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2 Letter from the Chair and President 14 Around the World
4 Year at a Glance 34 Sustainability Report Summary
6 Twenty Years of Fighting Poverty 36 Donors
8 Financial Report Summary 40 Board of Directors
10 What We Do 41 Staff
12 Where We Are
vision
Synergos is working to create a more just and We also believe that poor and marginalized
equitable global society in which all individuals, communities must have a significant role in
families and communities have a meaningful determining their own future development and
opportunity to improve the quality of their lives that needed systemic change can only occur when
for themselves and future generations. they can work in meaningful partnership with
other citizens, institutions and sectors.
We believe that those who are poor should
have access to basic health care, nutrition, To advance this vision, Synergos works to
education, housing and opportunities for inspire, build and support inclusive partnerships
economic betterment. They should also be that address the systemic causes of poverty
able to fully exercise their rights as citizens, and inequity.
influence public policies and have equitable
access to the use of public resources.
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Letter from the Chair and President
be more systematically capturing and sharing
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Photo ~ Deidre Schoo
Our major collaborative projects often grow out We have also continued our work to create a
of and depend on the support of our leadership values-driven, high performing culture, with
networks. During 2007, we continued to increase additional progress on the implementation of our
both our Global Philanthropists Circle and our values and the professional development of staff.
Senior Fellows Network. The Circle now includes At the end of the year, we were grateful to be
about 200 active participants from 74 families in recognized with Charity Navigator’s highest
25 countries. The Fellows are now a cohort of four-star rating for our financial management
nearly 100 civil society leaders from more than systems, policies and practices.
30 countries. We have also found new ways to
bring these two networks closer together so Synergos can only be fully understood and
they can draw on each other’s knowledge appreciated through knowledge of its unique and
and resources to help bring about systems- remarkable set of human relationships that extend
changing initiatives. to almost every part of the world. Our board and
staff, network affiliates, partners, funders and
We have intensified our efforts to evaluate the colleagues in the development field have all
impacts of our activities, so we can better learn helped make 2007 a year characterized by trust-
from both our successes and disappointments. building, accomplishments, open-heartedness
We have also made a commitment to develop a and collaboration. We are inspired by and
Knowledge Sharing Center, which will bring the grateful to all of them.
learning and experience of our partnerships,
networks and collaborators to the entire Warmly,
development field.
To ensure ongoing support for innovation and Peggy Dulany, Robert H. Dunn,
program development, we have launched the Founder and Chair President and CEO
Campaign for the Future. By the end of 2007, we
raised about $12 million of our $20 million goal.
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2007 at a glance
Initiative Description Progress
Partnership for An initiative of Synergos, Unilever and • Bhavishya Alliance transitioned into
Child Nutrition UNICEF, this works to develop solutions a fully Indian-led institution.
to child under-nutrition in India. The
partnership supported the creation of the • Pilot initiatives launched include:
india
Synergos Southern The regional branch of Synergos that • Registered as a legal business entity
Africa oversees projects and initiatives in in South Africa.
Southern Africa.
African Public Health In 2007, Synergos received a $7 million • Project will launch in 2008 with a
Leadership and grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Namibian project office and staff.
Systems Innovation Foundation to launch the project in
Initiative Namibia. With Synergos as managing
partner, the project will convene health
leaders from across sectors, guiding
them through an intensive leadership
and project development experience to
strengthen the country’s health system.
The South African The Network, which includes Synergos, • Helped develop assessment of
Orphans and develops leadership, capacity and innova- problems, perceptions, players and
southern africa
Vulnerable Children tion to support orphans and vulnerable possibilities around orphans and
Leadership and children who are affected by the AIDS vulnerable children.
Innovation Network pandemic. The Network works with
participants in a two-year program to
create cross-sector partnerships.
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Initiative Description Progress
middle east/
north africa
Middle East/ Built by Synergos, this program will make • Program funded and set to
North Africa strategic investments in high-impact social launch in 2008.
Social Innovators innovators in the region through financial
Program awards, leadership and capacity building
and strategic connections, beginning
with 20 individuals selected from Egypt,
Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Palestine.
