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Designing Philanthropy for ImpactHelping philanthropists make effective "where to give" and "how to give" choices
Executive Summary
The article in discussion explores the following pointers in details.
▪ Indian donors provide disproportionate funding to a limited number of popular causes, while many other critical needs attract limited support
▪ Indian donors also tend to prefer direct interventions designed to help beneficiaries immediately, as opposed to more indirect interventions that seek to build organizational capacity at scale
▪ Philanthropy portfolios should to indirect, capacity-building initiatives in order to make an impact
Disproportionate Funding
“ 90% of Indian donor contributions are concentrated in fewer than 10 sectors, including primary education, primary health care, and disaster relief ”
Disproportionate Funding leads to skewness and asymmetric channeling of efforts
In the Health Sector,
Maternal Care
Malnutrition
In the sector of Disaster Management,
Disaster Relief
Disaster Mitigation
Hope for Haiti raised $58 Million for disaster relief in the year 2010.
In 2015, Aadhan.org – an Indian start-up that provides emergency housing solutions made from old shipping containers is still on the look out for investors and donor agencies.
Types of Gaps and Types of Interventions
Quantity Gap• High demand, low supply
Quality Gap• Demand and supply
reasonably close but low quality of outcomesNiche Gap
• Low on demand, but important with almost non existent supply
▪ Category A – Direct Intervention, Tangible Impact, null leverage on money spent
▪ Category B – Partially direct Intervention, partial measurability of impact, medium term
▪ Category C & D – Extremely low control on intervention activities, multiplier leverage (1000x) on money
Identification of Gap Areas
In this study, 12 sectors and 50 sub-sectors were taken into consideration.
The distinct types of gap across sectors has
been observed in the exhibit.
Current Focus and Gap Areas - Comparison
Sectors with heavy donor focus▪ Primary Education▪ Rural Infrastructure▪ AIDS and infection
diseases
Sectors that require immediate donor focus▪ Conservation of tribal
heritage and culture▪ Vocational training and
livelihoods▪ Deaddiction and mental
health counselling
Interventions tend to be direct
Interventions are more indirect
Filling the Quantity Gap – The Akshaya Patra Foundation
▪ Akshaya Patra is a non-profit organisation in India that runs school lunch programme across India. The organisation was established in 2000. TV Mohandas Pai and Abhay Jain were the anchor philanthropists for this noble endeavour.
▪ Leveraging on the right based approach of the UPA Government on the MDM scheme for school children, TAPF tackled the following issues as a part of its endeavour:– Addressing malnutrition– Increasing enrolment and attendance– Giving a multiplier leverage on donor’s money
Plugging in the niche Gap – CIS, Bengaluru
▪ This organization is a great example of how funding in niche gap areas can also help in establishing a design thinking approach towards philanthropy at a macro level.
▪ This agency was the crusader for net neutrality against Telecom majors in India
▪ At an international level, CIS has helped the Government of Myanmar draft its national ICT Policy.
Teach for India – Success story of an indirect intervention
▪ Aims to create visionaries and transformational leaders in the field of education by the way of a 2-year fellowship programme.
▪ Professionals and experts from all walks of life teach a public school classroom full-time for 18 months
In Conclusion..
▪ Donors should build in relevant success factors early ▪ Donors must ensure that at least 30 to 40 percent of
their portfolios are dedicated to more indirect interventions that can drive larger scale
▪ For a multiplier leverage on the money pledged, it is well advised to strategically identify which gap areas to approach and look at undertaking long term pursuits.
Submitted by: Deja VuArisha / Abhishek / Ananya / Avijit / Chirag / Nandini / Rahul /
Sampad