Catalyst 2030 Awards 2023 Donors Nomination Form

Call for Catalyst 2030 Awards 2023 Nominations

Who is best at helping social innovators to change the world? Who is best at supporting the communities we serve?

The third Catalyst 2030 Awards will be held at the end of 2023 and we are asking for your support in accelerating systems change by celebrating those who do it well. Please help us by nominating the funder(s), governments, bi/multilaterals, philanthropists, corporates you most admire for a Catalyst 2030 award.

The current funding ecosystem seldom facilitates effective collaboration between social entrepreneurs and donors. This remains one of the biggest challenges to the successful delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Improving the relationships between social entrepreneurs and donors and their collaboration is a central objective of the Catalyst 2030 community.

The Catalyst Awards are a means to celebrate key supporters on our journey toward progressing the SDGs through bottom-up collaboration. By shining a light on the donors/stakeholders who support social innovation and entrepreneurship, our hope is to redefine best practice and inspire others to follow their example. This will aid in accelerating systems change while challenging current power dynamics.

To be part of the change you want to see, please nominate those who have helped you in your journey, or who you have seen collaborate most effectively with other social entrepreneurs.

Award Categories

There are four categories in which we seek inspiring awardees:

(1) Governments │ Nomination Form with the judging criteria here
(2) Corporates │ Nomination Form with the judging criteria here
(3) Bilaterals & Multilaterals │ Nomination Form with the judging criteria here
(4) Donors │ Nomination Form with the judging criteria here

Overall Awards Criteria

The overall criteria for the Awards were developed from the collective expertise of Catalyst 2030 members. For each Awards category there are also specific criteria to consider. These are based on recommendations in the reports published by Catalyst 2030: Embracing Complexity, Catalysing Collaborations, New Allies, and An Investigation into Financing Transformation. Learn more here. In addition, the General Ethical Framework was developed and is available here.

When nominating, please be aware that:

● Everyone can submit nominations, but Catalyst 2030 members choose the finalists.
● You do not have to submit nominations for every category.
● You may submit more than one nomination per category.
● Your nominee should be aligned with Catalyst 2030’s values.
● Your nominee should treat social entrepreneurs with respect, encourage diversity, promote collaboration and support systems change.
● This award is only open to donors, philanthropists, governments, bi-/multilateral organisations or corporates that have been working closely with social entrepreneurs, towards the SDGs and systems change. Catalyst members are not eligible.
● Catalyst 2030 Awards winners from 2021 and 2022 may not be renominated. However, 2021 and 2022 Awards finalists are eligible.
● All nominations are treated in the strictest confidence.
● Your nomination cannot be processed unless all the questions are fully answered.

Please note, when filling out the form:

● You can preview and edit your answers even after completing the form. However, once you click ‘done’ you are no longer able to revise your answers.
● You cannot print a record of your answer after you complete the form, but you can email to Liina@catalyst2030.net to receive a pdf file of your submitted form.

Nominations are open from 23 March

Nominations will be assessed by an independent jury, who will draw up a shortlist. In the spirit of Catalyst 2030’s commitment to bottom-up democratic participation, there will be a confidential vote by members to select the winner in each category from the shortlist developed by the judges. Please refer to the Catalyst 2030 Awards website here for more information about the process. After we receive a nomination form from you, you may hear back from us with additional questions.

You may consult your colleagues or others before nominating. As the timeline below indicates, the nomination process is now open.

Awards Committee

● Awards Committee Co-chairs: Sohini Bhattacharya and Matthew Bishop
● Awards Committee Members: Cherry Achando, Nwando Ajene, Winifred Awinpoya Atanga, Lorelle Bell, Jeroo Billimoria, Leigh-Ann Dewing, Kim Normand Dobrin, Colin McElwee, Emily Kasriel, Liina Liblik, Matthew Patten, Kristine Pearson, Bobby Smith, Bram van Eijk, Karen Vollaire
● Awards Criteria Supported by: Andrea Coleman, Rana Dajani, Rebecca Dray, Valeria Duflot, Fredrik Galtung, Avary Kent, Eva Marszewski, Dan Viederman

Catalyst 2030 Awards 2023 Timeline

● From 23 March: Nominations Open
● 2 June - July: Due Diligence
● July - 10 September: Awards Reviews, Voting & Selection
● 11-17 September: Finalists Contacted
● 18 September - 6 November: Finalists Stories
● 8 November: Awards Ceremony 2023

PART 1: About the Nominator

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* 1. Please enter your contact information below

First and Last Name

Organisation

Email Address

Phone Number (with country code)

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* 2. Country

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* 3. What is your relationship to Catalyst 2030?
Everyone (Catalyst 2030 members and non-members) can submit nominations for the Catalyst 2030 Awards 2023. If you are not a member of Catalyst 2030 and would like to know more about how to become one, click here.

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* 4. Please confirm if you have the permission from the nominee to nominate them?

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* 5. Were you a recipient of funding from the organisation you are nominating?

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* 6. Did you receive unrestricted funds from the organisation you are nominating? (only if yes to recipient of funding)

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* 7. What was the term length for the funds you received? (only if yes to recipient of funding)

PART 2: About the Nominee: Who are you nominating?

