Enabling inspiring and sustainable social change in our communities
Te whakamanawa huriranga pāpori pūmau i roto i ō tatou roopu ā Iwi
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The Centre for Social Impact (CSI), a social business of Foundation North, helps grantmakers and funders invest for impact and empowers changemakers.
Our take whāinga (purpose) is to build the capacity and confidence of social investors and their partners in the community to accelerate investment and innovation for social change.
We draw on a network of specialist associates to tailor support for our clients to help them achieve their social impact goals. We help funders identify and understand community needs, develop their social impact vision, form strategies, create and implement grantmaking processes, and evaluate impact.
We walk alongside changemaking organisations in the community to build capacity in areas such as governance, strategic planning, and evaluation. As a team, we want to support initiatives that have the potential to increase individual and community wellbeing today, and create a better Aotearoa for future generations.
Te Pūaha Talks, our 2022 programme of free online capability building webinars, starts this month.
Te Pūaha o te Ako
Our knowledge hub
Te Pūaha o te Ako is a metaphor for our knowledge hub as a place where learning is shared to enable transformational social impact. Te Pūaha (estuary) is where salt and fresh waters meet, a place where new life is produced and nurtured. Oho ake guides our behaviour to be open, and to share, analyse and strive for future learning.
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Te Pūaha Talks - Communications in the Good Times & the Bad
Registrations for our latest Te Pūaha Talk, Communications in the Good Times & the Bad, is now open
15 Nov 2022
2 min
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Tātou Tātou - wellbeing for the community sector
Hauora inspiration in this series of podcast interviews with community leaders on how they nurture their wellbeing.
26 Oct 2022
2 min
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Te Pūaha Talks – climate action
A recording of our latest Te Pūaha Talk, Funders and Climate Action in Aotearoa, is now available.
06 Sep 2022
2 min
