Rachel Koretsky

Can “Cash-Plus” be a pathway to income growth? Our latest blog dives into Laterite’s evidence review of the 100WEEKS model, which provides women living in poverty with weekly cash transfers, training, and access to savings groups. The review shows encouraging signs: participating households report higher consumption, greater resilience, and asset growth. This translates into an estimated SROI of almost 3 and a 44% increase in daily consumption for the lowest-income group. At the same time, the analysis highlights important limitations: 🔎 Evidence is based on internal monitoring data and lacks a rigorous counterfactual to attribute impact. 💸 Program costs per household are relatively high, which matters for scale and cost-effectiveness. Understanding both the potential and the constraints is essential as we explore whether and how cash-plus models can contribute to income growth for coffee-farming communities. 👉 Explore the full blog and evidence review (link in comments) and join the conversation!

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What happens when philanthropy stops asking how to work alongside one another, and starts building platforms together? Today, during UNGA 81, the Arab Foundations Forum and the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development host a high-level roundtable in New York: From Partnership to Platform: Building Collaborative Philanthropy Models for Scalable Social Development. This invitation-only working session brings senior leaders from philanthropy, international development, finance, and civil society together to explore: → Collaboration models that combine the strengths of local institutions and international funders.  → Co-investment approaches that mobilize more resources for social development.  → Accountability, governance, and shared learning across collaborators. → Pathways to scale what works beyond single projects or countries. The conversation builds on the July consultation in New York and draws on a forthcoming White Paper on Collaborative Philanthropy for Social Development in Egypt, with Egypt as a proof of concept for models that can travel across emerging markets and the Global South.    #ArabFoundationsForum #UNGA81 #CollaborativePhilanthropy

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👀 This may be of interest to our investment partners and to early-stage social enterprises in our wider ecosystem. The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation is offering flexible funding and hands-on support for impact-driven organisations tackling social and environmental challenges. Worth a look for founders building scalable, systems-focused solutions 👇

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The Adaptive Philanthropy Program Officer (PO) is a member of the Office of Innovation and reports to the Chief Innovation Officer (CINO). Working closely with the CINO, the PO helps shape and then stewards the foundation's Adaptive Philanthropy grantmaking portfolio. The portfolio focuses on philanthropic infrastructure organizations, strengthening the field of philanthropy, and supporting innovation across the sector, in the United States and globally, so that philanthropy can be more strategic and impactful. The Program Officer partners with the CINO on strategy and owns the day-to-day grantmaking that delivers it. Program Officer - Adaptive Philanthropy

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Your most powerful fundraising and policy asset? The story behind your data. Nonprofits collect extraordinary evidence of impact — but too often it lives in case notes, intake forms, and annual reports that never reach funders or legislators. This piece breaks down a practical framework for converting impact narratives into measurable, repeatable data — so your stories become proof. Three things that make the difference: → Codifying qualitative outcomes into trackable indicators → Aligning narrative structure with funder reporting requirements → Building systems that capture stories at the point of service, not retroactively What's your biggest barrier to turning your program stories into data? Drop it in the comments. Read more → https://lnkd.in/gVbDF3MZ Follow our work → https://lnkd.in/gTRq_eaB #NonprofitData #ImpactMeasurement #SocialImpact #DataForGood #NonprofitLeadership

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