Aboriginal Leadership The Initiative is a consortium of • Two-year pilot phase funded and set
Initiative government, First Nations, business and to launch in early 2008.
canada
Phuket Community The Foundation was created with the • $52,297 raised locally, the largest
thailand
Foundation support of Synergos and the funding of amount for any community
the Bernard van Leer Foundation to foundation in Thailand.
rebuild the Phuket province, which was • $150,000 leveraged in
seriously impacted by the 2004 tsunami. international funds.
• First community project promoting
motorcycle safety.
Senior Fellows The Fellows are a network of almost • 11 new Fellows selected for
100 civil society leaders from more than class of 2008.
30 countries. • Program shifted emphasis to
partnership-building for social justice.
• Developed and applied a framework
for evaluating program.
• First joint meeting with Global
global networks
Philanthropists Circle.
• “Global action teams” move forward
with work on social justice and
philanthropy-related issues.
Global Philanthropists The Circle is a network of more than • Circle’s Middle East affinity group
Circle 200 individuals from approximately 25 members helped develop Middle East
countries who are committed to using and North Africa Social Innovators
their time, influence and resources to Program.
address issues of poor and marginalized • Africa working group started with
more than 40 members working in
communities.
18 countries on the continent.
• First joint meeting with Senior
Fellows.
• Learning journeys to India and
Middle East.
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1987 Synergos Associates is formed as a brain trust to help 1986 Peggy Dulany brings together development activists
develop the organization’s core programs. and social change experts, explores ideas for a new NGO
to bridge divides and founds Synergos along with its Board
1987 The first international conference on collaborative of Directors.
problem solving brings together leaders from around
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the world. 1987 Synergos International Advisory Council is
established to provide guidance and connections to
1988 The organization’s first case studies are written major global initiatives.
focusing on partnership approaches to development problems.
1988 Synergos helps establish its first multi-stakeholder
1991 Synergos helps local leaders launch the Esquel partnerships, including Roda Viva, addressing the rights
in 1992.
Foundation, the first locally-controlled grantmaking of children in Brazil; and the Chimalapas Coalition, which
facilitate a
major work over the last two decades.
Zimbabwe and
Synergos helped
southern Mexico.
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1994 At the invitation from the United Nations, Synergos insight into challenges in creating such partnerships.
convenes a group of civil society leaders to provide input
into the 1995 World Summit for Social Development. 1991 Synergos begins conducting exchanges among
community and NGO leaders in United States and the
1995 Synergos and the Overseas Development Council global south about inclusive development.
work with official development assistance agencies to
explore how they can better collaborate with civil society. 1994 Culminating the work that started in 1989, Synergos
helps local leaders launch the first locally-controlled
Kiniki/Foundation for
grantmaking foundation in Mozambique, the Foundation
Mozambique’s Graça
1997 University for a Night, an evening of sharing ideas
Community Development
Community Development
between global leaders, holds its inaugural event.
twenty years of fighting poverty
1999 The Senior Fellows network is created to bring 1995 Case studies of large-scale partnerships in Asia are
together distinguished civil society leaders. completed by a global learning consortium with UN
Development Programme support, and builds upon earlier
studies in showing challenges in building and sustaining
1999 The Global Task Force on Bridging Leadership is
partnerships.
for a Night in 1997.
In 2007, Synergos was able to reflect on its work over the past 20 years. This timeline shows some of our
Photo ~ International
is established in 2001.
Community Foundation
The U.S.-Mexico Border
organizations help create Instituto Rio, the first community
Philanthropy Partnership
2001 The U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership
is launched. foundation in Brazil.
2003 The Strengthening Bridging Organizations program 2003 Synergos opens its offices in Cape Town,
begins to establish and build capacity for community- South Africa.
based grantmaking organizations in the global south.
Circle in 2001.
2003 The Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines
and Esquel Foundation in Ecuador begin providing training
2004 Synergos’ first learning journey takes place
on bridging leadership.
in Brazil, allowing members of our Global
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work in the global south. 2004 The Sustainable Food Lab launches and explores new
approaches to food production and distribution.
