Our Impact: Funders

Resilia partners with funders and grantors of all types – community and family foundations, corporations, and government offices – who wish to go “beyond the grant” and empower their nonprofit partners with capacity-building tools leveraging technology, coaching, and peer learning.

Funder Testimonials

Hear how funders work with Resilia through our Funder Program.

The Boston Foundation

The Boston Foundation wanted to address historic underinvestment in grassroots and BIPOC organizations. As their grantees seek and receive high-quality support on various topics within the Resilia program, the foundation is able to learn about, and strategize around, the specific challenges they’re facing.

Central New York Community Foundation

CNYCF was looking for an innovative way to help their grassroots organizations build capacity. Through Resilia’s coaching, their partners have built out programs and infrastructure to advance their growth and impact. Their partners also leverage Resilia’s online platform to improve fundraising, board management, and more.

Fairfield County’s Community Foundation

Fairfield County’s Community Foundation partnered with Resilia to build the capacity of their nonprofit partners led by Black and Brown leaders. Their grantees have utilized Resilia’s nonprofit coaching, group learnings, and technology platform to build skills in board development, fundraising, and more.

Funder Quotes

Read why more funders choose to partner with Resilia.

“Our partnership with Resilia advances our commitment to support equity and effectiveness in Greater Boston's nonprofit sector. Resilia’s nonprofit centric approach allows them to be a resource that holistically builds organizational capacity. Their on-demand trainings, tools and 1:1 coaching caters to leaders’ availability and needs, being responsive to many of the challenges that the sector is facing today. We are excited for our nonprofit partners to benefit from this platform, especially BIPOC leaders that are doing crucial work on the ground in our communities,”

Talissa Lahaliyed
The Boston Foundation - Funder Program
“We’re thrilled to be working with Resilia, whose mission of strengthening and lifting up nonprofit organizations through long-term capacity building dovetails perfectly with our work. By providing our nonprofit partners access to Resilia’s technical assistance, coaching and capacity-building support, they will have the tools they need to help sustain their critical work in our communities.”

Gina D. Dalma
Silicon Valley Community Foundation - Funder Program
“Resilia has allowed us to meet a long-time goal of serving our grantee partners beyond the grant by offering skillful and accessible support with capacity building. When our grantees tell us they’re stuck on an organizational challenge, it feels good to connect them to Resilia’s team who can follow up with resources, problem-solving strategies, or simply an experienced coach to talk things through.”

Sohrob Nabatian
Kalliopeia Foundation - Funder Program
"The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and the Valley Community Foundation are grateful for the partnership with Resilia. It enables us to provide a rich array of capacity-building resources to a group of grassroots organizations who would otherwise not have the same kind of access to the tools that can help them strengthen and grow. The ongoing support offered to the organizations, and the communication between the Resilia team and our foundations have created outstanding relationships"

Jackie Downing
Community Foundation of Greater New Haven - Funder Program
"We are thrilled to partner with Resilia on innovative initiatives to strengthen nonprofit organizations. Particularly those led by leaders of color, through a unique combination of on-demand technical assistance, coaching and peer learning"

Mendi Blue-Paca
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation - Funder Program
“By partnering with Resilia, we can better serve rural organizations which otherwise have limited access to capacity-building resources and training, maximizing their impact in the community.”

Chris Bugbee
OneStar - Funder Program
“We are excited to offer Resilia’s platform and programs to our nonprofit partners. By strengthening organizational capabilities and offering tailored assistance, Resilia will enable our partners to achieve their goals and increase their positive impact on the communities they serve”.

Shari Suchoff
Brooklyn Communities Collaborative - Funder Program
“One of our core values is innovation and the opportunity to generate creative ideas and outcomes to better all. In line with these values, we are partnering with Resilia, a social impact technology organization. We resonated with the way Resilia takes a human-centered approach that works for leaders with different needs and availability."

Ernesto Torres
McCune Charitable Foundation - Funder Program
“The San Francisco Foundation is committed to strengthening our partners' capacity to do their best work. After listening carefully to feedback on what is needed to build strong, vibrant organizations, we are excited to partner with Resilia, a Black woman-led social impact organization which provides nonprofits and change makers access to capacity-building support tailored to individual needs and priorities. Resilia's equity-centered and human-centered approach deeply resonates with SFF, and we are eager to learn from Resilia’s team and our partners.”

