| # Smart Bets — FY2026 |
# Smart Bets — FY2026 |
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| ## FY2026 cohort |
## FY2026 cohort |
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| - **Total Smart Bets awarded:** `[FILL: N]` |
- **Total Smart Bets awarded:** `[FILL: N]` |
| - **Total deployed (USD):** `[FILL]` |
- **Total deployed (USD):** `[FILL]` |
| - **Median grant size:** `[FILL]` |
- **Median grant size:** `[FILL]` |
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| ## Regional Forum pitch winners |
## Regional Forum pitch winners |
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| | Region | Forum location | Winning org | Winning pitch (1 line) | |
| Region | Forum location | Winning org | Winning pitch (1 line) | |
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| | Latin America | `[FILL: city, date]` | `[FILL]` | `[FILL]` | |
| Latin America | `[FILL: city, date]` | `[FILL]` | `[FILL]` | |
| | Europe | `[FILL]` | `[FILL]` | `[FILL]` | |
| Europe | `[FILL]` | `[FILL]` | `[FILL]` | |
| | Africa | `[FILL]` | `[FILL]` | `[FILL]` | |
| Africa | `[FILL]` | `[FILL]` | `[FILL]` | |
| | Asia | `[FILL]` | `[FILL]` | `[FILL]` | |
| Asia | `[FILL]` | `[FILL]` | `[FILL]` | |
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| ## Liberty Forum (NYC) finalist |
## Liberty Forum (NYC) finalist |
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| - **Organization:** `[FILL: name, country]` |
- **Organization:** `[FILL: name, country]` |
| - **Pitch:** `[FILL: 2–3 sentences — what they're building, why now]` |
- **Pitch:** `[FILL: 2–3 sentences — what they're building, why now]` |
| - **Outcome at LF:** `[FILL: won / advanced / coaching cohort]` |
- **Outcome at LF:** `[FILL: won / advanced / coaching cohort]` |
| - **Publish permission:** `[FILL: yes / pending / no]` |
- **Publish permission:** `[FILL: yes / pending / no]` |
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| ## Post-award trajectories (prior cohorts) |
## Post-award trajectories (prior cohorts) |
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| Track at 12 and 24 months out. Funders care about whether Smart Bets |
Track at 12 and 24 months out. Funders care about whether Smart Bets |
| actually accelerates — not just whether the pitch was good. |
actually accelerates — not just whether the pitch was good. |
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| - **`[FILL: prior winner]`** (`[FY year]`): `[FILL: where they are 12+ |
- **`[FILL: prior winner]`** (`[FY year]`): `[FILL: where they are 12+ |
| months later — staff added, funding raised, policy moved]` |
months later — staff added, funding raised, policy moved]` |
| - **`[FILL]`**: `[FILL]` |
- **`[FILL]`**: `[FILL]` |
| - **`[FILL]`**: `[FILL]` |
- **`[FILL]`**: `[FILL]` |
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| ## Sources |
## Sources |
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| - `[FILL: Smart Bets program lead / Regional Forum after-action notes]` |
- `[FILL: Smart Bets program lead / Regional Forum after-action notes]` |
| - `[FILL: Salesforce records of follow-on engagement]` |
- `[FILL: Salesforce records of follow-on engagement]` |
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| ## Author + last review |
## Author + last review |
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| - Authored by: `[FILL: name, date]` |
- Authored by: `[FILL: name, date]` |
| - Next review due: After NYC Liberty Forum each year |
- Next review due: After NYC Liberty Forum each year |
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