Fundraising is a challenging endeavour, but various services can help organisations boost their impact by streamlining internal tasks. This comprehensive...
The intent of this material is to provide general education. This material is not intended as advice, nor should...
Fundraising always begins with knowing who the funders are. This directory contains links to corporations, foundations, governments, impact investors, intermediaries,...
Philanthropic collaboratives are growing in popularity in Africa and share many similarities with their global peers, but they also have...
Across the Global South social entrepreneurs, civil society organisations and grass roots NGOs are in favour of sustainable development programmes...
There are around 10 million social enterprises globally, united by the principle of putting purpose before profit. $2 Trillion Annual...
Devex has done the heavy lifting for you. Our expert analysts have aggregated data from OECD, grant boards, and annual...
Better Life Foundation India, a trusted and impactful non-governmental organization (NGO), has been addressing social, educational, and environmental challenges at...
Welcome to the Social Investment Toolkit Are you a social entrepreneur looking for investment? Perhaps you're wondering where to start,...
The lululemon Centre for Social Impact is setting out to break the barriers that prevent access to wellbeing. We leverage...
Social entrepreneurship is indeed a challenging endeavor, fortunately there are different services available to help organisations boost their impact by...
The definitional criteria for inclusion used for the Global Philanthropy and Impact Investing Ecosystem platform is intentionally broad in order...
Discover the art of effective fundraising with insights from Chitra and Tim Hanstad, leaders at Landesa and the Chandler Foundation....
We work with entrepreneurial teams who are making a difference. Their big ideas address some of the world’s biggest problems,...
The Fundraising Masterclass Learning Series is designed to elevate fundraising strategies through collaborative learning and expert insights. The special Toolkit...
The most talked about women in philanthropy don’t always take the same tack, but they have some core approaches in...
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is Switzerland’s international cooperation agency within the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs...
Focus on the Mind is a Collective Impact Project lead by SoulBeeGood with several key interinstitutional professionals and organizations in...
fundsforNGOs is a social enterprise offering knowledge and skills to NGOs and development practitioners worldwide to improve their resource mobilization...
This checklist is designed to support Black Fox Global clients who are partnering with us through our Toolkit and Grant...
Access to knowledge has been repeatedly cited as a factor behind poor agriculture production of small-scale farmers.* One of the...
We are a network of volunteers, nonprofits, and funders working together to solve urgent problems and lift up communities...
In 2020, Luminate, a global philanthropic organization, commissioned CEP to survey its grantee partners through the Grantee Perception Report (GPR)....
We created the Democracy Frontlines Fund to enable experienced anti-racist organizers to do their crucial work. They taught us how...
The Segal Family Foundation credits its relationships with locally led nonprofits for helping it become a top funder in sub-Saharan...
Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, today announced the launch of the Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI, a dynamic six-month program...
International grants for social enterprises are the kind of funding necessary to support those who run social enterprises. Perhaps you...
Volume 1: A Roadmap to a More Just World Designed for emerging philanthropists, this volume provides a solid foundation by addressing...
This work gives an overview of the possibilities available to an NGO to mobilise financial resources. It shows how an...
Managing your current and prospective donors is essential to the financial health of your organisation. An up-to-date and systematic process...
GrantNav is 360Giving's search-engine for grants data. It is a free-to-use platform that brings together open, comparable grants data that...
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This is a crowdsourced document with potential granting organizations around the world. This was created by the Learning Systems team...
Recognizing the significant opportunity to support local and attract international startups to the province, the climate challenge, in partnership with...
This study examines how crowdfunding platforms hosting social entrepreneurship projects establish and maintain legitimacy. Through analyzing three intermediaries, it explores...
To win grants, you need the most up-to-date, complete information you can get about grantmakers and the grants they've made....
We want to open and broaden the philanthropy conversation. That means taking active steps to include, welcome and amplify previously...
Across Europe, social innovators are working towards solving today's biggest challenges set forth by the Sustainable Development Goals. As new...
This guide explores the diverse landscape of partnerships worldwide, ranging from local initiatives to large-scale regional efforts. It highlights partnerships'...
We are Catalyst 2030 members and allies who are working to make the world a better and fairer place for...
Understanding Social Enterprises in South Africa: Experiences, Gaps and Opportunities While an early stage funding gap is anecdotally acknowledged, there has...
The Global Impact Fellowship provides NGOs with a series of online training sessions, resources and support meetings with the Skills...
The Social Innovation Fund was born out of our long-standing Social Innovation Awards, and is open only to past winners...
WHY APPLY ? We believe that social enterprises and the entrepreneurs behind them are leaders.By putting purpose at the heart of...
Devex is the media platform for the global development community. A social enterprise, that connects and informs 1,015,000+ development, health,...
