Join our coalition of partners to maximise your impact and create a generation of possibilities.
Do more with less: 7X more impact
Unlike traditional aid where $1 grant = $1 project funding, with IFFEd, $1 donor cash = $7 project funding. IFFEd’s innovative guarantee instrument grows the finance pie at country level, makes financing more affordable for countries with the greatest needs, and unlocks more opportunities for millions of children and youth to thrive.
IFFEd invests in the life cycle of marginalized children and youth by supporting projects ranging from early childhood, primary, and secondary education to technical and vocational educational training (TVET). IFFEd will maximise educational impact at scale by investing in evidence-based solutions, ensuring effective implementation, and monitoring project delivery against clear goals.
How can you partner with IFFEd?
Donors
Sovereign donors can partner with IFFEd in three ways:
Guarantee Window
1. Provide paid-in capital (cash) to support IFFEd’s guarantees to multilateral development banks (MDBs), creating additional financing for education
2. Provide contingent capital (guarantee) to support IFFEd’s guarantees to MDBs, creating additional financing for education
Grant Window
3. Provide a grant to blend with MDB loans and create more affordable financing, encouraging eligible countries to invest in education
Philanthropic Foundations
Three options to join us:
1. Seed capital: provide a grant to support IFFEd’s establishment in its early years, until the mechanism becomes self-financing
2. Grants: provide a grant to the Grant Window, to help soften finance terms for lower-middle-income countries (LMICs)
3. Paid-in capital: provide a grant for paid-in capital to the Guarantee Window, to be paired with a guarantee from a sovereign donor
IFFEd is also in the early stages of developing a groundbreaking philanthropic guarantee and welcomes interested parties to contact us: info@iff-education.org
Multilateral Development Banks
Partnership between multilateral development banks (MDBs) and IFFEd incentivises countries to make vital investments in human capital development. IFFEd’s innovative blend of grants and guarantees unlocks additional capital for LMICs with the greatest unmet needs and expands MDBs’ ability to invest in education and skills.
Countries
IFFEd’s financial mechanism makes critical investments in quality education and skills development more affordable for lower-middle-income-countries (LMICs).
• Countries set and fund their own education or skilling projects
• IFFEd does not come tied to a specific education agenda
• IFFEd projects can be tailored to country-specific needs and priorities
• IFFEd can also finance education-related cross-sector investments, for example in health and nutrition
More affordable than traditional debt financing
• IFFEd grants will soften the interest rate on MDB loans and provide substantial savings to borrowing countries over the loan life
Can be paired with other global initiatives
• IFFEd financing can be paired with complementary initiatives and instruments, such as GIGA financing for connectivity or Global Partnership for Education (GPE) grants, as part of a comprehensive response to the country’s education needs
High level of technical support and well-established processes
• Lending will leverage standard MDB processes. IFFEd will have limited additional approval requirements to avoid duplication.
• IFFEd funding can be applied to projects in development with a participating MDB
Career opportunity
In 2025, IFFEd is building its team in Geneva, Switzerland and is currently looking for a Head of Finance. Please see the job posting here>.