Interview partners

The table below provides an overview of the organizations we interviewed. For some organizations, we conducted multiple interviews with different experts.

We thank all our interview partners for taking the time to share their valuable insights and thoughts with us and for being both critical and supportive of us.

Organization Agenda for Change Ashoka Auridis Foundation GmbH Barefoot College Bioregional Blue Ventures Bucerius Law School – Institute for Foundation Law and the Law of Non-Profit Organizations Catalyst 2030 Chandler Foundation Center for Digital Inclusion Children’s Investment Fund Foundation Climate Works Co-Impact Kurt und Maria Dohle Stiftung Echoing Green END Fund Classification Systems change leader Partner organization Foundation Systems change leader Systems change leader Systems change leader Academia

Partner organization Foundation Systems change leader Foundation Foundation Partner organization Foundation Partner organization Foundation EQT Partners Investment fund FASE – The Financing Agency for Social Entrepreneurship Impact investor Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women Government agency and Youth, Department 313 Garfield Foundation Foundation Goonj Systems change leader Greenhope Systems change leader Hilton Foundation Foundation Ikea Social Entrepreneurship Corporation Imagine For-profit company and foundation

Institute for Ecological Research (IPE) KR Foundation Systems change leader Foundation

McKinsey & Company Mountain Philanthropies Munich Business School Facilitator Foundation Academia

Novo Nordisk Foundation Foundation

Osprey Foundation Foundation

Philanthropy U Foundation

Phineo Recore Robert Bosch Stiftung Philanthropy advisory Systems change leader Foundation

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Philanthropy advisory Schwab Foundation Partner organization SEND e.V. (Social Entrepreneurship Network Germany) Interest group Skoll Foundation Partner organization Suncor Energy Foundation Foundation SYSTEMIQ Facilitator TrueFootprint Systems change leader UN Foundation Foundation UnLtd Foundation Water for People Systems change leader

Other Voices

“To transcend the compounding crises of our times – including climate change, rising inequality and the erosion of democracy – philanthropy must help humanity become adept at systemic change. This guide is a timely and essential resource for supporting this epochal shift.”

– Stephen Huddart, President & CEO McConnell Foundation

“These recommendations are like a roadmap, a solid companion of sorts, for foundations that believe in system change but do not know how to start. We live in challenging times with great social, economical and environmental challenges; we need big and bold actions and this report articulates how funders can step up as allies for systems change.”

– Claude Pinard, Executive Director of the Fondation Mirella et Lino Saputo