Engaging in Philanthropy through Grantmaking and partnerships

Having worked with Nehal for almost a decade at IIE, when it was time to find a consultant to support us at GEO with organizational budgeting, I knew where to go! Nehal helped create an annual budget template for us, bringing together our staffing projections, expense projections and various revenue streams. She used her experience with the philanthropy space to encourage us to explore different models. As an organization that centers equity, it was very important for us that we had a values-aligned partner in Social Echoes.

- Sinem Reed, GEO Funders /

Nehal began supporting some of our proposal budgeting work in December 2020 and we have continued to request her support throughout 20201. She has done an incredible job understanding IYF’s internal operations and budgeting process, matching this to USAID’s requirements and templates. Furthermore, Nehal’s skills in financial analysis, operations and training, have been very helpful to train in-coming finance and operations members. We are happy with her work and would recommend her to any organization needing proposal budgeting support as well as other financial analysis and structure needs. I know, IYF will continue to engage Nehal as we see the needs in the future.

- Sergio Lopez, International Youth Foundation (IYF) /