Vision
To serve a cultural diversity of social innovators in pursuit of sustainable impact.
Values
- Knowledge : Seek and share evidence of what works to provide the best possible service.
- Culture : Understand and respect the social norms and customs of all people and places.
- Community : Build meaningful relationships through active networking and collaborating.
- Innovation : Continuous improvement and adaptation is necessary to sustain impact.
- Impact : Successful outcomes must be measurable and sustainable.
What We Do
Charitable efforts and public programs can manage social problems, but only an investment approach towards demonstrated impact can bring about social change. The Jamii Group partners with family foundations, corporations, social purpose organizations, professional athletes and entertainers, and other high net worth individuals to fulfill your vision of social impact through a culturally competent lens. Our clients don’t settle for fundraising as a success, but strategically investing their resources towards the root causes of the problems they seek to solve. From education to employment, healthcare to housing, Jamii invests the know-how and network to achieve your goals either through new or existing impact strategies.
- Administration & Management
- Community Engagement & Advocacy
- Consulting & Knowledge Sharing
- Governance & Compliance
- Impact Investing & Social Innovation
Why do our clients choose us? Jamii (pronounced jam-EE) is Swahili for a community. Our tailored approach includes working with a community of professionals and experts to achieve measurable impact. We actively harness our diverse lived and work experiences to identify both persistent problems and innovative solutions. The before and after of transforming lives and communities cannot simply be captured in narrative and numbers. Therefore, we build meaningful relationships at the local level with culturally credible influencers and other key stakeholders who bear witness to change. For the Jamii Group, diversity isn’t something we do to promote good business, but who we are to fulfill shared purpose and passion in true partnership with our clients.
How We Serve Our Clients
- Businesses & Corporations : The Jamii Group consults, designs, build and operate effective philanthropic programs.
- Foundations & Impact Organizations : The Jamii Group builds capacity and offers strategic thinking to grow existing impact.
- Individuals & Families : The Jamii Group identifies investments opportunities to engage in sustainable social impact.
- Nonprofits & Social Enterprises : The Jamii Group provides business development capabilities to increase revenue streams.
- Professional Athletes & Entertainers : The Jamii Group assists successful superstars with giving back to fans, community, and home.
Our Story
Over the decades, charitable giving has grown to nearly $400 billion per year just in the United States alone. Less than half of that will go directly to programs and services benefiting people in poverty. Though charity is vital to assist individuals and families experiencing crisis, it has demonstrably fallen short in breaking the cycle of persistent poverty for billions of people across the world. We believe a significant barrier to greater success is the concentration of valuable philanthropic knowledge and resources outside of the communities and cultures they are supposed to serve. Experience has taught us that good intention are not a substitute for sustainable impact. Those with direct knowledge and lived experience of the problem are best positioned to carry forth the solution.
The Jamii Group is a diverse team of professionals with decades of cross-sector experience in philanthropy, government, business, university, and communities. The founding partners had a front row seat to models of success and failure in solving social problems through a multicultural lens. Together we have pooled decades of education, experience, and networks to better innovate and execute on behalf of high net worth individuals, corporations, and impact organizations. We utilize a data-driven, asset-based approach by investing in what works to foster sustainable inside-out solutions. Most importantly, we value engaging in meaningful long-term relationships with our clients to align our respective visions to impact communities and transform lives.
