The Dovetail Impact Foundation invests time, treasure, and talent in organizations that promote human flourishing.
Dovetail looks for three fundamental principles in organizations. First, high leverage: accomplishing a lot with a little. Second, scalable: the propensity to impact millions of people. And third, sustainable: over time their model is not wholly reliant on private philanthropy.
Through Its Scale Portfolio, Dovetail partners with organizations working in the fields of health (primary, proactive, community-based healthcare), livelihoods (with a focus on increasing incomes for the ultra-poor), early & primary education, and justice (legal access, empowerment, and the enforcement of the law). Dovetail typically begins partnership with organizations whose operating budgets are between $500,000 and $5,000,000, and provides general operating support.
Through the Acceleration Portfolio, Dovetail invests in African organizations with annual budgets under $300,000 that are deeply rooted in their communities, have enterprising leadership, and ambition to grow their impact. By pairing unrestricted funding with capacity support, our goal is to help organizations to lay the groundwork they need to access greater opportunities and funding.
