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Social impact nonprofit Panorama Global explores why donating to vetted organizations, including CAMFED, guarantees sustained impact

Social impact nonprofit Panorama Global has just released its publication Funding What Works: High-Impact Organizations Trusted by Leading Philanthropists.

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. 

Low risk, high returns

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.
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Mapalo, a female Zambian student stands with her Teacher Mentor, Susan and smiles, as they stand in a yellow school corridor.

5 more reasons to give to CAMFED at this critical time

1. Accountable grassroots leadership

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.

2. Impact multiplied

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. 

3. Vetted and trusted

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.

4. Poised and ready

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.

5.  A movement for systems transformation

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.

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TED Talk: "School is just the start. Here's how to help girls succeed for life."

CAMFED’s CEO Angeline (Angie) Murimirwa explains what makes CAMFED’s model – and our leadership –  so unique.

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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.
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CAMFED’s strategic plan in a nutshell

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.

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.

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