Grantee Directory

Projects and organizations funded by the Interledger Foundation, working to expand access to digital financial services around the world.

The Work in Practice

Interledger grantees work across the world in different financial environments, from regions with limited infrastructure to highly connected digital economies. They include community-based organizations, researchers, technologists, and advocates who build infrastructure, advance research, shape policy, and expand how financial systems work in practice.

Year
2025

8 results

  1. Alabama A&M University Foundation

    NextGen Higher Education

    50 000 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: United States
    Project lead: Sonya Merritt

    Dollarcraft: Digital Banking Launch Program is a 13-week interdisciplinary initiative that equips students with practical skills in financial innovation, digital payments, and entrepreneurship through mentorship, applied research, and a culminating Hackathon. Launching as a two-semester pilot in Spring and Fall 2026, the program engages distinct student cohorts to develop real-world solutions addressing financial challenges in underserved communities.

  2. The Hague University of Applied Sciences

    NextGen Higher Education

    49 480 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: Netherlands
    Project lead: Aleksandra Asscheman

    The “Future of Open Payments” course is a 5 ECTS interdisciplinary pilot that equips law and finance students with expertise in open payment technologies, regulatory frameworks, and financial inclusion through applied learning and real-world case studies. By combining technical, legal, and entrepreneurial perspectives, the program builds a talent pipeline for open payments while enabling students to design and pitch innovative fintech solutions addressing global financial challenges.

  3. United States International University - Africa

    NextGen Higher Education

    50 000 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: Kenya
    Project lead: Billy Wadongo

    The Design Your Future Integrated Innovation Pipeline Program (DYF IPP) is a 12-month initiative that unifies entrepreneurship training, innovation platforms, and open payment technologies to drive digital financial inclusion in Kenya. By integrating Interledger-based tools and multidisciplinary collaboration, the program equips students to develop, incubate, and implement impactful fintech solutions while fostering partnerships and ecosystem growth.

  4. Smashing Magazine

    Grant for the Web

    58 359 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: Germany
    Project lead: Mariona Jones

    Smashing Magazine publishes reliable, useful, and practical articles about web design and development written by industry experts. With a grant from the Interledger Foundation, Smashing Magazine is experimenting with Web Monetization as an additional revenue model and creating educational content for web developers.

  5. ILF Ambassador Andria Barrett

    Ambassadorships & Fellowships

    40 000 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: Canada
    Project lead: Andria Barrett

    Project, “Empowering Global ROSCA Users through Digital Financial Inclusion,” focuses on ROSCA users and aims to discover what steps need to be taken to support their transition to using digital financial tools that encourage global participation.

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  6. ILF Ambassador Caroline Sinders

    Ambassadorships & Fellowships

    40 000 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: United States
    Project lead: Caroline Sinders

    ”By Design? The Hidden Harms Within Banking Apps,” highlights how harmful design patterns (often called dark patterns or deceptive design patterns) are barriers to digital inclusion because they unintentionally trick, confuse, manipulate, or nudge users into making unintended decisions. This project aims to provide those building new digital financial services with insights on how to design inclusively and mitigate the risk of unintentional harm when engaging with demographics or contexts.

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  7. ILF Ambassador Sheena Allen

    Ambassadorships & Fellowships

    40 000 USD

    Total amount committed

    • Location: United States
    Project lead: Sheena Allen

    Financial Exclusion in the Southern U.S. : The Real Whys, Challenges, and the [Potential] Role of Digital Inclusion study investigates the financial exclusion faced by unbanked, underbanked, and neglected individuals in the Southern U.S. By prioritizing direct engagement, it seeks to uncover systemic and behavioural barriers that may be overlooked using traditional research methods.

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