Preface: A High-Level Summary of Findings This report presents a synthesis of findings from a three-year action research initiative undertaken by the Scaling Community of Practice. The main findings of the report are also summarized in a Policy Brief. The world faces enormous development, humanitarian, and climate challenges at the very time when traditional sources of support are suffering major cutbacks. This puts a premium on ensuring that the available financing shifts its focus from funding innovative standalone projects to ...

Acknowledgements The Scaling Community of Practice (SCoP) and the authors are indebted to the many colleagues from the funder partner organizations that participated in this Initiative with case studies and in commenting on the findings. The authors received helpful comments on the Synthesis Report from the SCoP’s High-Level Advisory Group, the SCoP Executive Committee, a special Steering Group for the analysis of mainstreaming scaling by foundations, and from participants in various dissemination events. The authors and the SCoP wish to ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Fundación Corona is a Colombian family foundation created in 1963 by the Echavarría Olózaga family. Its mission is to promote social development, equity, and quality of life in Colombia by strengthening the capacities of diverse organizations. Its vision is to be recognized as a leader in developing innovative, replicable, and sustainable models that improve lives and advance systemic change. Evolving from its earlier focus on education-to-employment and citizen engagement, Fundación Corona now concentrates on transforming the broader youth ...

Abstract The idea that country platforms can improve the effectiveness of development and climate action has gained increased traction in recent years, so has the idea that development and climate action must follow a systematic scaling approach to achieve transformational impact at scale. The purpose of this exploratory note is to bring these two ideas together to determine whether and how country platforms can support transformational scaling and whether and how a focus on scaling can make country platforms more ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. Introduction Despite considerable efforts to promote innovation in the agricultural sector, a significant amount of technology either remains on the shelf or is not effectively scaled to reach its intended beneficiaries – the farmers and marginalized communities it is meant to support. This is true across publicly funded programs and projects, even though the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and other donors prioritize striking a balance between fostering innovation and expanding stakeholder access to technology and ...

Executive Summary  This report examines how the Gates Foundation has approached scaling development outcomes across multiple Program Strategy Teams (PSTs), with a focus on strategies, pathways, partnerships, and lessons learned. In a context of declining global official development assistance and the foundation’s own 20-year wind down timeline (2045 close date), the foundation's catalytic role and ability to support sustainable scale is increasingly critical.   Key findings include:  Scaling approaches vary widely across PSTs but often follow a common innovation-to-scale trajectory, blending ...