Sengsouvanh Leshnick
San Francisco Foundation - Funder Program
“There is no shortage of highly impactful BIPOC leaders in the nonprofit sector and they deserve access to the opportunities that have always been made available for their white peers. Since 2018, United Way of the Greater Triangle has focused on addressing racial, gender, and power disparities in nonprofit leadership. Through this partnership with Resilia, we’re excited to provide these leaders access to the tools they need to go even further, at no cost to them.”

Nick Allen
United Way of the Greater Triangle - Funder Program
“As The Miami Foundation explores all of the ways to support its partners, investing in our grantee’s leadership and operations is a top priority. The Miami Foundation selected Resilia as one of its capacity-building offerings because of its proven results and flexible, on-demand approach to supporting nonprofits where they need it most.”

Lindsey Linzer
The Miami Foundation - Funder Program
”We want our organization partners to have access to the tools and resources they need to thrive, but those resources can be scarce in rural areas. Resilia offers our organization partners 24/7 access to expert tools, training, and resources to help them raise funds, maximize impact, and build capacity.”

Dan Teefey
Tracy Family Foundation - Funder Program
“A key aspect of our mission is to support nonprofits through grants and guidance, strengthening their ability to make an impact on critical issues in our community both today and in the future. This new partnership will provide participating nonprofits with an opportunity to access coaching, instruction and resources on a schedule and pace that meets their staffing capacity and life cycle needs. We look forward to helping this new cohort grow their capacity and impact.”

Nicole Wynter
Waco Foundation - Funder Program
“Meeting changemakers where they are in pursuit of racial equity in Arkansas is at the heart of the mission of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. As such, we are pleased to support Resilia as they partner with the hard-working geniuses who run grassroots organizations in our state to increase their sustainability and resiliency.“

Dr. Sherece Y. West-Scantlebury
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation - Funder Program
“We at Pocono Mountains United Way are eager to partner with Resilia to deepen our commitment to building an equitable community where everyone has ample opportunities for quality education, good health, and financial stability. With the launch of Project Equity and the Monroe County–Resilia partnership, it is our goal to holistically support nonprofits in reimagining their way of ‘doing’ and ‘being’, strengthening the ability to collectively emerge and mobilize as drivers of equitable and systemic community change.”

Michael Tukeva
Pocono Mountains United Way - Funder Program
“Allegany Franciscan Ministries is thrilled to partner with Resilia to better serve our grant partners. Our grant partners are the anchors of our communities, and we are committed to supporting their organizational health and resilience. We believe this experience will be transformative for our partners and we look forward to witnessing their growth.”

Brittney Fraizer
Allegany Franciscan Ministries - Funder Program
“At the Collier Community Foundation, we identify critical needs, educate our donors on the vital issues in our community, and respond to those needs to achieve powerful results. That’s why we are so excited to partner with NCEF to provide 25 nonprofits with this amazing opportunity from Resilia to build their capacity. The benefit to these organizations whose focuses range from youth development, education, and human services to mental health and the arts will be felt community-wide and benefit us all.

Eileen Connolly-Keesler
Collier Community Foundation - Funder Program
“Over the past couple of years, COVID has exacerbated some of the health disparities in our communities. Capacity Building is necessary to ensure the long-term sustainability of these organizations providing vital services in our communities. Legacy Foundation is excited to partner with Resilia to provide capacity-building support to nonprofits in Lake County, Indiana.”

Kelly Anoe
Legacy Foundation - Funder Program
"At this critical moment in our history, we see an unprecedented opportunity to continue to support the movement to end mass incarceration in new and novel ways. We are excited to partner with Resilia whose equity focus on supporting proximate leaders aligns with Galaxy Gives. Through our partnership, we will provide the necessary resources, coaching, and peer-to-peer opportunities to our Fellows and their organizations.”

Alex Duran
Galaxy Gives - Funder Program
“We are excited to offer a new capacity-building resource to local nonprofit organizations in partnership with Resilia. The ongoing support and tools offered through the program will help our community’s vital organizations develop their boards, raise funds and tell stories that will help them have a greater impact with the populations they serve.”

Qiana Williams
CNYCF - Funder Program