2005 Synergos launches a multi-stakeholder partnership 2005 Synergos establishes its Multi-Stakeholder
program together with Generon Consulting and joins the Partnership initiative.
Sustainable Food Lab. With the addition of Unilever and
UNICEF-India, Synergos also begins its engagement in
2005 Synergos holds its first Montana retreat, initiating a
the Partnership for Child Nutrition in India.
ASSETS
Cash $ 487,648 $ 548,525
Cash—restricted 665,504
Pledges and Other Receivables, net 8,229,881 5,185,812
Investments, at fair value 18,184,042 15,043,630
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets 196,892 81,203
Property and Equipment, net 2,222,931 2,516,538
Total assets $29,321,394 $24,041,212
Restricted
Temporarily restricted net assets 12,046,406 7,134,554
Total net assets 27,245,949 21,824,748
Total liabilities and net assets $29,321,394 $24,041,212
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Statement of Activities (with summarized financial information for the year ended December 31, 2006)
EXPENSES
Program services:
Strengthening Bridging Organizations 3,329,131 3,329,131 3,431,997
Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships 2,087,404 2,087,404 3,439,282
Global Philanthropists Circle 1,351,886 1,351,886 1,184,442
Communications and Outreach 257,429 257,429 116,898
Total program services 7,025,850 7,025,850 8,172,619
Supporting services:
Management and general 1,817,315 1,817,315 1,686,611
Fund-raising 611,304 611,304 582,377
Total supporting services 2,428,619 2,428,619 2,268,988
Total expenses 9,454,469 9,454,469 10,441,607
Results of operations 163,434 5,066,852 5,230,286 (1,617,140)
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Right: Planning session for the Partnership
for Child Nutrition in India.
Photo ~ Joe McCarron
what we do
The name “Synergos” comes from the Greek root supported innovative global partnerships
meaning “working together.” We address global in more than 30 countries.
poverty and social injustice through a process of
collaboration. Bringing together the most To promote and support these systems-changing
influential people and institutions in collaborations, we help leaders and leading
government, business and civil society, as well as institutions learn from each other and access the
poor and marginalized communities who are ideas, people and resources that can help them
usually left out of the process, we help every part make a greater impact in addressing issues of
of society work together to create long-term poverty, equity and social justice.
progress. In over twenty years, Synergos has
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In over twenty years,
Synergos has supported
innovative global
partnerships in more
than 30 countries.
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where we are
Senior Fellows
Board Members
Synergos Offices
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Right: In Namibia, Synergos is beginning work
to more effective public health systems.
Photo ~ Ariel Teplitsky
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india
group along with the government-run Integrated
Child Development Services (ICDS) has
developed a new training program so that
women’s Self Help Groups and Anganwadi
workers (who provide food at ICDS centers) can
prepare inexpensive, hygienic and nutritious food,
which is also tastier than much of the existing diet
for poor communities. Bhavishya also facilitated a
relationship between the Department of Health
and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. to begin applying
Hindustan Unilever’s supply chain methods, in
order to improve the distribution of critical
medicines and nutrition supplements to village
health centers in one of the program districts.
The Partnership for Child Nutrition is an
initiative by Synergos, Unilever and UNICEF to In addition to these developments in the
develop solutions to child under-nutrition in Partnership for Child Nutrition, a group
India, which claims the highest number of comprised of members of the Synergos Board of
malnourished children in the world. The Directors and the Global Philanthropists Circle
Partnership supported the creation of the visited the project in February to experience
Bhavishya Alliance, an unprecedented coalition of projects connected to the Circle and Synergos
Indian corporations, government agencies and partner organizations. Projects included Child
civil society organizations committed to reducing Rights and You, India’s leading advocate for child
the rate of child under-nutrition in the country, rights, and Gram Vikas, an organization that
with an emphasis on children in the critical 0–3 employs an integrated approach to rural
years of age. Bhavishya presently works in the development. The trip served as a way to engage
state of Maharashtra, in five rural districts and one the Board and philanthropists with Synergos’
slum area of Mumbai that have some of the partners and the work being done in the region.
highest rates of child under-nutrition.
