Social Sector Infrastructure Organizations with High-Level ROI’s

What you’ll find below represents just a glimpse of what Social Sector Infrastructure Organizations (SSIOs)have achieved. These highlights — drawn from a fraction of the more than 1,000 such organizations operating worldwide — showcase directly quantifiable returns on investment, one measurable dimension of a significantly broader story.

(For a deeper look at the lasting, indirect benefits these organizations have created, follow the link at the bottom of this page.)

Our List

  • The National Council of Nonprofits secured $50 billion from Congress in forgivable PPP loans for nonprofits and helped more than 100,000 organizations learn how to access those loans.
    https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/
  • TechSoup facilitated the delivery of more than $15 billion in free or discounted technical products, services, and education to hundreds of thousands of nonprofits in 236 countries.
    https://www.meet.techsoup.org
  • Philanthropy Together and Grapevine collaborate as central actors that have created many giving circles which have given away approximately $3 billion.
    https://www.philanthropytogether.org/
  • Points Of Light recruits volunteers whose efforts are valued at $482 million annually.
    https://www.pointsoflight.org/about-us
  • The United Philanthropy Forum leveraged $250 million in government and philanthropic investment in the 2010 census that could be attributed directly to the work of our initiative.Propel Philanthropy also offers perspective on some of the indirect benefits SSSO’s have contributed toward strengthening the social sector ecosystem.

Additional Contributions Made by Social Sector Infrastructure Organizations
Social Sector Infrastructure Organizations have made significant indirect contributions that have also strengthened the broader social sector ecosystem.