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* 8. Please enter the Nominee contact information below

First and Last Name

Organisation

Email Address

Phone Number (with country code)

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* 9. Nominee’s Job Title/Role

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* 10. Nominee’s LinkedIn
Please add a URL link of the Nominee’s LinkedIn below:

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* 11. Country

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* 12. Region of the Nominee

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* 13. Website of the Nominee
Please add the URL link of the Nominee’s organisation below:

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* 14. Please enter the details of the point of contact in the organisation that you are nominating. Who can we get in touch with regarding the nominee?

First and Last Name

Organisation

Email Address

Phone Number (with country code)

PART 3: Donors Judging Criteria

The Donors Judging Criteria can be found here and below:

About the Award
This Award celebrates individuals and organisations who have deployed capital to support project(s) or initiative(s) to achieve systems change. Within this award, there are four sub-categories that inform the final awards, leveraging the Catalyst 2030 Funder Diagnostic Survey. These categories were informed by the Embracing Complexity Report. This award is the first of its kind to focus on the funding of systems change entrepreneurs.

Three sub-categories of Donors Award Category are:

(1) Leader in Learning
(2) Leader in Trust
(3) Leader in Partnership

Sub-category: Leader in Learning

This Award is made to donors who:

Embrace a Systems Mindset.
Demonstrate public promotion of lessons learned in supporting systems change.
Demonstrate humility in sharing what has not worked and promoting learning for others.
Fund research and other public documents to support better practices in funding systems change Fund monitoring, evaluation and learning of systems change projects to support learning across the ecosystem.

Sub-category: Leader in Trust

This Award is made to donors who:

Support evolving paths to systems change.
Prepare for long-term engagement.
Reduce funder’s control through multi-year, unrestricted funding.

Sub-category: Leader in Partnership
This Award is made to donors who:

Work in true partnership.
Lift up funders who acknowledge and work against power dynamics.
Are relational over transactional.
Listening to what systems change leaders need and provide targeted financial and non-financial support in an effort to co-create the desired impact approach and appropriate funding structure.
Take time to build trust with their grantees, including through regular, honest and respectful discussions, and/or simplify and right-size the application and reporting effort.

PART 4: Donors Nomination

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* 15. Nominee’s Profile Summary
Please include a brief summary that gives a good overview of the Nominee’s profile. Who are they? What do they do? What is their role? (max 150 words)

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* 16. Nominee’s Description. Please explain why your nominee fits the criteria selected above. (max 250 words)

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* 17. How does the Nominee typically find new grantees/investees to support? (please select one option that best answers the question)

A. They wait for potential grantees/investees to be connected to them, such as through referrals.

B. They put out a call for proposals/applications.

C. They actively search for potential grantees/investees (e.g. mining conferences or websites, connecting with those doing complementary work, engaging the community they aim to serve).

D. Other (please specify)

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* 18. To what extent does the Nominee support grantees/investees that weave together partnerships, coalitions, networks, or movements within a system? (please select one option that best answers the question)

A. They do not support such grantees/investees.

B. They occasionally support such grantees/investees but it is not the norm.

C. They recognise the importance of weaving across a system and often support such grantees/investees.

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* 19. To what extent does the Nominee seek out information on the systems underlying the issues you care about? (please select one option that best answers the question)

A. They do very little research on the underlying systems.

B. They do some research, but it is not exhaustive or sufficiently representative.

C. They rigorously research the underlying systems and, to the extent possible, make sure to check that their understanding reflects reality.

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* 20. To what extent has the Nominee implemented a MEL (monitoring, evaluation, learning) plan to help adapt their strategy over time? (please select one option that best answers the question)

A. They have not yet drafted a plan.

B. They have drafted a plan but have not made much progress in implementing it.

C. They have made good progress in implementing their MEL plan (e.g. robust MEL processes and capacity are in place).

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* 21. To what extent does the Nominee use practices that help navigate the complexity of systems change (e.g. intentionally conducting and learning from experiments)? (please select one option that best answers the question)

A. They do not use any such practices.

B. They use some practices some of the time, but this is not the norm.

C. Many of their practices were designed with the complexity of systems change in mind.

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* 22. To what extent does the Nominee cover grantees'/investees' MEL (monitoring, evaluation, learning) costs? (please select one option that best answers the question)

A. They do not provide dedicated funding for MEL.

B. They sometimes provide funding for MEL, on a case-by-case basis.

C. They make funding for MEL available to most of their grantees.

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* 23. To what extent does the Nominee address the uneven power dynamic between them and grantees/investees? (please select one option that best answers the question)

A. They have not yet had conversations about the uneven power dynamic and have not made any internal adjustments to address it.

B. They have had some conversations about the uneven power dynamic and have made some internal adjustments to address it (e.g. integrating grantee/investee feedback into culture, strategy, or process).

C. This is an institutional priority and they have made significant internal adjustments to address it (e.g. co-designing their strategy or process with grantees/investees).