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The Partnership
supported the creation
of the Bhavishya
Alliance, an
unprecedented
coalition of Indian
corporations,
government agencies
and civil society
organizations.
southern
africa
administrative skills. Leadership teams from
government, business and civil society will be
guided through an intensive process to develop
field projects that address pivotal health issues,
which may include maternal and child health
and basic sanitation. The Initiative will be
documented with the hope that the program will
be replicated in other African countries. Synergos
will serve as the Initiative’s managing partner, and
is opening a project office in Windhoek, Namibia
in early 2008. Supporting a local cross-sectoral
team will be a cohort of international partners,
including the Presencing Institute and Generon
Consulting.
Synergos has maintained a strong presence in Last year, Synergos also participated in the launch
Southern Africa since 1990, and last year saw the of the Orphans and Vulnerable Children
deepening of its existing work and the emergence Leadership and Innovation Network in South
of an exciting new project. Synergos Southern Africa, in partnership with the country’s
Africa officially registered as its own legal business Department of Social Development, Convene
entity in South Africa with an Advisory Board Venture Philanthropy, Reos Social Innovation and
consisting of members of the Synergos Global the Hollard Foundation. The Network aims to
Philanthropists Circle and the Senior Fellows bring together all sectors of society to address the
Network, as well as prominent development and needs of orphans and children affected by
community activists in the region. HIV/AIDS. Each year, the Network will recruit
approximately 45 participants to join a two-year
In 2007, Synergos received a $7 million grant program, where they will build relationships
from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to across organizations and sectors, develop
launch the African Public Health Leadership and leadership capabilities and create innovative
Systems Innovation Initiative in Namibia. The cross-sector partnerships. The Network’s first
two-and-a-half year project aims to increase convening took place in November as a three-
health leader effectiveness by addressing the day “Innovation Lab” that included over 50
attitudes, values and relationships that drive senior civil servants, business people, academics,
behavior, and by cultivating managerial and donors and leaders of non-governmental,
community-based and faith-based organizations
from across South Africa. Through the Lab,
participants identified nine ideas for collaborative
initiatives and resolved to work together to
implement them.
Left: The newly launched initiative in Namibia aims to improve
public health service throughout the country.
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Created in 2005, the Southern Africa been made in forging collaboration within and
Community Grantmakers Leadership beyond the sector, in the fields of rights advocacy,
Cooperative convenes a network of leaders of policy development, public education, improved
independent community grantmaking fundraising and sustainability planning. The
organizations. By creating a “safe space” for peer Initiative has also seen improvements in
learning and growth, the network endeavors to communications capacity and an expanded
create a powerful force for building institutional outreach by LGBT organizations to the
capacity and more effective social change. So far, disadvantaged majority of LGBT people in
about 35 community grantmaker leaders from 20 South Africa.
community grantmaking organizations (as diverse
as the large Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, the In Mozambique, Synergos strengthened its long-
smaller Ikhala Trust and Dockda Rural term partnership with the Foundation for
Development Trust and the emerging Lurdes Community Development. A comprehensive
Mutola Foundation in Mozambique) have made partnership work plan for 2007-2008 was
commitments to participate as individual leaders. completed with a broad range of joint activities,
Already, the Cooperative has engaged with including board development; sustainability and
colleagues in the corporate sector, as well as both fundraising strategy work, building development
the National Development Agency and the exchanges between Mozambique and Brazil, and
National Lottery in South Africa. Synergos
provides convening, financial support and other
services to the cooperative, with funding from the
Synergos received a
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Ford
Foundation, the Open Society Foundation for
Leadership Initiative
communities – to take advantage of the rights
and obligations guaranteed in Section Nine of the
in Namibia.
