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Co-Impact is a global philanthropic collaborative that pools resources to provide flexible, long-term funding and strategic support to locally rooted, predominantly women-led organizations in the Global South. Rather than funding isolated projects, Co-Impact operates on a "funding-plus" model, investing in "big bets" that tackle the root causes of inequality. The funder's core ambition is systems change: transforming public health, education, and economic systems to work for everyone. Through its Foundational Fund and Gender Fund, Co-Impact places a central emphasis on gender equality, intersectionality, and increasing women's leadership and agency across public institutions, civil society, law, and economics. They prioritize building "winning coalitions" with governments and social movements to ensure reforms are institutionalized via laws, budgets, and policies.

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Monday brief · week of 26 October 2026

Co-Impact deepens its commitment to locally led, women-driven systems change in early childhood and education.

Written each Monday from this funder's own recent publications. Every point links to the sentence it rests on.

What they're leaning into

  • The funder is leaning into long-term, multi-year support for locally rooted, women-led organizations working on early childhood outcomes and foundational learning across multiple countries.

    “We’re delighted to welcome seven, locally rooted and predominantly women-led organisations to our community.”News - Co-Impact · 2027-07-01 ↗“We’re delighted to welcome seven, locally rooted and predominantly women-led organisations to our community.”News - Co-Impact · 2027-07-01 ↗

  • New partnerships highlight a focus on refugee and host-community inclusion, crisis-responsive education governance, and feminist economic approaches to systems change.

    “Why feminist economics matters for systems change and how care, tax justice and public finance can help build more equitable economies.”News - Co-Impact · 2027-07-01 ↗“Together, these organizations bring deep community knowledge, trusted government relationships, evidence of impact, and complementary expertise across early childhood development, foundational learning, refugee and host-community inclusion, wellbeing, safeguarding, and crisis-responsive education governance.”LEGO Foundation and Co-Impact celebrate the selection of seven Program Partners in Kenya and Nigeria · 2026-09-17 ↗

  • Mental health integration into maternal and primary care is emerging as a priority, with significant funding directed toward women’s health and wellbeing.

    “A $40 million investment will support locally rooted organizations integrating mental health into maternal and primary care.”News - Co-Impact · 2027-07-01 ↗

Framing to consider

  • Grantseekers might frame their work by emphasizing deep contextual knowledge, trusted local relationships, and the ability to design adaptable, sustainable solutions owned by the communities they serve.

    “We’re delighted to welcome seven, locally rooted and predominantly women-led organisations to our community.”News - Co-Impact · 2027-07-01 ↗“Five practical shifts funders can make to turn localization ambitions into practice.”News - Co-Impact · 2027-07-01 ↗

  • Highlighting feminist economic principles—such as care, tax justice, and public finance—could align with the funder’s interest in equitable systems change and women-led leadership.

    “We’re delighted to welcome seven, locally rooted and predominantly women-led organisations to our community.”News - Co-Impact · 2027-07-01 ↗“Why feminist economics matters for systems change and how care, tax justice and public finance can help build more equitable economies.”News - Co-Impact · 2027-07-01 ↗

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