Public Initiatives
Most public initiatives are built organically from the bottom up, challenging acute social problems. However, these initiatives often face opposition from large, affected businesses and struggle to mount strong resistance. As a result, millions of public initiatives die in infancy.
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Opportunity

For philanthropists, supporting public initiatives offers the chance to empower grassroots movements that address critical social issues. By providing the right organizational structures and strategic resources, these initiatives can gain traction and grow organically, leading to substantial and sustainable positive change in society.

Impact

Public initiatives have the potential to drive significant social change by addressing specific issues directly from the community level. When properly supported, these initiatives can mobilize local populations, influence policy, and create lasting improvements in areas such as environmental conservation, social justice, and public health.

Challenges
  • Design and Organizational Structure: Developing a robust framework to manage and support public initiatives can be complex.
  • Building Trust: Gaining the trust of the community and stakeholders is crucial for the success of public initiatives.
  • Ongoing Support and Course-Correction: Continuous mentorship, resources, and strategic adjustments are necessary to maintain momentum and adapt to changing circumstances.
Our solution

We leverage our expertise of organisational design and tech-philanthropy to support and nurture public initiatives, ensuring their growth and impact.

Our approach:

  • Developing Strong Organizational Structures: We provide the necessary frameworks to help public initiatives organize effectively, ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, and open governance.
  • Building Trust: Through transparent communication and community engagement, we foster trust among stakeholders, ensuring broad support for the initiatives.
  • Providing Ongoing Support: We offer continuous mentorship, resource allocation, and strategic guidance to help initiatives navigate challenges and maintain momentum.
  • Facilitating Collaboration: By connecting public initiatives with like-minded organizations and stakeholders, we create a network of support that amplifies their impact.
Examples

The Ice Bucket Challenge: This viral social media campaign was created to raise awareness and funds for ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). Participants would dump a bucket of ice water over their heads and challenge others to do the same while donating to ALS research. The campaign raised over $115 million for the ALS Association and significantly increased public awareness of the disease.

Movember: Movember is an annual event where men grow moustaches during November to raise awareness of men's health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health. The initiative has successfully raised millions of dollars for men's health programs and sparked important conversations about men's health worldwide.

Plastic Free July: This global movement encourages individuals, communities, and businesses to reduce their single-use plastic consumption for the month of July. By promoting practical actions and raising awareness, Plastic Free July has helped reduce plastic waste and foster more sustainable practices among millions of participants.

Other Recipes for Social Organisations:
Social Enterprise
The new digital era offers a unique opportunity to uncover high-leverage, low-effort solutions through creative, non-traditional ideas developed by small groups or individuals.
Network Organization
Network social organisations are fluid, virtual entities comprising people, social groups, and companies, typically without a common legal foundation. Impact is achieved through close collaboration and effective information exchange in specific fields. Members are driven by the need for foundational technologies that simplify their work, requiring minimal effort. With no particular boundaries or restrictions, these organizations can grow significantly and generate fundamental technologies, standards, and frameworks.
Society
A society is a more formal, structured network organization designed to add continuous value to a specific industry or cause. By creating best practices, frameworks, and fundraising for basic research, societies aim to foster long-term advancements and innovations.
Public Good Solutions
Public good solutions are collaborative efforts involving diverse stakeholders united by a common goal. These solutions are typically global and long-term. They consist of basic frameworks or exponential, self-reinforcing systems designed to tackle some of the world's biggest problems.
Unions for Collaborative Philanthropy
With 1.3 million nonprofit foundations in the US, the philanthropic market remains at 2% of GDP and is shrinking. Despite numerous efforts, low collaboration and limited capability-sharing between nonprofits and stakeholders hinder progress. Each organisation fights for its share, often exacerbating problems through quick fixes. This lack of coordination results in fragmented efforts and accidental adversarial structures.
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