The Bridgespan Group

The Bridgespan Group

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The 'Conversations with Remarkable Givers: India' video series provides a behind-the-scenes look at philanthropy in India from the perspectives of eminent givers
Sunil Kant Munjal Chairman Hero Enterprise, Photo by Amit Verma 07 Dec 2017
The 'Conversations with Remarkable Givers: India' video series provides a behind-the-scenes look at philanthropy in India from the perspectives of eminent givers
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The 'Conversations with Remarkable Givers: India' video series provides a behind-the-scenes look at philanthropy in India from the perspectives of eminent givers
INDIA - FEBRUARY 15:  Rajashree Birla (W/o Aditya Birla), Chairperson Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiative and Rural Development, poses at her residence, in Mumbai, India. Potrait, Sitting  (Photo by Umesh Goswami/The India Today Group/Getty Images)
The 'Conversations with Remarkable Givers: India' video series provides a behind-the-scenes look at philanthropy in India from the perspectives of eminent givers
S Gopalakrishnan (Kris), cofounder and former CEO, Infosys Ltd
The 'Conversations with Remarkable Givers: India' video series provides a behind-the-scenes look at philanthropy in India from the perspectives of eminent givers
Patients with their eyes bandaged sit after their cataract surgeries at a hospital of the Aravind Eye Care System in Madurai, in India's Tamil Nadu state March 3, 2010. From a rented house with 11 beds in 1976, Aravind, whose mission is to eliminate needless blindness, has grown into a network of hospitals and clinics that provides eye examinations, surgery by keeping its costs extremely low and by subsidizing care for poor people through fees for paying customers and the sale of eye-care products. Picture taken March 3, 2010.  REUTERS/Reinhard Krause (INDIA - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) - GM1E6360UDZ01
A new Bridgespan study of 15 of the greatest social impact stories globally reveals lessons as to how philanthropists can advance audacious, large-scale systems change
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Funders typically support programmes, but they scrimp on ‘overhead’. This practice gives rise to a vexing ‘starvation cycle’ that constrains nonprofits’ ability to invest in essential organisational infrastructure
The NGOs viewpoint is that  the government is the most powerful lever they can pull to extend their reach. (Shutterstock Images: For illustrative purposes only)
With more than 250 million people in India living on a daily income of less than $2, it’s clear that any nonprofit aspiring to reduce poverty needs to have a huge reach. But some nonprofits seem better equipped to meet the challenge of scaling in India than others. What gives them an edge?
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