Grantmaking Approach & Priorities
Learning, market development, and field-building
To make real progress toward a more just, equitable, and resilient world, we need to unlock more catalytic capital and ensure that it is deployed more efficiently. C3 Grantmaking supports this important aim by equipping the investor community with knowledge, tools and connections to a global community of practice, all of which helps promote the greater and more effective use of catalytic capital. This includes workstreams that build and advance knowledge about catalytic capital, as well as to engage and work closely with the providers of this capital—with a particular focus on foundations, development finance institutions and family offices.
Strengthening the Evidence Base
C3 has funded 14 projects to analyze the uses of catalytic capital around the world. This workstream has focused on building knowledge about why and where catalytic capital has been needed, what it looks like, who has been involved, how it has been utilized, and what outcomes have been the result, drawing on current and historical experience from around the world.
Advancing Practice
This area of work has supported engagement and collective learning with leading catalytic capital providers to identify and share current best practices and advancements in the field. It has helped practitioners solve technical or practical implementation challenges through knowledge guides, convenings, and other activities that can inform and support effective deployment of catalytic capital.
Fostering Solutions and Infrastructure
To spur the use of catalytic capital and help address key barriers and gaps that impede transactions, C3 funded 12 action-oriented pilots and projects to make catalytic capital transactions faster, more efficient, and more effective. They are meant to bolster the infrastructure for the catalytic capital market and help accelerate the flow of this vital form of impact investment.