WHAT IS RELATIONSHIP-BASED FUNDRAISING? Relationship-based fundraising is a type of fundraising that centres around developing long-term, strategic partnerships with donors, rather than focusing...
April 12, 2023 – Tech Matters, a tech-for-good organization focused on bringing the power of tech to social change leaders,...
To get an idea of where impact investment might be headed over the next decade, the authors examine where the...
Philanthropic collaboratives are growing in popularity in Africa and share many similarities with their global peers, but they also have...
There are around 10 million social enterprises globally, united by the principle of putting purpose before profit. $2 Trillion Annual...
Better Life Foundation India, a trusted and impactful non-governmental organization (NGO), has been addressing social, educational, and environmental challenges at...
Social entrepreneurship is indeed a challenging endeavor, fortunately there are different services available to help organisations boost their impact by...
Discover the art of effective fundraising with insights from Chitra and Tim Hanstad, leaders at Landesa and the Chandler Foundation....
The most talked about women in philanthropy don’t always take the same tack, but they have some core approaches in...
This checklist is designed to support Black Fox Global clients who are partnering with us through our Toolkit and Grant...
We created the Democracy Frontlines Fund to enable experienced anti-racist organizers to do their crucial work. They taught us how...
The Segal Family Foundation credits its relationships with locally led nonprofits for helping it become a top funder in sub-Saharan...
Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, today announced the launch of the Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI, a dynamic six-month program...
International grants for social enterprises are the kind of funding necessary to support those who run social enterprises. Perhaps you...
Volume 1: A Roadmap to a More Just World Designed for emerging philanthropists, this volume provides a solid foundation by addressing...
Managing your current and prospective donors is essential to the financial health of your organisation. An up-to-date and systematic process...
No description available yet.
This is a crowdsourced document with potential granting organizations around the world. This was created by the Learning Systems team...
This study examines how crowdfunding platforms hosting social entrepreneurship projects establish and maintain legitimacy. Through analyzing three intermediaries, it explores...
We want to open and broaden the philanthropy conversation. That means taking active steps to include, welcome and amplify previously...
This guide explores the diverse landscape of partnerships worldwide, ranging from local initiatives to large-scale regional efforts. It highlights partnerships'...
Understanding Social Enterprises in South Africa: Experiences, Gaps and Opportunities While an early stage funding gap is anecdotally acknowledged, there has...
April 12, 2023 – Tech Matters, a tech-for-good organization focused on bringing the power of tech to social change leaders,...
To get an idea of where impact investment might be headed over the next decade, the authors examine where the...
Over the past decade, philanthropic collaboration has entered a new era of popularity and ambition. Driven by institutional and high-net-worth funders seeking...
When funders aren't accountable for impact, it ruins the party for everyone. A couple of years ago, some clever researchers decided...
The Systems Shifting Initiative The Shifting Systems Initiative (SSI)1 encourages philanthropic funders to work more collaboratively and to direct longer-term, more adaptive, and more...
In this document are links to several helpful grant writing resources, the Grant Writing sample template, as well as a...
Fundraising efforts bridge the gap between the vision and reality of social ventures by connecting philanthropists with exciting opportunities to...
New and innovative ideas to help nonprofit leaders raise money, and to help funders and donors give more effectively...
The following examples of poorly and well-written grant-applications are provided by Strategic Grants as an illustration of best-practice grant-writing. It is...
Start your innovation project now Start your innovation project: Innosuisse financially supports science-based innovation projects conducted by industrial partners and private...
State of Nonprofits 2023: What Funders Need to Know A Report of CEP's Nonprofit Voice Project Nonprofits across the United States played a...
Press Forward’s 2023 launch provided a unique opportunity for funders at the local, regional, and national levels to come together...
This article examines the influence of workplace spirituality on employee wellbeing and employee commitment when financial needs are met with...
Essay in Global Public Investment Network’s Report: Time for Global Public Investment “To create meaningful change and solutions in this era...
At the heart of today’s grantmaking is a new ethos focused on sharing power. Rather than dictating strategy and imposing...
This episode provides a candid look at one of the most innovative and substantive collaboratives in the world of philanthropy....
The field of philanthropy has grown in dynamism and innovation in recent years. Nowhere is this more apparent than in...
Social Investment Enterprises The estimate of social investment to be worth over £1.5 billion and spread across around 3,500 individual investments....
Impact investing is the term for the deployment of investment capital with not only consideration of financial returns, but also...
In the fiscal year 2022, the U.S. Agency for International Development obligated $21.9 billion through its assistance mechanism. We crunched...
Alliance in collaboration with WINGS has been commissioned by Propel Philanthropy to conduct a 10-part interview series on the work...