South African Constitution. Since the Initiative’s
inception in 2005, membership in the Joint
Working Group of LGBT service organizations
has more than doubled, and major strides have
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cooperation on knowledge management and
dissemination. The Foundation and Synergos
explored possibilities for multi-sector partnerships
around public health systems improvement and a
leadership and innovation process to address the
issue of child under-nutrition in Mozambique,
drawing on the experience of Synergos in the
Partnership for Child Nutrition in India.
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brazil Spearheaded by new Brazil Country Director
Daniel Becker, Synergos is working with the city’s
poorest communities to ensure their inclusion in
this process, help them highlight inequities
between favelas (urban slums) and the rest of the
city, and provide them with greater voice to
negotiate with public authorities. In 2007, two
favelas actively contributed to the initiative by
As urban populations in the developing world providing their perspectives through a pilot study.
grow at unprecedented rates, it is an increasing The project is designed to develop methodologies
challenge for cities to understand and respond to and tools for the inclusion of poor communities
their residents, particularly poor communities. in similar projects emerging in other cities in the
These cities are often marked by inefficiencies, Hemisphere.
lack of accountability, huge social inequalities and
marked by inefficiencies,
Rio Como Vamos was launched by leaders of
business, government and civil society to improve
lack of accountability,
governance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by
measuring and raising awareness of the city’s
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The program will better
enable participants to
bring successful ideas
to scale, build the
sustainability of their
programs and
contribute to long-lasting
social progress.
middle east/
north africa
program will connect these entrepreneurs to
other civil society, business and government
leaders, as well as to critical private funding.
An advisory council, composed of leaders in
philanthropy, civil society, business and academia
who are active in the region, will provide strategic
guidance to the program.
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u.s.-mexico
border
Launched in 2002, the U.S.-Mexico Border
Philanthropy Partnership is a collaboration
between Synergos, 19 border community
foundations, as well as 12 national, regional
and international funders including the Ford
Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott
Foundation, the Inter-American Foundation,
the Houston Endowment, and corporate funders
such as JPMorgan Chase and Pfizer Inc. The
Partnership works to improve the quality of life
in the U.S.-Mexico border region, one of the
poorest regions in North America.
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border collaborative programs for critical quality In October, Synergos also convened border
of life issues such as youth engagement, foundations and other health experts and
community health and financial asset building for institutions, such as the California Endowment
low-income families and communities. The and the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission,
Learning Community also laid the groundwork to discuss health challenges faced by border
for transitioning the Partnership to an communities and potential cross-border solutions.
independent, locally-governed, bi-national entity Examples ranged from a cross-border medical
with a formal commitment from the partners to safety net that provides access to affordable health
sustain the work after Synergos completes its care around Yuma, Arizona (on both sides of the
assignment as the initial managing partner in border), and to HIV/AIDS research and
July 2008. prevention programs in the Tijuana-San Diego
region.
As the Partnership began transitioning to
organizational independence, Synergos continued
to strengthen the capacity of local leaders to
support sustainable local development. Plans have
continued to expand the Partnership membership
to engage all sectors, including government,
business and academia, with an interest in the
well-being of border communities.
community foundations
conducted by the San Diego Foundation, another Partnership
member. Photo ~ Bernadette Unis-Johnston/Narrative Images
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canada
Relations and Health Canada, Synergos has
helped launch the Aboriginal Leadership
Initiative. The Initiative intends to develop new
ways to improve quality of life among Canada’s
Aboriginal people and enhance the relationship
between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal societies.
The program aims to reweave a social fabric that
has become frayed, by catalyzing meaningful
dialogue, building relationships of trust and
stimulating joint action involving Aboriginal
communities and organizations, government,
civil society and businesses.
The Foundation’s mission is to improve the The Foundation is considered to be the leading
quality of life in Phuket for all levels of society, community foundation in Thailand. To date,
with particular emphasis on poverty, the they have raised $52,297 locally, which is
environment, education, arts and culture, believed to be the largest amount of local
historical preservation, public safety and public contributions raised by a community foundation
health. in Thailand. With Synergos assistance and a
challenge grant from the Van Leer Group
Foundation, they have also leveraged almost
$150,000 in international funds. The past year
saw their first community project, which aimed
to promote safety around motorcycles, a leading
cause of accidental injury and death in the region.
