Hi! I am Joanne.

I’m here to help you launch your emerging market-based corporate sustainability or social responsibility program so it’s fully-funded.

My Story

After working on international trade, climate policy and international fundraising efforts in the early 2000s in Washington DC, I realized that what was missing in fundraising were the humans behind the big funder and donor names.

I wondered how to make fundraising and partnership more about relationships, not transactions.

I created Connective Impact in 2014 to bring the people back to partnership, and launched what quickly became a 250-member community organization that provides resources, intelligence and connections for fundraisers and partnership practitioners working in international development.

In October 2024, I exited Connective Impact to focus on supporting corporate leaders working across multiple geographies to find funding and partnership opportunities to advance their program goals in environmental, social and economic development.

Now I am a 1-person team dedicated to helping funding get to communities in developing/emerging economies via public-private-partnerships.

Some of the companies I have supported on co-funding strategy:

“Getting Joanne’s corporate funding updates each week makes me feel confident about what’s possible in scaling our global social impact programs with new partners.”

— David M. Corporate Director

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