In the third season of our #podcast #DreamingInColor, hosts Anum Qadir and Christian Celeste Tate spoke with an all-Black roster of inspiring world-builders about how they have leveraged their unique assets and abilities to embrace excellence, drive #impact, and more fully define what success looks like. Here are five tips they learned from the next generation of leaders striving for #SocialImpact: 1. Be willing to fail for the right things 2. Celebrate your success 3. Find your collaborators 4. Recognize the importance of narrative and storytelling 5. Approach the work with “radical love”
The Bridgespan Group
Non-profit Organizations
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Accelerating social impact
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The Bridgespan Group is a global nonprofit that strives to make the world more equitable and just. Since 2000, we have had the privilege of advising and collaborating with many of the world’s most extraordinary social change leaders including philanthropists, nonprofit and NGO leaders, and impact investors. We are passionate about helping social change leaders find solutions to economic and social barriers that perpetuate inequities and prevent individuals, families, and communities from having access to opportunities they need to thrive. We use rigorous research to gain insights that help our clients solve problems and achieve their goals. Our services include strategy consulting and advising, sourcing and diligence, and leadership team support. We take what we learn from this work and build on it with original research, identifying best practices and innovative ideas to share with the social sector.
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http://www.bridgespan.org
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- 201-500 employees
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- Boston, MA
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2000
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- Leadership Development, Nonprofit Job Board, Nonprofit Strategy Consulting, Philanthropy Consulting, Impact Investing, and NGO Strategy Consulting
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As part of Bridgespan’s Pay-What-It-Takes India Initiative, Atma has curated an 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 dedicated to offering organisational development support to NGOs. Explore the Intermediary Database in the link here https://bit.ly/4aGr4vQ or simply scan the QR code below. We also welcome your valuable feedback on the Database via this link https://lnkd.in/dUY2CtT3. This will only take 5 minutes of your time and it will help us to refine this resource to better serve the needs of the social sector. Stay tuned for our upcoming post in our Friday series ! #ngo #ngos #capacitybuilding Sneha Arora,Kavita Pandya,Poonam Choksi Shashank R. India Development Review (IDR),Halima Ansari,Devanshi Vaid InnovatED,TFIx-Teach For India, Ankit Vasudevan,LastBench,Anna Joe,Sriram Sabhapathy,Prayogshala (मंक प्रयोगशाला),Anirudh Tagat, PhD Neha Chawla,NSRCEL,Samhita Rambhatla Orvador | Sustainable Ecommerce Brands D2C SEO and Growth Marketing,Ajit Singh Kular,Prashant Tak,Prod.,Jhoomar Mehta,Smita Pranav Kothari ,Studio Subu,Meghna Rakshit,Harish Subramanian,Rama Toshi Arya, Rohit Kumar
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The #DreamingInColor #podcast is taking a break this holiday week to rest and recharge. Before we're back next week, listen to our specially curated Spotify playlist, which captures the new season's essence by showcasing inspiring song favorites selected by each of our guests and crew members. It’s the perfect mix to keep you inspired and grooving! Listen here: https://bspan.org/3ztJmmQ
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For African #NGOs, a funding pattern of the last decade has begun to be flipped on its head. Is the landscape of large scale giving in Africa fundamentally changing?
The tide may be turning when it comes to large-scale giving in Africa. Bridgespan's new research finds that significantly more large gifts from non-African funders are now predominantly going to African NGOs - a stark contrast to the longstanding giving patterns on the continent. Is the landscape of large scale giving in Africa fundamentally changing?
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"We need more than just belief in the potential of leaders of color; we need actionable, sustained investment." -Frances Messano, agreed!
