2. Benefits and Complexities of Working with Corporate Partners
Eve Goldstein-Siegel APHA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. November 5, 2007

3. ICRW’s Partnership with Nike Foundation
Two U.S. based agencies: an international NGO and a corporate sector foundation
ICRW uses research and evaluation expertise to support NF in measuring grant impact
ICRW provides technical support to NF grantees

4. ICRW’s Mission
To empower women, advance gender equality and fight poverty in the developing world. To accomplish this, ICRW works with partners to conduct empirical research, build capacity and advocate for evidence-based, practical ways to change policies and programs.
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5. Nike Foundation Mission
Poverty alleviation through investments in adolescent girls
Initiatives that inspire & mobilize support for girls’ empowerment and well being, worldwide
Foster innovative models of corporate philanthropy

6. What makes NF unique? No endowment
Approval required from Nike, Inc. Board of Directors
Staff on loan from Nike, Inc.
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7. Point of Intersection
Although we come to this work from distinctly different angles, both ICRW and NF strive to improve the lives of adolescent girls
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8. Grantee Example: Instituto Promundo, Brazil
Program M
Promoting young women’s empowerment and sexual & reproductive health
Works with young women and young men in low-income communities in Rio
Uses multi-media campaigns, peer education, and peer focus groups
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9. Consequences of the Evolving NF-ICRW Relationship
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10. Challenges to Working with a Corporate Donor
Politics of working with corporate entities and NGO identity
Limited familiarity with development issues
Same goal, different paradigms

11. ICRW Impact on Nike Foundation
ICRW helps inform NF grant-making
Share understanding of the international development field
NF provides a new model of philanthropy:
Outcome-oriented grant giving
ICRW as continuous evaluation partner

12. Nike Foundation Impact on ICRW
Challenges
Obliges ICRW to justify decision to work with NF support
Paradigm shift required to understand corporate approach
Benefits
Better understanding of mindset of corporate audiences
Strengthened internal M&E competency
Increased exposure to partner organizations and varied programs
Improved marketing of our work with girls

13. Benefits to the Development Field
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Results-oriented programming
Monitoring and evaluation support
Access to corporate world
Nike Foundation knows no limits, never takes ‘no’ for an answer

14. More Benefits to the Development Field
Build the capacity of our partners in the field
Gender and girls become focus
Possibility of scaling-up programs that work
Reach greater number of girls
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15. Thank you!
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