Impact & insights
Behind every impactful programme, there's a huge amount of insight: what worked and why, and how success can be replicated and scaled.
The impact of initiatives we fund does not belong to us. As a philanthropy, our role is to connect the dots and create the conditions that enable these deep partnerships – each of which is built on government leadership, data, and evidence – and the positive change they deliver.
All of the impact we see is a result of strong partnerships, which accelerate evidence-based solutions for creating large-scale change.
Effective grant making requires a practical approach that’s fundamentally grounded in real-world applications. Investing in credible and representative data and evidence is essential to understanding what truly works and how to deliver the most meaningful outcomes. Without high-quality evidence, we’re unable to identify what drives successes and failures, limiting our collective ability to maximise the potential impact for children.
Impact stories
Read more about how our partners are building a world where all children can flourish.
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News & voices
Read the latest updates from CIFF and our partners.
30 January 2026
12 November 2025
8 October 2025
A major step forward for women’s reproductive health: WHO grants prequalification to first generic self-injectable contraceptive, increasing access to high-quality contraceptive choices.
3 October 2025
Senegal is celebrating the World Health Organisation’s announcement, on the 15th July, that the country has officially eliminated trachoma as a public health problem.
22 July 2025
25 June 2025
A historic private sector commitment from Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
2 April 2025
28 March 2025
During the Nutrition for Growth Summit, CIFF signed the MMS Joint Challenge Commitment Statement, alongside philanthropies, Eleanor Crook Foundation, Kirk Humanitarian and the Gates Foundation. This commitment is to ensure Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS) – or prenatal multivitamins – can be scaled to improve maternal and child nutrition in countries with a high burden of malnutrition.
27 March 2025
By Faustina Fynn-Nyame, Executive Director, CIFF Africa, Myriam Sidibe, Founder, Brands on a Mission & Paul Polman, Business Leader, Philanthropist & Investor.
4 February 2025
On World NTD Day, we are reminded simultaneously of the remaining pain these diseases cause – affecting over 1 billion people worldwide, as well as the encouraging progress being made through coalitions of partners to eliminate them for good.
30 January 2025
8 November 2024
Sustainable Development Goal 16.2: Ending all forms of violence against children. With half a decade left to deliver on the SDGs, half the world’s children still experience violence of some kind.
4 November 2024
28 September 2024
During the UN General Assembly, countries and donors rally critical investments to save women and girls’ lives and drive sustainable development.
25 September 2024
25 September 2024
18 July 2024
28 May 2024
Reports & resources
Read insights from our annual reports.
In 2024, CIFF continued to work with partners – from governments and multilaterals to NGOs, academics, the private sector and beyond – to support large-scale change, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, but always locally owned.
19 June 2025
CIFF's Annual Report 2023.
1 January 2023
CIFF's Annual Report 2022.
5 January 2022
CIFF's Annual Report 2021.
5 January 2021
