Integral
Integral is a global platform dedicated to catalyzing systemic transformation by fostering radical collaboration, coherent strategies, and long-term stewardship among diverse partners to tackle urgent global challenges. By working at the nexus of pressing issues, bringing together experts, community leaders, capital holders, and authorities, the organization strives to co-create shared strategies, unlock collaborative action, and sustain momentum for societal change.
Theory of Change
Inputs
Capital and resources from multi-sector donors and partners
Expertise from issue area specialists, orchestrators, and field leaders
Collaborative platforms and governance models
Activities
Field-wide convening and narrative co-creation
Setting and aligning collective transformational goals
Equitable, adaptive strategy and funding deployment
Orchestration of learning, trust, and partner empowerment
Outputs
Mission-aligned pooled funds and portfolios
Empowered, cross-sector coalitions
Strategy blueprints and actionable outcomes
Outcomes
Long-term, resilient systems change across continents and sectors
Realigned power dynamics in philanthropy and development
Measurable impacts on societal challenges such as climate, equity, and health
Programs
1. Integral Assets
A nonprofit, multi-donor platform supporting visionary funders and collectively-owned strategies for transformation. It integrates diverse forms of capital—grants, investments, recycling of returns—into mission-aligned, portfolio-driven approaches that advance human and planetary health, just economies, and freedom and dignity.
Mission-aligned capital from diverse funders
Expertise of world-class orchestrators, technical experts, and grassroots leaders
Strategic partnerships (e.g., with LEBEC)
Bespoke financial and governance structures
Pooling and managing funds in collectively-owned portfolios
Designing and executing investment strategies that blend giving, investing, and recycling returns
Enabling donors to co-create and guide strategies
Remaining mission-loyal and adaptive to emerging opportunities
Deployed capital into innovative, high-leverage activities
Creation of new financial models for giving and investing
Bespoke investment and grant sleeves for different missions
Enhanced large-scale systemic transformation
More resilient funding models supporting mission-critical solutions
Increased empowerment across funding partners and beneficiaries
2. Collectively Owned Strategies (CO Strategies)
Integral’s approach to program design and partnership, where entire fields of stakeholders co-create, own, and steward strategies to drive systemic change, as demonstrated in initiatives like Preventing Pandemics at the Source and GroundBreak Coalition.
Stakeholder convening power across funders, practitioners, advocates, and technical experts
System orchestrators and skilled facilitators
Shared narrative development tools
Flexible, multi-year funding commitments
Convene whole fields to build trust and co-create holistic problem narratives
Set collective, interconnected goals responsive to systemic needs
Foster agile, adaptive implementation through continuous learning and adaptation
Build transparent, inclusive governance and communication mechanisms
Unified vision and strategy documents
Collective goals and measurable targets (e.g., policy wins, financial commitments)
Formation of empowered coalitions and working groups
Systems-level shifts (e.g., legislative changes, resource mobilization, shared ownership)
Sustained, scalable progress towards social and environmental transformation
Other Information
Core Values
Wholeness and interconnection: Approaching challenges as complex, interconnected systems.
Integrity: Ensuring transparency, accountability, and stewardship in all actions.
Urgency: Acting with purpose and speed to address converging crises.
Radical collaboration: Fostering deep, equitable partnerships and coalitions.
Ownership and collective action: Empowering diverse stakeholders and distributing leadership.
Adaptive learning: Iterative improvement, open feedback, and adaptability to change.
Scale
Operates on five continents: Africa, Latin America, Europe, Asia, North America.
Supports coalitions impacting tens of thousands of direct beneficiaries (e.g., 45,000 prospective BIPOC homeowners, 23,500 affordable rentals, 60 Black-led developments via the GroundBreak Coalition).
Unlocks and stewards financial commitments in the hundreds of millions to billions (e.g., $926 million+ for GroundBreak in early pledges).
Affected Users
Communities facing the urgent transitions of our time (climate, health, economic equity, etc.)
Local leaders, frontline advocates, and those with lived experience in relevant systems
Funders and organizations seeking to align their impact with broader systemic change
Geographical Areas
Africa
Latin America
Europe
Asia
North America
Contact Info
To
Jordan Fabyanske - [email protected]
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