We believe in backing the bold ideas of local leaders. Equity is our founding principle, and we’ve spent years developing a more just, localized approach. We believe philanthropy should promote self-determination within communities, not work against it. Stellar local leaders, with their intimate understanding of local problems and solutions, are central to everything we do. We hope that through unrestricted funding, useful capacity support, and engaging other funders, our grantee partners can have the resources and networks they need to lead the development of their communities.

Here are the tenets of our philanthropy:

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Flexible
Funding

We offer our partners grants for general operations. We believe that unrestricted funding is vital for an organization’s health and growth.

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Building
Community

Globally, we bring together our family of partners - grassroots NGOs, service providers, and donors - to build relationships and create synergies.

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Unburdensome
Reporting

We require one annual report from each partner which focuses on overall organizational health and a set of mutually agreed-upon milestones. We strive to make our reporting streamlined and efficient so partners aren’t spending more time on reporting than implementing.

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Celebration
and Promotion

We want to celebrate our partners’ remarkable work and also give them platforms for promotion to new networks and funders. We do this through our media and our convenings that focus on celebrating the incredible work of our partners.