At Co-Impact, we envision a world where all people can live fulfilling lives and systems and societies are just and inclusive. We stand for gender equality, where all women and girls have the opportunity to exercise power, agency, and leadership at all levels. Across both of our Funds we expect our partners will have a positive impact on hundreds of millions of people by 2030. Our full vision, values, and approach are described in detail in our Handbook.
We recognize that a powerful way to improve outcomes for people is to transform health, education, and economic opportunity systems to be more effective, just, and inclusive. Government and market systems are meant to serve millions of people and deploy huge resources – including financial, infrastructure, and human resources – but often produce poor and inequitable outcomes, especially leaving out women and other marginalized groups. This does not happen by accident; it is because bias, discrimination, and exclusion are baked into how systems are designed and managed.
Without attention to systemic equity and inclusion, problems are neither well understood nor solved at scale. By addressing these biases, and systemically using a feminist and intersectional lens, our partners help make systems work better for everyone at scale, and particularly those who have been historically excluded.
