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Sector Advisory Research, Grant Assessments & Monitoring

Partners in a private equity firm

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Focus: Capacity building for under-served cause areas

Since:  2010
Approach: Grant-making

Size: INR 1 - 3 Cr+
Foundation: Yes (in 2016)

Partners from a top private equity firm have come together to contribute financial and intellectual capital to a few NGOs in under-served cause areas with the objective of significantly increasing their effectiveness.

How they started?

  • Clear about approach -  institution building of few organizations. On an ongoing basis, identify high quality NGOs whose effectiveness could be dramatically increased through a partnership with them. These organizations should have a very high return on investment.

  • Understanding the NGO landscape in India, identifying sectors to invest in and partner organizations.

  • Field visits and engagement with NGOs in advisory capacity.

Our engagement with the family:

  • Starting with a structured process to help them understand the different challenges NGOs are addressing, e.g., education, healthcare and the different models, e.g., advocacy, grassroots. And to help them articulate their objectives clearly.

  • Identified over 30 organizations in areas of interest.

  • Ongoing grant management and periodic assessment of portfolio organizations.

  • Designed and customized templates and frameworks for shortlisting, diligence, and engagement.

What have they achieved?

  • Giving towards institution building of organizations in areas of Governance, Higher Education, Environment, Disability for the last 8 years, starting with 2 in the first year and moving to 5+ organizations in the subsequent years.

  • On the advisory board of 2 organizations.

  • Helped build capacity of multiple NGOs in the sector, including acting as a champion in an effort to build India’s largest multi-specialty Children’s Hospital and India’s first liberal arts university

  • The institutional support has enabled organizations to help build sustained fund-raising capacity, donor engagement portals/websites, support towards salaries of CXO level to enable policy level changes.

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