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global
networks
forms of collaborative action. A system for
evaluating the Network was also developed with
the help of Fellow David Bonbright. Fellows were
surveyed to assess the Network’s impact on the
Fellows’ work, and initial findings highlighted the
value of the Network’s peer learning approach, as
well as its focus on social justice philanthropy.
senior fellows
In 2007, Synergos invited 11 leaders from around
the world to become Senior Fellows, growing the
network to a cadre of almost 100 civil society
leaders from more than 30 countries.
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Photo ~ Soni
philanthropy to impacting
Mariana Lomé, Executive Director, Fundación
Compromiso, Argentina
action.
Association, Palestine
Lake Sagaris, President, Cuidad Viva, Chile
Sadiqa Salahuddin, Executive Director, Indus
Resource Centre, Pakistan
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global
networks global philanthropists
circle
The Global Philanthropists Circle is a network of
more than 200 individuals from 74 families and
25 countries who are committed to using their
time, influence and resources to address issues of
poor and marginalized communities. The Circle
is focused on peer learning, strengthening the
ability of our members to be more effective
leaders and social investors, and promoting
collaboration with other Synergos networks.
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Synergos Chair Peggy Dulany with William H. Gates Sr. at
University for a Night 2007. Photo ~ Christine Butler
Among the new Circle members is Greg Carr, founder of the Carr
Foundation and the Carr Center for Human Rights at Harvard
University; he is working with the government in Mozambique to
restore their flagship national park, Gorongosa, and with local
communities near the park to establish health clinics and schools,
assist in securing land tenure on their traditional homelands, and
help prepare local people for employment opportunities.
Photo ~ Carr Foundation
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sustainability
report summary
Overview
The Synergos Board of Directors approved a new
organizational strategy in 2007, which will focus
on supporting bridging leaders and institutions,
inclusive partnerships and knowledge sharing to
make the greatest possible impact on poverty,
equity and social justice. We have also restructured
to bring the staff supporting our various leadership
networks together, and planned more ways to form
stronger connections among them.
Governance
Synergos has a 22-member Board of Directors
with six standing committees: finance (with
investment and audit subcommittees), nominating
and governance, development, program and
planning, management and executive. Eight Board
members are female and five are persons of color.
None of the Board members are compensated for
their work with Synergos.
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Fiscal Responsibility The methods used in this evaluation are also
Synergos is committed to being a fiscally informing the assessment of some of Synergos’
responsible and transparent organization. In 2007, other programs, such as the U.S.-Mexico Border
Charity Navigator, the United States’ most-used Philanthropy Partnership and the Middle East and
evaluator of nonprofit organizations, recognized North Africa Social Innovators Program, in
Synergos with its highest four-star rating for our clarifying goals, expected outcomes and indicators.
fiscal management.
Environmental Impacts
Synergos hires an independent firm to conduct an Synergos is dedicated to reducing our impact on
annual financial audit. Our donors also hold us the environment. Among our efforts last year, we
accountable for our work, requiring us to submit began buying carbon credits to offset the footprint
regular reports, and sometimes engaging us in a of our international travel and other activities,
formal evaluation process. One example of this which in 2007 offset the equivalent of 1036.8 tons
occurred last year in our Partnership for Child of greenhouse gas emissions.
Nutrition in India, where START, a group
dedicated to analyzing global change, completed a Workplace Policies and Practices
valuable independent assessment of our under- Synergos currently has 37 full-time staff and three
nutrition project in India. Last year, Synergos also part-time staff. Synergos values diversity; and our
developed a new donor tracking system so it staff comes from more than a dozen countries and
could more accurately report to donors how we has members who are fluent in Spanish,
use their funds. Portuguese, French, Afrikaans, Arabic, Bahasa
Indonesia, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Tagalog, Thai,
In 2007, the Board’s investment committee Yoruba, Oshiwambo, Otjiherero, Urdu and Xhosa,
approved an investment policy for its new Board- among nearly 30 languages.
