Bridgespan Group: Mitt Romney's offshoot to "consult" for charities…Bain & Co at it again
Bridgespan is an independent nonprofit focused on helping philanthropists and nonprofit leaders achieve breakthrough results through providing philanthropic advising and management consulting services to nonprofits and philanthropists.
Bridgespan was launched in 1999 by Thomas Tierney, formerly Managing Director of Bain & Company, professor Jeffrey Bradach, from Harvard Business School, and Paul Carttar, formerly a vice president at Bain & Company.
Bridgespan grew from a desire by Bain & Company to expand their support of nonprofits. Bain provided Bridgespan with a one million dollar grant for the first three years, in addition to administrative support and several loaned employees ("externs"). The organization was also initially supported by grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and the Atlantic Philanthropies.
Bridgespan advises clients against spreading donations too thinly so "that they have no real impact."
Bridgespan is funded by many well-known organizations. In 2016, the following organizations funded Bridgespan: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Bain & Company, The Fidelity Foundation, Omidyar Network, and The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation.
Former Omidyar Network Managing Director Matt Bannick is one of the two Bridgespan Fellows for 2020.
Some of Bridgespan's clients are below. Organizations denoted with an asterisk are also funders of Bridgespan.
>Philanthropy consulting
Atlantic Philanthropies*
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation*
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
CDC Foundation
Children's Investment Fund Foundation
Ford Foundation
Goldman Sachs Foundation
Omidyar Network*
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation
United Nations Foundation
The William and Flora Hewitt Foundation*
>Strategy consulting
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Boys & Girls Club of America
Center for Community Change
The Children's Aid Society
Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership
National Geographic Society
Nature Conservancy
Planned Parenthood Foundation of America
Save The Children
United Nations Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation
World Vision International
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