This is an invite-only event
For many family foundations, philanthropy starts with traditional grantmaking, but deeper engagement reveals that writing checks alone cannot drive systemic change. Nonprofits often operate in silos, constrained by capacity gaps, fragmented resources, and misaligned efforts—challenges that no single grant can resolve. Family foundations have the unique advantage of agility, risk tolerance, and relationships to shape a funding ecosystem that can enable systemic change.
This Learning Circle will explore how family foundations can move from transactional funding to playing a catalytic role in ecosystem-building, ensuring that their philanthropy is not just effectively distributed, but truly transformative. It features Siddharth Agarwal, Foundation Lead at Upadhyaya Foundation, a family foundation in India committed to empowering underserved communities, currently working across focus areas of Animal Welfare, Disability, and Arts & Culture. Siddharth will share Upadhyaya Foundation’s ongoing journey in bringing organisations together through physical convening spaces, advocacy efforts, and supporting sector-wide initiatives. Together we will examine what it takes to align diverse actors toward shared goals and explore the role philanthropic funders can play as catalysts for systemic change.
