Social impact nonprofit Panorama Global explores why donating to vetted organizations, including CAMFED, guarantees sustained impact
It explores the impact of unrestricted funding invested by major philanthropists into carefully vetted organizations, including CAMFED, which have undergone extensive due diligence to ensure robust and sustainable programs, driven by detailed strategic plans geared towards systems transformation.
The report explains that these unrestricted gifts have allowed us to strengthen our organization for sustained impact – including through investment in people, governance, processes, technology and planning. This opens up tremendous opportunities for the new funding partners we need to deliver for (and with) girls and young women.
The organizations have undergone significant evaluation of their track records, evidence, operations, teams, systems, and future plans, ensuring readiness for significant funding...New funders gain higher returns on philanthropic dollars because a higher percentage of new dollars go directly to programmatic work, providing greater impact.Panorama Global
Our programs are co-created and led by the young people we serve, and implemented by accountable community leaders, all with a deep and contextual understanding of the systemic barriers women and girls in their communities face.
CAMFED’s unique Multiplier Effect triples donor investment: Each graduate in our CAMFED Association of women leaders financially supports, on average, another 3 girls to go to school, and mentors hundreds more.
CAMFED has been vetted by results-oriented donors and partners who have analyzed our work against rigorous criteria and the latest research. Among many other committed partners and donors, we’re trusted by ‘big bet’ funders like The Audacious Project, Co-Impact and Skoll Foundation, and have been recognized by global conveners and influencers like the Yidan Prize Foundation, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Nicholas Kristof and The New York Times (which recommends CAMFED to its readers). We value and invest in strong relationships with our community, national and global partners. CAMFED was honored with 7 major awards and prizes in 2024 alone.
CAMFED has a decades-long track record of managing large gifts, offering opportunities to invest in the transformative power of education, as well as in young women’s aspirations as entrepreneurs, business and policy leaders, tackling some of the most pressing issues of our time, including poverty, gender inequality, injustice and climate change.
By elevating the expertise in our partner communities, the experience of the girls we serve, and the power of the leaders they become, we are creating a global movement for systems transformation. Our champions and funders are a vital part of this collective action. Together with government partners, we’re accelerating action for the most vulnerable children, ensuring that education systems better serve their needs, and the system as a whole supports young people to thrive.
CAMFED’s CEO Angeline (Angie) Murimirwa explains what makes CAMFED’s model – and our leadership – so unique.
Many of the organizations selected have meticulously crafted five-year (or more) strategic growth plans with heightened impact ambitions. These plans are backed by detailed financial projections and funding goals. The gifts analyzed cover 10-25% of these goals and were designed to ignite further investment...There is a critical window of approximately three years after an organization receives a large, unrestricted gift in which to secure additional philanthropic funds toward their bold impact goals. Timely follow-on funding not only leverages these transformational gifts but enables organizations to drive hard toward their ambitious goals and solve the whole of a problem.Panorama Global
Over the six years to 2030, CAMFED will deploy its 3-level model to ensure that 5 million marginalized girls have the individualized and holistic financial, social and learning support they need to succeed in secondary school and improve their life outcomes – as leaders and entrepreneurs. We will be rolling out our youth-led Learner Guide model in partnership with governments to benefit over 15 million children (girls and boys), while orienting national school systems to support millions more.
CAMFED’s 3-level model focuses on holistic support for marginalized girls in school, transition support for graduates to become independent and influential, and integration of best practices (including youth-led mentorship) into national education systems.
Candace Carlisle $526
Joshua Ardizzoni $37.1
Jeffrey Roth $150
Luke McKetta $52.9
Andrew Bartels $158
Lee Lichter $1052
ALAN WARSHAUER $158
Deborah Kamins $158
Maurice Elias $57.1
glen and lois mumey $263
Stacey Sern $106
Brant Liebmann $100
Julia Armstrong $300
Lynne Jaskulek $158
Eric Wilson $158
When she thrives, we all thrive
Together this giving season, we can make a difference that ripples outward to benefit everyone.
