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Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi, CFRE founded The International Social Impact Institute in 2020, based on her belief in the principles of Ubuntu – an African term referring to the importance of recognizing our interconnectedness and lifting others up as we rise – and a commitment to social justice, environmental stewardship, integrity and excellence, which have driven her life and career over the last nearly two decades.  Consistent with those principles, The Institute seeks to “level the playing field” for social impact leaders from communities of color and other historically underserved and marginalized communities across the United States, and around the world, by providing access to the resources, knowledge and networks that will enable those leaders to thrive despite the various obstacles they have so often encountered.  The Institute also seeks to increase the access of historically under-resourced social sector entities and organizations to funding opportunities.

Through initiatives with CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation in South Africa; the King Baudouin Foundation United States; Hunter College in The City University of New York in the US; Nelson Mandela University in South Africa; the Arcus Foundation in the US; and The Resource Alliance in the UK, the Institute aims to amplify the voices of and create opportunities for social impact leaders from historically marginalized communities (in the US and around the world), facilitate interactions among them, and assist in training more of them.

As such, our consulting, coaching, event and consulting services, along with thought leadership are designed to address what we consider to be the social sector’s chief priorities at this time, including:

1. Communicating social impact leaders’ and organizations’ missions and their fundamental purposes and attributes through a professional story to be shared in in-person and online interactions with stakeholders (e.g., clients, donors, students, employees, investors, collaborators);
2. Identifying new, diversified, and sustainable revenue sources (e.g., venture philanthropy and impact investment, cryptocurrency);
3. Fostering inclusive collaborations among organizations and leaders that will transcend the various kinds of barriers (e.g., national borders, differences of ability, age, background, gender, sexual orientation) that artificially constrain organizational thinking and planning;
4. Redefining the relationship between funder and recipient to become a genuinely collaborative one, in which dialogue produces a set of shared and aligned goals; and
5. Promoting connections among nonprofits, social enterprises, foundations, corporate social responsibility offices, impact investors, venture philanthropists and academic and sector-based experts to facilitate innovation.