Open Philanthropy Support for Cost Evidence Generation

Between 2023-2024, Open Philanthropy is providing financial support to ACF, CARE, CRS, Mercy Corps, and Save the Children to conduct 100 cost analyses and generate a critical mass of comparable cost data in outcome areas such as basic education, income generation, and agricultural productivity. This effort will be accelerated by the use of Dioptra as well as technical assistance from the IRC.

The cost data generated are expected to be shared with policymakers such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of the Chief Economist for the purpose of learning what interventions or approaches under what conditions can provide the most ‘value for money’ by delivering more impact to more people in need per unit of aid funding.