Our Funders
We are a donor collaborative founded in May 2020 by Ford Foundation, Bloomberg, Mellon Foundation, Luminate, Open Society Foundations, Comic Relief, the Conrad Hilton Foundation, and Hewlett Foundation.
A donor collaborative is a group of funders with a shared vision who come together to advance it, with the core belief that funders working together can yield better results than an individual funder could accomplish alone.
Our Funding and Managing Partners
Our Funding Partners
Hilary Pennington
ChairpersonHilary Pennington is the executive vice president of the Ford Foundation, overseeing all of Ford’s programs globally, working closely across programs and offices to ensure strategic, meaningful, and well-aligned global grantmaking.
Shaheen Kassim-Lakha
Shaheen Kassim-Lakha leads the development and implementation of external engagements to unlock resources and shift policies that enable the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to multiply its impact.
Julie B. Ehrlich
Julie B. Ehrlich is the Program Advisor and Chief of Staff at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Aguil Deng
Aguil Deng is the head of corporate philanthropy Africa at Bloomberg. She has over 18 years of experience in directing multimillion dollars-worth program portfolio, offering an excellent mix of full-time and consulting experiences both at HQ and field office levels
Aleema Shivji
Aleema Shivji is passionate about building a more inclusive, equitable world through fighting inequality and changing systems.
Moses Anibaba
Moses Anibaba was appointed regional director for British Council’s operations in Sub Saharan Africa in July 2017. Prior to this, he worked as director private sector partnership in Africa and the British Council’s global lead for partnerships with the extractive industry.