Archives: Our Expertise

  • Staffing Support

      Helping You Meet the Moment  Before joining Geneva Global, we were grant managers, program officers, fundraisers, policy wonks, and communications specialists. We are experienced serving as embedded staff in foundations, individuals and families philanthropies—working for more than a decade alongside a client, in one case—as well as joining a team for a short period…

  • Launch a Nonprofit

    Facilitating Your Success  Launching a new organization by yourself is like learning to swim by jumping in the deep end. Each stage of the process offers opportunities to be strategic—from the decisions made in the initial paperwork to the framework used to build an organization from the ground up. Our team can help you identify…

  • Program Design & Implementation

    Engineering for Progress   Whether you are a seasoned development actor with robust operating systems or new to the sector with high ambitions but sparse institutional capacity, Geneva Global has the capacity and will to help you succeed. Here are some specific ways that we will support you, wherever you are and whatever your needs, to…

  • Systems Change

    Focusing on Causes, Not Just Symptoms For foundations, families, and organizations looking to fund lasting solutions—targeting root causes— to some of society’s thorniest challenges, a systems change approach can yield transformative impact. Viewing issues through a systems change lens begins with understanding the many factors and actors that influence whether and how lasting progress can…

  • Education

    Promoting High-Quality, Relevant Education Worldwide  Geneva Global believes that high-quality, relevant education is a basic human right, one that requires action by actors across society and to which the international community can contribute meaningfully. Most critical to achieving this goal are effective teachers. Therefore, we work diligently and creatively to support international funders and nationwide…

  • Grantmaking Support & Implementation

    Diverse Support for Diverse Needs  We offer complete grantmaking services, ranging from selecting grantees to developing grantmaking systems and monitoring grantee progress. Working with families, individuals, foundations, and donor collaboratives, we can start at the beginning to help a donor clarify the purpose of their giving, step in as a partner midway to create a…

  • Donor Partnerships

    Partnerships Built to Succeed  Whether a partnership takes the form of a donor collaborative, a co-funded project, or something else entirely, its success depends on clearly defined roles, consistent communication, and a willingness to negotiate on tough decisions while continuing to prioritize the relationships. In a nutshell, partnership is hard work.   The philanthropy sector is…

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