2030 Global Goals , SDGs & Triple Planetary Crisis be able to be addressed by Networking , Partnership & Readiness for...
This playbook is our humble contribution to share the learnings that emerged from our journey and support fellow practitioners and...
Destacados expertos realizaron un llamado urgente a cambiar el paradigma de desarrollo en materia social y ambiental para terminar con...
SVA presents the highlights of their work in 2020, financials and welcome new members...
Social enterprises are helping businesses change lives for the better across the region Social enterprises prove that creating positive impact while...
The TechSoup catalog is growing, and we are always on the lookout for new partners to offer great technology to...
The Rockefeller Foundation and Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) announced the Coal to Clean Credit Initiative (CCCI)...
Explores the historic roots of our understanding of capital, investing and wealth management, connecting how we think about finance with...
Across the Global South social entrepreneurs, civil society organisations and grass roots NGOs are in favour of sustainable development programmes...
The Fundraising Masterclass Learning Series is designed to elevate fundraising strategies through collaborative learning and expert insights. The special Toolkit...
Focus on the Mind is a Collective Impact Project lead by SoulBeeGood with several key interinstitutional professionals and organizations in...
The first bi-monthly workshops on fundraising skills are designed to allow people to learn together with fellow members, fundraisers, and...
This is the first session in Catalyst 2030s new Fundraising Masterclass series, a series of bi-monthly sessions to boost your...
As we know, funding systems change is no easy task. The language and theory behind systems change is new to...
In this episode of “It’s Not Your Money,” Capital Collaborative Funder In Residence, Jessamyn Shams-Lau, talks with Will Cordery, Founder...
Too many nonprofit leaders feel frustrated and burned out, grappling with an unjust philanthropic system that seems closed off to...
In the ninth episode - recorded live with a studio audience - I.G.'s Carlos Miranda and Rachel Stephenson Sheff chat...
Apis & Heritage Capital Partners (A&H) is restoring the American Dream by helping low- and middle-income employees become owners of...
In 2020 the U.S. experienced a surge in philanthropic commitments intended to advance racial justice. With more than 11 billion...
The 2021 Annual Report of Segal Family Foundation...
Given the many challenges we are facing—Covid-19, systemic racism, defending democracy—there is an urgent opportunity to reimagine and reinvest in...
The transference of money toward pandemic efforts has highlighted the fragility and vulnerability of SE's who have created dependent financial...
The transference of money toward pandemic efforts has highlighted the fragility and vulnerability of SE's who have created dependent financial...
What Donors Want - a podcast by I.G. Advisors - features a series of thought-provoking conversations on the state of...
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is Switzerland’s international cooperation agency within the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs...
WHAT IS RELATIONSHIP-BASED FUNDRAISING? Relationship-based fundraising is a type of fundraising that centres around developing long-term, strategic partnerships with donors, rather than focusing...
The Chandler Foundation was honored to host more than 350 people at our Skoll World Forum online event. We discussed how...
In 1970 Bill Drayton coined the term Social Entrepreneur, he then went on to set up Ashoka, a network addressing...
Is your organization supporting program partners through systems approaches to philanthropy? Whether a funder aims for incremental change, reform, or full-fledged...
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Catalyst 2030 Shifting the Funding Paradigm Ecosystem Map In conversations with other actors working in and with philanthropy, we continue to...
A big bet is a significant philanthropic donation (typically a multimillion dollar commitment) with the ability to catalyze meaningful change...
Visit Strategy Template: relationship manager, visit mechanics (where, who, when), 3 A’s for a visit, Attitude, Altitude, Ask...
Together with members and key partners, Catalyst 2030 is demonstrating a collaborative, investable path towards the finance systems needed to drive sustainable...
In a series of posts on the CEP blog in winter 2022, leaders from eight foundations shared — in their...
Welcome to the Social Investment Toolkit Are you a social entrepreneur looking for investment? Perhaps you're wondering where to start,...
The definitional criteria for inclusion used for the Global Philanthropy and Impact Investing Ecosystem platform is intentionally broad in order...
Recognizing the significant opportunity to support local and attract international startups to the province, the climate challenge, in partnership with...
We are Catalyst 2030 members and allies who are working to make the world a better and fairer place for...
The purpose of this book is to help anyone who wants to build a business or an organization that creates...
Fundraising is a marathon, not a sprint, and staying relevant to funders is critical. Do you have all the core...
2030 Global Goals , SDGs & Triple Planetary Crisis be able to be addressed by Networking , Partnership & Readiness for...
Information in this database is updated periodically, following consultation with the organizations themselves to afford them an opportunity to share...
Funding opportunities from 850-plus sources including USAID, World Bank, the European Union and Gates Foundation combined with the data analysis...
Are you a funder taking Catalyst 2030’s “Shifting Funding Practices” open letter to heart? Welcome! This tool can help you...
