SPRITES is building a global, multi-stakeholder collaboration to strengthen philanthropy’s contribution to economic systems transformation. It provides a coordinated platform where funders, practitioners, policymakers, and ecosystem partners work together to accelerate investment, knowledge, and action toward economic systems that deliver equitable, regenerative, and sustainable outcomes for people and planet.

While social and environmental challenges are deeply rooted in structural aspects of global economic systems, philanthropic resources remain fragmented and unevenly aligned with long-term systemic change. SPRITES aims to address this gap by enabling funders to coordinate strategic capital, share knowledge, and scale proven systemic interventions that unlock broader structural impact.

Core Focus Areas

1. Collaborative Leadership & Networks.  Build an inclusive global community of funders, ecosystem builders, and innovators driving systemic solutions.

2. Knowledge, Sense-making & Capacity Building.  Develop shared frameworks, case studies, and tools that deepen understanding of structural drivers and effective interventions.

3. Co-Investment & Capital Alignment.  Align philanthropic capital with catalytic co-investment strategies that mobilize additional public and private resources.

4. Platform Services & Advisory Support.  Provide onboarding, advisory services, and technical support to new and established funders entering systemic work.

5. Challenge Funds & Pooled Mechanisms.  Design collaborative pooled funding mechanisms to support bold, cross-institutional initiatives anchored in structural impact.

Anticipated Outcomes

• Enhanced coordination across global funders engaged in systems transformation

• Shared knowledge base and frameworks for rigorous action

• Increased deployment of catalytic capital into initiatives addressing structural economic barriers

• Stronger public–private-philanthropic alignment on priority systemic solutions