Philanthropy, done more boldly

Identify. Accelerate. Elevate.

We partner with funders to turn passionate leaders and promising organizations into bolder investments with lasting impact.

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How We Partner

Bolder Philanthropy meets funders where they are. We help them find new ways to invest for bigger impact.

Identify

Identify new leaders and organizations worth backing.For funders entering a new cause or city or just refreshing their knowledge of the landscape, we source and vet promising projects, organizations, and leaders, turning "I want to give here but don't know who" into a shortlist of strong potential grantees.

Accelerate

Accelerate promising ideas into an executable project.We co-create interesting ideas into executable (and pitchable) projects. Through a hands-on 2-day workshop we sharpen an idea into a well-designed project with measurable results, ending in a pitch for the support it needs to launch.

Elevate

Elevate a handful of passionate organizations into a community of superstar performers.We coach a cohort of founders over 12 months, building more than individual skill. What emerges is a community, organizations that learn from each other, hold each other accountable, and deliver real results together. This is transformational work, the kind of giving that turns a few passionate organizations into a lasting, connected network built to succeed.

This is Bolder Philanthropy. Not the same safe, familiar gift year in and year out. We find grantees worth knowing, test projects worth funding, and build communities of organizations worth talking about.

Why Bolder Philanthropy?

Bolder Philanthropy is built on two decades of grantmaking, program design, and organizational coaching at major nonprofits, most recently several years running LaunchPad. That work surfaced a pattern. The leaders worth backing didn't start because they could write a business plan, they started because they were close to a problem and determined to fix it. But determination alone rarely gets you there. What stands in the way is usually one of three things: visibility, coaching to sharpen the idea, or the network and plan to build something lasting. Bolder Philanthropy exists to close those gaps, whether that means surfacing who's worth funding, testing a pilot worth the investment, or coaching a cohort until it's ready for a transformational gift.

Get in touch

Let's talk about how partnering can help you give more boldly.