Impact Catalyst Foundation (ICF) is a US public charity that is part of the Catalyst Platform, a social enterprise platform focused on the promotion of the health and wealth of vulnerable communities. Our work has spanned over 25 countries across Asia and Africa in multiple domains, including health, livelihood, and climate change.
ICF USA functions as a global platform for the Catalyst Platform to engage more effectively with our partners while bringing critical development issues to the forefront of key decision-makers. We work closely with our partner organisations, such as Swasti (public health), Catalyst Management Services (social investments and solutions), Vrutti (livelihood), GREEN Foundation (regenerative agriculture), Fuzhio (impact marketing), and Upfront (wellbeing of workforces), to scale the impact of their work through catalytic collaborations and investments.
What We Do
The common threads across all our work, be it on health, climate, livelihoods, or social protection, have been:
Thought Leadership
As thought leaders, we build knowledge and perspectives and generate learning. Our multi- and cross-disciplinary experience affords us the ability to draw, process, and share insights across themes and sectors, enriching solutions through diverse lenses.
Build Synergies
We understand that transformation and scale are not possible without partnerships and collaborations. We bridge the worlds of communities, practitioners, thinkers, and investors, and of programme and policy, bringing these together for scale and sustainability.
Catalyse Action
Ethics, integrity, and execution excellence are the pathways towards action that demonstrate quality and dignity for communities. We provide mechanisms for partners in the social sector to remain firmly on these pathways.
ICF strives to bring this thought leadership and impact creation to the attention of our global stakeholders, be they foundations and other donors, governments, or diaspora populations.
Through our existing work and collaborations, ICF will impact the health and wealth of vulnerable communities globally.
Where we work
We work across the domains of livelihood, health, and Wellbeing for the Workforce with deep experience in policy, research, implementation, monitoring, capacity building, strategy, and documentation. We have been working across India and have a global footprint in 25 countries.
Board of Directors
Aparna Sanjay
Aparna Sanjay leads the US operations of the Impact Catalyst Foundation. She oversees partnerships and fundraising efforts with key stakeholders.
Catherine Cove
Catherine Cove serves as the Secretary of the Impact Catalyst Foundation. She is a healthcare consultant and a second-year MBA candidate at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Dr. Angela Chaudhuri
Dr. Angela Chaudhuri is a distinguished public health leader with over two decades of experience spearheading global programs that bridge the gap between public health science and impactful community initiatives for equitable change.
Shama Karkal
Shama Karkal(Partner, Swasti): Shama is a seasoned social impact professional with 25+ years of experience.
Raghunathan N
Raghunathan (Co-founder, Catalyst Platform): Raghunathan is a dedicated advocate for evidence-based approaches in guiding development efforts.
Shiv Kumar
Shiv (Co-founder of Catalyst Platform and Chief Integrator of Community Action Collab): Shiv is a dedicated social investor with 30 years of experience in social development, both in India and internationally.
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