AMA: Beyond grant-making: How Foundations can combine their philanthropic work with mission-aligned investing to create outsized impact
AMA (Ask Me Anything) | how can foundations deploy the full spectrum of capital towards early stage mission-aligned organizations to achieve change?
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social innovation, social entrepreneurship, social impact investing, strategic philanthropy
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Passionate about social entrepreneurship, corporate and social innovation, strategic philanthropy, management advice, social ethics.
Passion for networking and cross-sectoral cooperation, 'catalytic initiatives', adaptive organisations and the creation of positive social impact.
Christoph Tiefenbacher
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Private Person
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Private Person
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System thinking, impact investing, grants with impact, meta projects
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Diederick van der Wijk
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Forward Incubator
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Co-founder & Managing Director
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Fundraising, Internationalisation, Scaling impact
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Kristine Kandelaki
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Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia
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Civil Society Organizations' Development Program Manager
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I am Civil Society Organizations Development Program Manager and leading Trainer/Consultant at the Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia (CSRDG). I find extremely inspiring working with CSOs, Community based organizations and Social Enterprises using long term approach which includes in-depth needs assessment and tailored organizational development services. Currently, I am intensively working on social impact management and measurement issues and trying to bring more knowledge to my country.
Psychologist by background, I hold Masters Degree in Work and Organizational Psychology. I have intensive experience in designing and delivering tailored trainings not only for CSOs, but also for business and public organization.
Gianluca Gaggiotti
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EVPA
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Research Associate
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Francesca Vezzini
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Programme Manager
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A. Mete Cakmakci
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Technology Development Foundation of Turkey
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Secretary General
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Technology, Impact, Policy, Inclusive Development
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Electrical engineer by training, I have been working at TTGV since 2003. I am a strong believe r in technology to solve our shared challenges and my current interest is to build models and platforms for community action in this mission.
Lucia Stefania Badea
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European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA)
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Community Analyst
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Emma Brown
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Elodie de Warlincourt
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Swiss Re Foundation
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Senior Portfolio Manager
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Nathalie Kylander
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DRK Foundation
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MD
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Social entrepreneurship, environment, wealth inequality
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Stephanie Khurana
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DRK Foundation
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MD
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Stephanie is a member of DRK’s Operating Committee, a leadership team that sets priorities, manages organizational culture and develops strategies for the Foundation and serves as a Managing Director of the Foundation where she plays a lead role in sourcing new investments and working with the leadership of those organizations as an operating partner and board member as they grow to build capacity and to achieve their maximum impact. As a member of the Foundation’s senior leadership team, she also helps to execute the Foundation’s strategy and goals and contributes to its thought leadership and external outreach. Stephanie currently serves on the boards of DRK portfolio organizations Kinvolved, Onward, Propel America, Trey Athletes, and WattTime. She previously served on the boards of DRK grantees Braven, EdBuild, Empower Schools, and Immigrant Justice Corps.
Stephanie was on the founding team of Cambridge Technology Partners (CTP), a visionary startup in the tech space that went public and was one of the firs
Antoine Veyrassat
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Fondation Botnar
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Senior Portfolio Manager
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Ingeborg Geluk
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Heifer Netherlands
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Corporate and Foundation Relations Manager
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Heifer supports and partners with small holder farmers to bridge the gap between poverty and a living income, while caring for the earth.
Charlotte Brugman
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The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)
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Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services at CEP
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Raquel Campos Franco
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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Professor
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Pieter-Jan Van de Velde
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Trividend
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Fund Manager
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Managing a small impact fund in Flanders, focussing on job opportunities for people with a distance to the labour market.
Xavier Giamporcaro
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Fairtrade International
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Strategic Partnerships project manager
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Katrien Buys
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Grupo Ageas Portugal
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Director Strategy, Innovation and Sustainability
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Marlies Kimpe
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South Pole
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Associate Director of Development - Funds and Platforms
I head up fundraising and partnerships for Climate Impact Funds and Action Platforms at South Pole.
Kumar Ghosh
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Social Investment Manager
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Gideon Kletzka
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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Advisor Private Foundations and Philanthropy
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GOAL 17: PARTNERSHIPS Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
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As the Liason Office for private foundations at the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) we are interested in building broad networks and partnerships across sectors and borders in order to increase the quality and sustainability of our development cooperation projects and programs internationally.
Fabrizio Serra
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Fondazione Paideia
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Segretario Generale
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Silvia Manca
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EIF (European Investment Fund)
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Head of Social Impact Programmes - Business Development
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Patrícia Dias Mendes
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PLMJ Foundation
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General Director
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CSR / Corporate art collections /Art Law / private foundations
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lawyer / General Director of PLMJ Foundation
Stefan Huber Fux
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Swiss Re Foundation
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Director
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Alizée Lefebvre
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Consultant
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Alexander Baldele
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Caliber Consult GmbH
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Partner
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We are making decentralized technology understandable and usable. We fund and develop meaningful and sustainable solutions in the field of art, blockchain and technology. With partners we are developing an ecosystem for artists and art organization based on sustainable recurring funding thru blockchain technology. Network, market access, tokenization, funding. Art lovers, exhibition visitors and art investors get deeply involved. Goal is to build an independent art foundation, continuing our work in 5 years.
Tel/Signal/Whatsapp +436605552002
E-Mail: hello@caliberco.at
Marta Figueiredo
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Girl MOVE Academy
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Sustainablity Director
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Wendy Braeken
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Tatiana Chopova
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Oxfam Novib
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Impact Investment Expert
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I am looking to connect with impact investment funds and impact investment specialists in Africa and Asia.
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Tatiana is an Impact Investment Expert at Oxfam Novib.
Prior to Oxfam, Tatiana was a Partner/Managing director at AlpInvest (part of the Carlyle Group), a private equity asset manager.
Ewelina Oblacewicz
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OECD
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Co-ordinator of the OECD Network of Foundations and OECD Centre on Philanthropy
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Gabriela de Salles van der Linden
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D´Or Institute for research and education
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Head of Open Innovation
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Carlo Banchio
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Fondazione Paideia
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CCO
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Nazareth Seferian
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Robert Manz
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Valores Foundation
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Board Member
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Following a 30 year career in the leading private equity investment firm in the region of Central & Eastern Europe, I am focused on venture philanthropy actvities. I head the Philanthropy Committee of the Polish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association and am also a co-founder and Board member of the Valores Foundation, the first venture philanthropy fund in Poland.
Angela Melodia
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Fondazione Snam
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Head of Innovation and Development – Social and Cultural Regeneration
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Adam O'Kane
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FINCA UK
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Director
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Premal Shah
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Kiva
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Co-founder
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Cinzia Scanu
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Impact Shaper
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CEO
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Anemari Necsulescu
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Romanian American Foundation
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Senior Program Officer
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