about us
SIE is a national, cross-sector membership association dedicated to generating large-scale social impact through systems change.
unique
Approach
Collaborate. Develop. Share.
Our distinctive systemic approach has the potential to achieve a new norm of collaborative action by enabling leaders from across philanthropy, business, government, nonprofits, and communities to work together to solve complex problems by transforming systems.
est. in
2009
The signature initiative of its parent nonprofit Growth Philanthropy Network (GPN), through initial support from the Robert Wood Johnson, Rockefeller and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations.
4,000+
members
Our strategic approach focuses on creating and spreading cross-sector collaborative initiatives (nonprofits, philanthropy, business, and government) with a goal of achieving systemic change and population-level impact.
SIE focuses on catalyzing, funding and creating the sector capacity to spread cross-sector
collaborative initiatives that drive systemic change
SIE has
Two Main Functions
Establish Broad Collaborative Networks
Build the Field
through collaborative funding platforms, an annual National Conference, a funder Learning Community and by creating the civic infrastructure to support systems implementations. SIE’s network development, convenings and knowledge sharing efforts help funders and cross-sector stakeholders of all types and sizes learn about and engage in cross-sector, systems change initiatives.
Our Focus
While SIE focuses its systems initiatives primarily on education, health and poverty alleviation, it defines these categories broadly and recognizes that some of the biggest gains in impact come from working across issues. SIE’s knowledge and learning venues are geared to all social issues.
Our Goal
Transform our communities and society and generate equitable population-level impact on the most difficult issues in education, health, and poverty alleviation. We do this by combining cross-sector collaboration with system change that centers equity and by working to advance this approach so that it can become a new societal norm for addressing complex social problems.
SIE pursues its mission through
Several Initiatives
2021 – Exchange Conference
Education
Health
2020 – Exchange Conference
Learning Community
