Kolkata Sanved | India
High Risks, Bigger Rewards
Our grantmaking model requires our team to search the globe for innovative and emerging grassroots groups. Seeing their potential—and investing in its fulfillment—is what we do best.
Our Venture Philanthropy Model
We invest in grassroots groups operating in areas often overlooked by governmental and international aid agencies.
- 78 percent of our partners have budgets under $100,000 at the time of our first grant.
- For 45 percent of our partners, we are the first US-based institutional funder.
Broad Impact, Lasting Results
Our grantee partners’ sustainability and accomplishments testify to our model’s success.
- Through the work of our partners, we have touched the lives of over 7 million children worldwide.
- We estimate that 92 percent of the groups we have funded are continuing their important work today.
Globally Recognized Excellence
Our grantees consistently receive national and global recognition for their work. The leaders and organizations we support have received the following awards and accolades:
- Diane von Furstenberg Award
- Echoing Green Fellowship
- Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation’s Exponent Award for innovative leadership
- Ford Motor Company International Fellowship of the 92nd Street Y
- Frederick Douglass Award
- Heifer Heroes
- Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership
- Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights
- National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award
- National Geographic/Buffett Award for Leadership in African Conservation
- Rolex Award for Enterprise
- The World’s Children’s Prize
- Top 10 CNN Hero
- Trafficking in Persons Hero