An Opportunity for Collective Impact
Pooled philanthropic funds are a proven, effective vehicle for mobilizing financial resources toward a specific cause.
They facilitate collaboration and co-funding among stakeholders, while offering contributing donors a simple, tax-deductible means to further the impact of their philanthropic dollars.
Since 2010, Geneva Global has worked with clients to set up, launch, and manage pooled philanthropic funds, which have mobilized more than $750 million for global health and development causes.
Our Fund Services
We can be as light-touch or as hands-on as needed, across several areas:
Fund strategy and setup
- developing operational, control, and governance structures
- assessing potential costs
- setting milestones and timelines necessary to launch
- establishing an economic model
Donor prospecting and engagement
- crafting strategies to attract co-funding
- generating target lists of prospective donors
- conducting a feasibility study to inform goals
- formulating a plan for the ongoing stewardship and retention of donors
- managing relationships with key donors and partners
Fund marketing and communications
- develop the fund’s positioning and messaging to create a compelling case
- write, design, and produce a range of printed and digital marketing and public relations communications to support the launch of the fund and outreach to potential partners
Program management
- develop a programmatic strategy
- identify, vet, and oversee grantees
- handle all aspects of the grant management process
- monitor and evaluate progress to ensure successful outcomes
Fund reporting
- customize report content to the interests of the fund’s donors
- quantify outcomes using our proprietary metrics
- develop quarterly and/or annual reports that communicate performance through data, graphics, on-the-ground stories, and professional photographs
Our Fund Services
We can be as light-touch or as hands-on as needed, across several areas:
Fund strategy and setup
- developing operational, control, and governance structures
- assessing potential costs
- setting milestones and timelines necessary to launch
- establishing an economic model
Donor prospecting and engagement
- crafting strategies to attract co-funding
- generating target lists of prospective donors
- conducting a feasibility study to inform goals
- formulating a plan for the ongoing stewardship and retention of donors
- managing relationships with key donors and partners
Fund marketing and communications
- develop the fund’s positioning and messaging to create a compelling case
- write, design, and produce a range of printed and digital marketing and public relations communications to support the launch of the fund and outreach to potential partners
Program management
- develop a programmatic strategy
- identify, vet, and oversee grantees
- handle all aspects of the grant management process
- monitor and evaluate progress to ensure successful outcomes
Fund reporting
- customize report content to the interests of the fund’s donors
- quantify outcomes using our proprietary metrics
- develop quarterly and/or annual reports that communicate performance through data, graphics, on-the-ground stories, and professional photographs
Get Your Fund Up and Running
Catalyst is a ready-made infrastructure that provides a fast, easy, and flexible method to have an outsized impact on the world.