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* 24. When selecting among grantee/investee candidates, to what extent does the Nominee prioritise those who are most impacted by, but don't currently have much power within, the system? (please select one option that best answers the question)

A. This is not a consideration in their selection of grantees/investees.

B. This informs their selection, but it is not an important factor.

C. This is a key factor in their selection.

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* 25. To what extent does the Nominee support grantees/investees in building their capacities (e.g. leadership coaching, strategic planning)? (please select one option that best answers the question)

A. They do not support capacity development.

B. They sometimes support capacity development on a case-by-case basis.

C. They make capacity development support available to most of their grantees.

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* 26. To what extent is funding provided to support reasonable salaries for team members of funded organisations rather than focusing on "reduce overhead"? (please select one option that best answers the question)

A. No funding is provided for overhead or reasonable rates of pay for team members.

B. Some funding is provided for overhead OR programme/project funds cover a reasonable rate of pay for team members.

C. Funding is unrestricted so it can be applied to overhead or team salaries at the discretion of the recipient.

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* 27. In what ways does this funder stand out? (Optional) (max 150 words)

Catalyst 2030 Awards 2023
Donors Nomination Form

Please note.

● You can preview and edit your answers even after completing the form. However, once you click ‘done’ you are no longer able to revise your answers. Once you click 'done' we have received your nomination form.
● You cannot print a record of your answer after you complete the form, but you can email to Liina@catalyst2030.net to receive a pdf file of your submitted form.

Thank you for taking the time to complete a nomination for the Catalyst 2030 Awards 2023. Please see Awards website here to follow upcoming news and updates.

Thank you very much,
Catalyst 2030

Catalyst 2030 Awards 2023 Donors Nomination Form

Call for Catalyst 2030 Awards 2023 Nominations

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* 1. Please enter your contact information below

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* 2. Country

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* 3. What is your relationship to Catalyst 2030?Everyone (Catalyst 2030 members and non-members) can submit nominations for the Catalyst 2030 Awards 2023. If you are not a member of Catalyst 2030 and would like to know more about how to become one, click here.

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* 4. Please confirm if you have the permission from the nominee to nominate them?

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* 5. Were you a recipient of funding from the organisation you are nominating?

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* 6. Did you receive unrestricted funds from the organisation you are nominating? (only if yes to recipient of funding)

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* 7. What was the term length for the funds you received? (only if yes to recipient of funding)

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* 8. Please enter the Nominee contact information below

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* 9. Nominee’s Job Title/Role

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* 10. Nominee’s LinkedIn Please add a URL link of the Nominee’s LinkedIn below:

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* 11. Country

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* 12. Region of the Nominee

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* 13. Website of the NomineePlease add the URL link of the Nominee’s organisation below:

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* 14. Please enter the details of the point of contact in the organisation that you are nominating. Who can we get in touch with regarding the nominee?

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* 15. Nominee’s Profile SummaryPlease include a brief summary that gives a good overview of the Nominee’s profile. Who are they? What do they do? What is their role? (max 150 words)

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* 16. Nominee’s Description. Please explain why your nominee fits the criteria selected above. (max 250 words)

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* 17. How does the Nominee typically find new grantees/investees to support? (please select one option that best answers the question)

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* 18. To what extent does the Nominee support grantees/investees that weave together partnerships, coalitions, networks, or movements within a system? (please select one option that best answers the question)

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* 19. To what extent does the Nominee seek out information on the systems underlying the issues you care about? (please select one option that best answers the question)

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* 20. To what extent has the Nominee implemented a MEL (monitoring, evaluation, learning) plan to help adapt their strategy over time? (please select one option that best answers the question)

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* 21. To what extent does the Nominee use practices that help navigate the complexity of systems change (e.g. intentionally conducting and learning from experiments)? (please select one option that best answers the question)

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* 22. To what extent does the Nominee cover grantees'/investees' MEL (monitoring, evaluation, learning) costs? (please select one option that best answers the question)

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* 23. To what extent does the Nominee address the uneven power dynamic between them and grantees/investees? (please select one option that best answers the question)

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* 24. When selecting among grantee/investee candidates, to what extent does the Nominee prioritise those who are most impacted by, but don't currently have much power within, the system? (please select one option that best answers the question)

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* 25. To what extent does the Nominee support grantees/investees in building their capacities (e.g. leadership coaching, strategic planning)? (please select one option that best answers the question)

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* 26. To what extent is funding provided to support reasonable salaries for team members of funded organisations rather than focusing on "reduce overhead"? (please select one option that best answers the question)

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* 27. In what ways does this funder stand out? (Optional) (max 150 words)

* 3. What is your relationship to Catalyst 2030?
Everyone (Catalyst 2030 members and non-members) can submit nominations for the Catalyst 2030 Awards 2023. If you are not a member of Catalyst 2030 and would like to know more about how to become one, click here.

* 10. Nominee’s LinkedIn
Please add a URL link of the Nominee’s LinkedIn below:

* 13. Website of the Nominee
Please add the URL link of the Nominee’s organisation below:

* 15. Nominee’s Profile Summary
Please include a brief summary that gives a good overview of the Nominee’s profile. Who are they? What do they do? What is their role? (max 150 words)