Our services for philanthropic foundations
In many parts of the world, philanthropic foundations are playing an increasingly critical role both as a ‘last line of defence’ against poverty traps as well as source of risk capital for social innovation. At the same time, foundations are challenging themselves - and being challenged by stakeholders - on their historic ways of operating.
At GAP we embrace the opportunity to work with progressive and open-minded foundations to develop a philanthropy for the 21st century, one which is truly inclusive, community-led and catalytic.
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Strategy & Design
- Developing grant-making strategies (for new foundations or those going through a strategic refresh)
- Designing programmatic strategies (for specific issue areas or cohorts or places)
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Partnership Development
- Landscape research to identify potential grantees aligned with strategy
- Due diligence on specific opportunities
- Partnership design (including activities, goals, and reporting)
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Measurement & Evaluation
- Developing theories of change / logic models at all levels: foundation-wide; program-level; individual partnership level
- Developing measures, goals and benchmarks for tracking and monitoring progress against impact/outcome ambitions
- Evaluations and reviews for individuals grants or a portfolio of grants, with a focus on learning and insights (in addition to understanding contribution to impact)
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Balance Sheet Alignment
- Developing impact investing strategies for foundation balance sheets
- Portfolio construction and due diligence
- Evaluations and reviews to generate insights as well as communicate impact to stakeholders