...
www.publishwhatyoufund.org
May 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🗞️ Check out our latest newsletter, featuring news on #AidTransparency and #GlobalDev
Including:
🔍 The transparency of climate funds
➕ The additionality of DFIs
🗓️ The future for local funding
www.publishwhatyoufund.org/2025/05/news...
Including:
🔍 The transparency of climate funds
➕ The additionality of DFIs
🗓️ The future for local funding
www.publishwhatyoufund.org/2025/05/news...
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As the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) faces closure, @ecollinson.bsky.social highlights what's at stake.
The US faces reputational damage, a weakened partnership with Nepal—and risks handing China a strategic win. More:
www.cgdev.org/blog/partner...
The US faces reputational damage, a weakened partnership with Nepal—and risks handing China a strategic win. More:
www.cgdev.org/blog/partner...
Partnership Tested: Shuttering MCC Would Send the Wrong Signal to Nepal and Hand a Win to China
It was disheartening to learn last week that DOGE was moving to shut down the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). I’ve found myself struggling to make sense of this move in light of a particular c...
www.cgdev.org
May 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
As the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) faces closure, @ecollinson.bsky.social highlights what's at stake.
The US faces reputational damage, a weakened partnership with Nepal—and risks handing China a strategic win. More:
www.cgdev.org/blog/partner...
The US faces reputational damage, a weakened partnership with Nepal—and risks handing China a strategic win. More:
www.cgdev.org/blog/partner...
MFAN is alarmed by the Admin’s FY26 budget, which slashes State & USAID by 84%, risking global health, stability & U.S. interests. These cuts undo years of achievements and decimate effectiveness measures. Congress must protect effective, lifesaving foreign aid.
May 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
MFAN is alarmed by the Admin’s FY26 budget, which slashes State & USAID by 84%, risking global health, stability & U.S. interests. These cuts undo years of achievements and decimate effectiveness measures. Congress must protect effective, lifesaving foreign aid.