restricted fund, initially placing roughly 25% of
the fund in mission-driven investments. To help Our Values
ensure long-term financial stability, Synergos also Synergos seeks to be a values-driven organization.
launched the Campaign for the Future, which We try to act consistently with our core values —
aims to raise $20 million to support innovation social justice, collaboration, innovation, integrity
and program development. It is our intention to and compassion — in our relationships with all
increase this percentage over time. our stakeholders and in all of our programs,
projects and activities. Our staff and Board are
Program Impacts governed by a conflict of interest policy, and we
In 2007, we have begun to see results in the compensate staff on a merit-based system that
Partnership for Child Nutrition in India, and incorporates an assessment of each employee’s
expect to have initial findings to report in 2008. modeling of our values.
Synergos has also begun developing a more
rigorous monitoring and evaluation system for all
our work. This system will help evaluate program
outcomes and enhance program quality; inform
our Board, partners and donors of the impacts
programs are making; and provide new ways to
share learnings across programs. Initially, Synergos
is focusing on our networks, in particular, the
Global Philanthropists Circle and Senior Fellows.
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donors
Additional Major Donors
Ackerman Family
Ad Hoc Foundation
Wanda Engel Aduan
Teymour and Faiza Alireza and Family
Omar Amanat and Ozi Amanat
The Amelior Foundation
The Annenberg Foundation
Hylton and Wendy Appelbaum
Valentin von Arnim
David and Dorothy Arnold
José Ignacio and Verónica Avalos and Family
Janet Averill
John Avery
Mark Axelowitz
Emilio Azcárraga Jean and Family
Alexandra Baquerizo and Victor Mendoza
Synergos’ 2007 programs and operations were Othman and Leila Benjelloun
supported by the following group of foundations, Edward Bergman
corporations, governments and international Stanley and Marion Bergman
agencies, and individuals. Bloomberg L.P.
David Bohnett
William Bohnett
Donors Providing $100,000 or more Maria Matilde Bonetti
The Atlantic Philanthropies (USA), Inc. Pablo and Martha Borquez
Alberto and Tere Baillères and Family David A. Brewer
BNP Paribas Eileen Brown
Carlos Bulgheroni Judith Bruce
Peggy Dulany Ron Bruder
Ford Foundation Magalen O. Bryant and Family
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Teresa Bulgheroni
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Charles Butt
Houston Endowment Inc. Paul Buttenwieser
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Greg Carr
John W. Kluge Annie E. Casey Foundation
Lúcia Moreira Salles Leeds Chamberlin
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Laura Chasin
Nike Foundation Ram Chaudhari
The Rockefeller Foundation Dr. C. C. Chen
David Rockefeller, Sr. Petr Chitipakhovyan and Family
Shelley and Donald Rubin and Family Reena Choudhry
Instituto Rukha Noreen Clark
Samuel Family Foundation Glenn Close and David Shaw
Shell Foundation Beth Cohen and Chris Chazin
U.S. Agency for International Development Frederic Corneel
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Anna M. Ginn
Ben Goldhirsh
Dorian Goldman and Marvin Isrealow
and Family
Joan Goldsmith
Neva Goodwin
Donald Gordon Foundation
Van der Graaf Family
Vartan Gregorian
Eileen Growald
Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro
Participants in the seventh “Learning Community” of the
U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership. Photo ~ Don Usner
Mimi & Peter Haas Fund
Harp Family
Gary Hattem
Julie F. Cummings John Heller
Tony Custer Family Margaret Heller
Robert Day Judith Hernstadt
The Willametta K. Day Foundation Marlene Hess and James Zirin
Richard Debs William and Flora Hewlett Family
Alan Detheridge Arnold Hiatt
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Youssef Dib Jerry Hirsch and Family
The William H. Donner Foundation Heidi Honchariw
Conway A. Downing Jeffrey Horowitz and Family
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Draper III Michael O. Hübener and Family
Meredith Dreiss Hans Humes
Sam Dryden Swanee Hunt
Lance E. Dublin Patricia Huntington
Robert H. Dunn International Development Research Centre
Kurt A. Engelhorn and Family INVESCO
Philipp Engelhorn Raza and Neena Jafar
Corinne Evens and Family
Anthony Evnin
Jeanne Farr
Toni G. Fay
Daniel Feffer and David Feffer
Anders Ferguson
The Fetzer Institute
The Flora Family Foundation
Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat
FSG Social Impact Advisors
Garcés and Echavarria Family
George P. Gardner Casa do Zezinho’s after-school program in São Paulo, Brazil is
Nili Gilbert supported by Instituto Rukha, a nonprofit organization established
by Global Philanthropists Circle member Marcos de Moraes.
