Founded in 2017, Co-Impact is a global organization focused on building just and equitable systems. We bring together philanthropists, foundations, and private sector partners from around the world to pool funding that supports efforts to drive systems change in the sectors of health, education and economic opportunity, in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Together with locally-rooted program partners and advisors, we form a global collaborative that advances inclusive systems change, gender equality, and women’s leadership through grantmaking and influencing philanthropy.
We believe that power is at the heart of all systems. Power defines the way that systems function, who sets agendas and makes decisions, who benefits from the system, and how these benefits are shared. In most health, education, and economic systems, this power is inequitably distributed to benefit a few.
Our program partners understand the context and approaches required to shift levers of power so that systems benefit all people equally. Spanning five continents, the Co-Impact team supports partners that will strengthen health, education and economic systems when supported with resources to work at scale.
- Through a range of grants, we support powerful coalitions of actors, from grassroots organizations to government, so that a proven approach or idea can be adopted at scale. Our role is to support the strategic vision of our partners within the contexts in which they live and operate.
- Through our model for collaborative philanthropy, we bring together funders from around the world to pool funding so that we are able to provide the larger, longer-term and more flexible support needed to transform systems in a lasting way, while we promote a values-aligned approach to funding that is supportive, rather than directive.
Our Funds
Currently, Co-Impact has two funds dedicated to equitable systems change at scale. At their core, both funds focus on transforming systems to improve outcomes for millions of people. Both funds seek to achieve significant and enduring improvements in education, health and/or economic opportunity. The Gender Fund more explicitly focuses on supporting initiatives that are dedicated to advancing women’s and girls’ power, agency, and leadership at all levels and shifting harmful gender norms that prevent progress.
Our Foundational Fund supports efforts to deliver lasting change to health, education and economic systems in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and advance gender equality.
Through this fund, Co-Impact has brought together 40 funders from over 16 countries to deploy $350 million.
The Gender Fund is Co-Impact’s second fund, created to advance gender equality and women’s leadership across health, education, and economic systems, as well as in the professional domains of law and economics.
The Fund aims to raise and deploy US $1 billion to predominantly women-led locally-rooted organizations in Africa, Asia and Latin America by 2030. Through the Gender Fund, Co-Impact has raised over $450 million supported by over 20 funders.
