This policy brief presents a summary of results from the first year of a two-year action-research initiative on mainstreaming scaling in funder organizations undertaken by the Scaling Community of Practice. It draws on a comprehensive, detailed interim synthesis report prepared by the authors and posted here. The initiative to date has completed 12 collaborative case studies of a wide range of selected development and climate funder organizations. The policy brief notes that scaling is increasingly being mainstreamed in funder organizations. It summarizes the principal findings on the enabling factors of mainstreaming scaling and on the extent to which key aspects of “good” scaling have been pursued in mainstreaming. It concludes with recommendations for individual funders and for the funder community as a whole.