Eleanor Gimon Photo ~ Instituto Rukha
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Franklin P. Johnson Chris Mathias
JPMorgan Chase Lorenzo Mauri
Albert and Diane Kaneb David Maurrasse
H. Peter Karoff Craig O. McCaw
Shiv Khemka and Uday Khemka McCune Charitable Foundation
Henry A. Kissinger Richard McGrath
Yotaro Kobayashi MCJ Foundation and Raymond Chambers
Daniel A. Kohl McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Jill Kraus The Meadows Foundation
Kimberly Kreiling Rohinton Medhora
Daniel Kropf and Family Felipe Medina
Maria Elena Lagomasino Ikram and Sabrina Mian and Family
Deborah Landesman Peter Miscovich
Iara Lee and George Gund III Cynthia and George Mitchell Family
Gerd Leipold Mario and Dana Morino
John P. Lennon Patrice and Precious Motsepe
Bobye List Kenneth F. Mountcastle
The Lodestar Foundation Enrique Muñoz
Oscar M. Lopez and Family Elizabeth Munson
The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Thomas W. Nugent
Foundation Cherie Nursalim and Enki Tan
Vincent and Anne Mai Rodolfo Ogarrio
Joshua Mailman Olayan Family
Cornelio Marchán George D. and Abby O’Neill
David Masten-Rosen Open Society Foundation for South Africa
The Brasileirinho (“Little Brazilian”) project of Riovoluntario
Open Society Institute
improves the quality of daycare for children up to four years of Participación Ciudadana
age in Rio de Janeiro; Riovoluntario is led by Lúcia Moreira
Salles, a member of the Global Philanthropists Circle.
Ann Partlow
Photo ~ Riovoluntario Pfizer, Inc.
John C. Portman, Jr.
Fern Portnoy
Alejandro Ramírez Magaña
Marie Rautenberg
Byron Reimus
Michael Rennie
Imran Riffat
De Rijcke Family
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc.
David Rockefeller, Jr.
Richard Rockefeller
Daniel Rose
The Dowager Viscountess Rothermere
Mark Rubin
Kim Samuel Johnson
Linda Saul Schejola
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Laura Thorn
Robert C. Timpson and Peregrine Whittlesey
Sarah Timpson
Turney Tse
Amy and Stephen Unfried
United Nations Foundation
Van Leer Foundation
Van Vliet Family
Paul Volcker
Jeffrey C. Walker
Jennie Walker
Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation
Michaela Walsh
Judith Rodin, President of The Rockefeller Foundation, at Hermine Warren
University for a Night 2007.
Photo ~ Christine Butler
Watson Family
Curtis Webster
Schwab Charitable Fund William White and Mott Family
Tsugiko Scullion John C. Whitehead
Norman Seiden Judy Wicks
Maria Josefa Cuevas de Serrano Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation
Sesame Workshop Blenda Wilson
Tokyo and Judy Sexwale and Family David and Molly Winder
Mahesh Sharma Winsor Family
Shell International Limited Lorenzo Zambrano
Georgie Shields Jin Zidell
Adele S. Simmons and Family Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala
Lekha Singh
Sarabjit Singh
Charles Slaughter
Alan B. Slifka Foundation
James S. Sligar
Gordon and Helen Smith and Family
Michael Sonnenfeldt Family
Theodore and Vada Stanley and Family
Steiner-King Family
Sterling Resources Ltd.
Marco Stoffel and Sue Stoffel
Christopher Stone
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