The intent of this material is to provide general education. This material is not intended as advice, nor should...
Fundraising always begins with knowing who the funders are. This directory contains links to corporations, foundations, governments, impact investors, intermediaries,...
The lululemon Centre for Social Impact is setting out to break the barriers that prevent access to wellbeing. We leverage...
We work with entrepreneurial teams who are making a difference. Their big ideas address some of the world’s biggest problems,...
fundsforNGOs is a social enterprise offering knowledge and skills to NGOs and development practitioners worldwide to improve their resource mobilization...
Access to knowledge has been repeatedly cited as a factor behind poor agriculture production of small-scale farmers.* One of the...
We are a network of volunteers, nonprofits, and funders working together to solve urgent problems and lift up communities...
GrantNav is 360Giving's search-engine for grants data. It is a free-to-use platform that brings together open, comparable grants data that...
To win grants, you need the most up-to-date, complete information you can get about grantmakers and the grants they've made....
Across Europe, social innovators are working towards solving today's biggest challenges set forth by the Sustainable Development Goals. As new...
The Global Impact Fellowship provides NGOs with a series of online training sessions, resources and support meetings with the Skills...
The Social Innovation Fund was born out of our long-standing Social Innovation Awards, and is open only to past winners...
WHY APPLY ? We believe that social enterprises and the entrepreneurs behind them are leaders.By putting purpose at the heart of...
Devex is the media platform for the global development community. A social enterprise, that connects and informs 1,015,000+ development, health,...
The image of the traditional billionaire, surrounded by luxury and oblivious to what is happening on the planet, is beginning...
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This article will explore the growing trend of social entrepreneurship in the Philippines, looking at its origins, its effects today,...
Explore and learn about our community of Skoll Awardees, search by By Issue Area, By Countries Served and by Year....
WHO ARE WE fundsforNGOs is a social enterprise offering knowledge and skills to NGOs and development practitioners worldwide to improve their...
We invest in enterprises that create quality jobs for underserved communities while sustaining the planet....
Vancity is a values-based financial co-operative serving the needs of its more than 519,000 member-owners and their communities in the...
The Foundation offers grants to contribute to the fight against poverty and inequalities by promoting financial inclusion and social impact...
hilanthropic Practice In the face of increasingly complex global challenges, many philanthropic funders are reflecting on how to create transformational, systems-level...
Find, fund and support exceptional leaders with passion, tenacity and vision. Borrowing from our venture capital legacy, we have created a...
Good Finance is a collaborative project to help improve access to information on social investment for charities and social enterprises....
Oportunidades para emprendedores sociales en Colombia....
This Playbook aims to serve as a touchpoint for this wide array of capital entrepreneurs to organize. Our goal is...
This self-assessment reflects the principles and practices suggested by the "Embracing Complexity" report, the Shifting Systems initiative, and several other...
Regardless of what kind of funding contract you are signing, the terms in this section are important to understand because...
The right financing at the right time, right place, and right terms can help the Creative Manufacturing and Handmade (CMH)...
The United States stands as the leading donor among the Development Assistance Committee member countries, providing $55.3 billion in overseas...
From a Global Network of Experts, Investors, and Corporations Social enterprises need more than just financial investment to achieve their world-changing...
FinMango is a non-profit on a mission to solve complex problems that endanger the financial health of young adults in...
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The future of learning is cohort-based! Do you agree? We are in the process of creating innovative new learning materials for...
Funders, now is the time to show up for nonprofits, mobilize money, and nurture possibility. The trust-based philanthropy movement is fundamentally...
Innosuisse is the Swiss Innovation Agency. We support SMEs, start-ups, research institutions and other Swiss organisations in their research and...
With the world facing major challenges such as climate change, inequality and hunger, we need sustainable development now more than...
Foundation Directory Quick Start is your answer for looking up information on any U.S. foundation on your prospect list....
Together, we’re building a more impactful and trust-based approach to philanthropy, one funder at a time....
Level up your creative community building efforts...
For a combined 88 years, Foundation Center and GuideStar each helped change the world by giving people the information they...
For too long, our schools and universities have acted as "Waiting Rooms"—places where young people wait for years for permission...
Advising Philanthropy for Greater Social Impact We help you pursue lasting social change. The Bridgespan Group works closely with donors—philanthropy institutions, individuals...
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has launched a Call for Expressions of...
Mission NGOsource aims to dramatically improve the efficiency of international grantmaking and inspire a significant increase in cross-border philanthropy by centralizing,...
More than three quarters of nonprofits have reported stagnant or declining financial support in 2023 and identify a "belief in...
Together, we’re building a more impactful and trust-based approach to philanthropy, one funder at a time....