Reflecting on my conversation with Carmita Semaan at Summit and a recent report she co-authored with members of The Bridgespan Group (Dorothy Jones, Grace Nguyen, and Nate Wong), I’m struck by how much work still needs to be done to support leaders of color. While more leaders of color are stepping into executive roles, especially in education, we’re also seeing an exodus. Many leaders are fatigued from the lack of support for diversity-focused initiatives, waning philanthropy, and the "glass cliff" phenomenon. All these challenges lead to burnout and turnover as leaders of color are expected to solve systemic problems without support and resources. When I transitioned into the CEO role at NewSchools, I was fortunate to have a critical mentor in Stacey Childress and a supportive board. We spent more than a year preparing for the change, communicating with all stakeholders, strengthening funder relationships, and ensuring I had the support I needed through an executive coach and Chief of Staff. This support was crucial, but this is not the experience of many other leaders of color. We need more than just belief in the potential of leaders of color; we need actionable, sustained investment. This includes providing patient, long-term capital to new CEOs of color, so they have the financial runway they need to hire the right team members, develop a new strategy and oftentimes to fix what’s broken. It also requires board members to have a deep understanding of the unique challenges these leaders face, as well as the current state of the organization The Bridgespan report outlines crucial steps funders can take to ensure leaders of color are not just surviving but thriving in their roles, and driving impactful change in our communities. Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/gsTpbkUP #NewSchoolsSummit2024 #Leadership #Diversity #CareerAdvancement #SuccessionPlanning #NonprofitLeadership #EducationLeadership #SupportLeadersOfColor #Philanthropy
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For #nonprofits looking to grow bigger, #fundraising and high-level #funding #strategy is a key consideration. So what can we learn from data about the largest U.S. nonprofits ($50M )? Join us for an upcoming webinar to dig in deeper. 💻 #Webinar: How US Nonprofits Get Really Big ⏰ July 17, 1 – 2 pm ET 📝Sign up: https://lnkd.in/eMuZrpeF At this session, we'll cover: - New research on the funding patterns of large U.S. nonprofits - The rising importance of #philanthropy as an anchor funding source - Guidance and watch outs for those aiming to get bigger - Insights around the experiences of leaders of color in raising revenue
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🎉 Season 4 of #DreamingInColor is here! Our first guest: actress, trailblazing activist, and Color Farm Media co-founder Erika Alexander, who talks with host Darren Isom about how narratives shape public perception and policy. Listen here: https://bspan.org/3L2IAj7
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When thinking about #SocialImpact, funders often overlook gender. And those who do incorporate gender in their work frequently view it as a discrete program category, instead of a factor that matters across every issue area. For funders who would like to take a gender #equity lens to their work, we suggest 5 practices to apply: 1. Understand your starting point. Do you know how outcomes vary by gender in your work?. 2. Analyze gender in your issue area. Research the current outcomes by gender. For the disparities that emerge, what are the root causes? 3. Design a portfolio that addresses gender in your issue area. Based on your analysis, who and what will you fund differently? 4. Invest in women’s leadership. Provide steadfast and flexible funding to women leaders across sectors so they can stay and thrive. 5. Evolve your organization to support your gender aspirations. To live into the practices above, change within your organization is required. This can include revisiting your organisation’s culture, grantmaking processes, measurement, and structure to ensure they align with your gender equity goals. Read more on WINGS: https://lnkd.in/evDaj3fB
"Viewing the issues you care about through a gender lens is like wearing glasses you didn’t know you needed". Elizabeth Bibb Binder, Maddie Holland, and Riti Mohapatra from The Bridgespan Group outline five considerations for #funders to integrate #gender into their work. Read how applying a gender lens in grantmaking can enhance impact across various areas such as #ClimateAction and education: https://ow.ly/8v2c50S6xmt
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“Some people collaborate to learn; some people collaborate to feel like they’re part of a community; and some people collaborate, as in our case, to achieve a specific result." – Nicola Galombik, executive director of Yellowwoods Holdings, a Johannesburg-based investment firm. This quote illustrates a growing trend and recognition among many #funders across the African continent—that diverse socio-economic challenges across the region are best tackled in #collaboration with others. Our new research, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, explores the philanthropic collaborative landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa and uncovers a vibrant, growing, and unique set of over 130 collaboratives that are shifting the field across the continent. Read the full report: https://bspan.org/4cADzdr
Philanthropic Collaborations in Africa and Their Unique Potential
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As the The Racial Equity Institute puts it, racism is in the groundwater of America, and we have all been drinking from it for centuries. Last week, the U.S. marked Juneteenth. At Bridgespan, our efforts continue to advance #RacialEquity in all of our work- Bridgespan partner Devin Murphy has shared a few resources below. He says: "let us honor the past by taking up the challenges of the present. Our shared liberation is an unfinished project - and we all have a part to play."
Partner @ Bridgespan | Economic Mobility, Racial Justice Expert | Obama USA Leadership Fellow
Juneteenth: A Day to Celebrate and a Call to Action 🙌🏿✊🏿 Today, we celebrate a hard-fought victory in the centuries-long struggle for Black liberation. We honor the resilience of those who endured the unspeakable cruelties of slavery. We commemorate the belated arrival of emancipation in Texas, the last stronghold of the Confederacy to fall, fully two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. 📜 But even as we celebrate, we must confront the unfinished business of reconstruction. The end of legal slavery was but one milestone on the pathway to true freedom and equality. 📊 Over 150 years since the first Juneteenth, we are still living in a nation defined by stark racial inequities. The median white family holds six times the wealth of the median Black family. 💸 Our schools and neighborhoods remain segregated. 🏫 Voter suppression tactics aim to disenfranchise Black communities. 🗳️ Police violence against Black bodies continues unabated. 🚨 💼 This is the context in which my colleagues and I at The Bridgespan Group do our work. We are committed to shining a light on the underfunding of nonprofit leaders of color 🔦. We celebrate Black brilliance and resilience through the inspiring stories of Dreaming in Color 🌈. We contribute to evolving discussions of reparations and strategies for narrowing the racial wealth gap 💡. In all of this, we recognize that the struggle continues. So on this Juneteenth, let us honor the past by taking up the challenges of the present. Our shared liberation is an unfinished project - and we all have a part to play. --Racial equity resources: https://lnkd.in/eKYDmTuT --Dreaming in Color: https://lnkd.in/eqsPXbBQ --Reparations: https://lnkd.in/ekzmCKBr --Racial Wealth Gap: https://lnkd.in/ebKAemmA #liberation #freedom #racialequity #philanthropy #blackleaders #juneteenth #unfinishedstruggle
Racial Equity In Philanthropy - Collected Resources
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