We have years of experience working with funders such as the Ford Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and more. To date, our strategic partnerships focus on turning visions for locally led development into reality from finances to risk to DEI.
Global Sector-Change Initiatives
You’re on a mission to make the world a better place. We are, too. That’s why we focus on action, not talk, by partnering with funders to develop and implement operations-oriented outcomes to create stronger operating models for tangible, lasting change.
Initiative spotlight: global SEAH investigation standard
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) capacity strengthening
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Weaving Resilience: financial sustainability
Imagine how much progress the humanitarian sector can make if we strengthen multiple NGOs at the same time. That’s the goal of the Ford Foundation’s Weaving Resilience initiative.
Partnering with Humentum, the team is enhancing skills and providing ready-to-implement resources for 375 NGOs in five African countries around governance, financial management, and financial sustainability.
This program is possible due to the generous support from the Ford Foundation.
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Capacity development frameworks
From 2023 through 2024, Humentum is part of a consortium led by Papyrus, in collaboration with EPIC Africa, and funded by the Mastercard Foundation, to create a capacity development framework and organizational assessments in compliance and risk and organizational structures.
The goal is to build resilience and effectiveness of 35 partner organizations in Rwanda, Senegal, Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa.
This program is possible due to the generous support from the Mastercard Foundation.
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Financial sustainability
Between 2022 – 2023, Humentum has provided financial sustainability training and consultancy for 80+ Open Society Foundations grantees. The focus was strengthening knowledge and skills in strategic financial management and fundraising strategy.
This program is possible due to the generous support from Open Society Foundations.
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Strengthening the capacity of women-led CSOs
Since 2024, Humentum has been strengthening the capacities of 40 women-led CSOs in Afghanistan, in partnership with the UN Women’s Program Manager for Women, Peace, and Security, through training, group coaching, and assessments. Focus areas include risk and compliance, people and culture, and financial management.
This program is possible due to the generous support from UN Women.
Global nonprofit accounting standard
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International Financial Reporting for Non Profit Organizations (IFR4NPO)
10M+ organizations in the global development sector manage billions of dollars annually.
Despite its size and scope, the sector is blocked by:
- An absence of standardized financial reporting in more than 90% of countries
- Inconsistent practices across countries and organizations
- A lack of transparency and comparability
With support from thousands of global stakeholders, the International Financial Reporting for Non Profit Organizations (IFR4NPO) has developed internationally applicable reporting guidance. Learn more about the guidance and advocacy efforts for adoption.
The Initiative is led by CIPFA, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and Humentum and with generous support from The Open Society Foundations, the Ford Foundation, Oak Foundation, and the Wellspring Foundation.
Global SEAH investigation standard
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Investigator Qualification Training Scheme (IQTS)
Most victims/survivors of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment are women. Most investigators are not.
With support from USAID, CHS Alliance, in partnership with Humentum, is changing that. Through Investigator Qualification Training Scheme (IQTS), we’re strengthening the global capacity to respond to sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH) by equipping more investigators, particularly women from low-and-middle income countries, with the critical skills needed to conduct survivor-centered investigations.
Equitable operating model transformation
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Transforming INGO Models for Equity (TIME)
How, exactly, does an INGO transition its operating model to be more equitable, resilient, and accountable? That’s the challenge TIME is solving. Transforming INGO Models for Equity for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (TIME for SRHR) is a group of 18 INGOs working together to transition their operating models.
One step forward is a free toolkit to help organizations evolve their compensation policies and practices.
TIME is led by EngenderHealth and Humentum and with generous support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
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Benchmarking Race Inclusion and Diversity in Global Engagement (BRIDGE)
The first ever industry-wide, institutional survey that measured the state of DEI in the development and humanitarian assistance sector in the United States – BRIDGE (Benchmarking Race Inclusion and Diversity in Global Engagement).
BRIDGE provided a diversity snapshot of staff, leadership, boards, and CEOs in our development and humanitarian assistance sector organizations across gender, racial, and disability dimensions.
Developed in partnership with Social Impact.
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Navigating collective transformation: four hard-won lessons from a year of TIME
These four hard-won lessons—embracing the process, balancing introspection with action, navigating inclusion and exclusion, and recognizing interconnected change—are not just applicable within the realm of SRHR INGOs but offer useful insights for the broader movement advocating for equitable, locally led development.
A few of our strategic partners & funders
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