AdvancingWomen'sHealthinLatinAmerica:ARoundtableforFundersandInvestors
Wednesday,February7,2018
OpenSocietyFoundationsNYCHeadquarters224W57thSt,NewYork,NY10019
ExecutiveSummary
Background............................................................................................................................2
Attendees...............................................................................................................................3
SessionSummaries.................................................................................................................3Session1:SettingtheScene..................................................................................................................................................3Session2:StrategiesTowardImpact:ThreeFundingExperiencesthatareMakingaDifference.........4GrandChallengesCanada.......................................................................................................................................................4MacArthurFoundation............................................................................................................................................................5LinkedFoundation.....................................................................................................................................................................5
Session3:InvestmentMappingExercise........................................................................................................................5Session4:IntrotoGenderLensInvesting......................................................................................................................6Session5:IllustrativeExamplesofInvestmentOpportunities..............................................................................6Session6:BuildingFunderCapacityforInvestmentsinWomen’sHealthInLatinAmerica...................7Session7:ReproductiveHealthInvestorsAlliance:OneModelforFunderCollaboration.......................7Session8:OpportunitiesforCollaboration:WhatCouldaFunderCollaborativeonthisIssueLookLikeGoingForward?................................................................................................................................................................7Session9:NextStepsandDebrief......................................................................................................................................8
UpcomingOpportunities……………………………………………………………………………………..………………..8
AppendixA:RoundtableAgenda............................................................................................9
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Background The Latin America region has experiencedtransformativechangeinthepast50years,withhistoricshiftsoccurringinpolitics,theeconomyandsociety, includinghealthcareandoutcomes.Healthsystemsintheregionare now generally stronger, betterintegrated and deliver better care thanthose in other parts of the developingworld. As a result, health funding to theregion has been reduced, though mostcountries continue to face challenges inmeetingwomen’shealthneeds,particularlyfor their indigenous and Afro-descendentpopulations, the economically marginalized and those living in rural areas. In addition,certainhealthcareservicesvitaltowomen’shealthandlivesaredifficulttoaccessand/orarestigmatized,suchascontraceptionforadolescents,treatmentfollowingsexualviolence,and abortion. While significant challenges remain, the overall improvements in healthsystems and othermodernizations translate to a tremendous opportunity for funders tohavecatalyticimpacttowardnarrowingthegapsinwomen’shealthaccessandoutcomes.Currently, there are various funders working to address these unmet needs in LatinAmerica,deployingfundstoorganizationsandenterprisesintheregionviagrant,debtandotherinvestmentvehicles.LinkedFoundationandFundersforReproductiveEquitysawaclear opportunity for funders to share information, conduct joint due diligence and topartner on grantmaking and investment opportunities in this area of critical need. Thisroundtable servedasanopportunity tobegin thesecollaborationsand theproductionofsharedresourcesandtoolstoincreaseourcollectivepositiveimpactonwomen’shealthintheregion.
ObjectivesOurgoalwastobringtogetherfundersandinvestorsthatshareinthemissiontoadvancewomen'shealthinLatinAmerica,withanemphasisonsexualandreproductivehealthandrights,inorderto:
• Share key learnings and organization-specific investment priorities and identifiedopportunities
• Map the investable landscape of philanthropic and investment opportunities tocatalyzecapitaltowardwomen'shealthacrossinvestmentvehicles
• Explorepotentialcollaborativefundingopportunitiesinwomen'sandreproductivehealthinitiatives
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• Explore interest and bandwidth for convening additional or ongoing women'shealthknowledge-sharingevents(includinginothergeographicareas)andfurtherco-creationoftoolsandresourcesforfunders.
AttendeesIndiaAlexis,OpenSocietyFoundationsTinaAssi,GrandChallengesCanadaEmilyBarcklow,SeattleInternationalFoundationSuzanneBiegel,CatalystatLargeSharonBissell,MacArthurFoundationAnnaDeLaCruz,LinkedFoundationJimEpstein,EFOCapitalManagementKathyHall,SummitFoundationDorothyLargay,LinkedFoundationJuliaLourie,MaverickCollectiveKristiMahoney,WestwindFoundation(videoconference)JackieNolley,FundersforReproductiveEquityEstefaniaPalomino,WyssFoundationMireillePosse,HispanicsinPhilanthropyGabrielaSalvador,AmericaresShiraSaperstein,PackardFoundationRuthShaber,TaraHealthFoundationDeniseShannon,FundersforReproductiveEquityNancySwanson,LinkedFoundationLuisVivaldi,FoundationforaJustSociety
SessionSummariesSeeAppendixAforthemeetingagenda.PowerPointpresentationsandothermaterialsfromthemeetingareavailableinaDropboxfolder.
Session1:SettingtheScene Summaryofroundtableattendees,basedonapre-eventquestionnaire
• Asagroup,thosegatheredarefundinginitiativesthatfocuson:• Contraception,abortion,andmaternalhealth• Increasedaccess,policy/advocacy,anddirectinvestments• Populationsdescribedaslow-income,oryouth• MexicoandCentralAmerica
• Asagroup,theorganizationsrepresentedbythosegathered:• Mainlyusegrantsasafundingmechanism• Haveatypicalgrantsizeof$100-$300k
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• Havelessthan20employees• Shareasignificantinterestinimpactinvesting
SummaryofWomen’sHealthLandscapeinLatinAmerica
• Advantages include overall higher incomes, betterhealthoutcomes,andamoresignificantpublicsectorrole(inprinciple),inLAthanotherregionsofneed,aswellasastrongenvironmentforentrepreneurship
• Challenges include decreased aid funding, highinequality, an increase in non-communicable diseaseburden,continuedhighmaternaldeathrates,negativehealthimpactofcriminalizedabortion.
• Opportunities includeorganizingtheinformalsectorthrough higher quality, standardized products andservices; public/private partnerships; and cross-subsidizationmodels.
Analyzingyourmarket,choosinganinterventionandfundingmechanism
• Analyzebytargetpopulation(SES)andbytheneedorproblemyouseektoaddress.Differentcombinationswillrequiredifferentsolutions.
• Thinkaboutwhatyourexitstrategymightbe,andwhoyourpartner is–thismayalsoaffectthefundingmechanismyouchoose.
• Itisimportanttounderstandyourclient.Womendon’tjusthavehealthneeds,theyalso have food, education, and housing needs. Your target client has her ownpriorities, and her time is also a major concern. To be successful, we need tounderstand our clients’ reality and not assume that they’re irrational or poordecision-makers.
• There is a BIG generational shift happeningright now. The internet and social media isreallychangingthewaysweapproachwomenandcaptureachild’sattention.Weneedtogetinputsfromyoungpeople.
Session2:StrategiesTowardImpact:ThreeFundingExperiencesthataremakingaDifferenceThree participating organizations described their organization’s mission, criteria andportfolioinordertoprovideexamplesoffundingwomen’shealthworkinLatinAmerica.
GrandChallengesCanada• GCCisbasedinTorontoandispartofthebroaderGrandChallengesinGlobalHealth
Network.• Since2010,GChassupportedabout800innovationsinabout80countries.
“If you really want to understand impact investing, Latin America
is the place to be.” ---Dr. Gabriela Salvador
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• TheGovernment of Canadanearly exclusively fundsGCC, so investmentprioritiesmimicCanada’sglobalpolicy.
• GCC has deployed about $29M of $90M in investment funds for RMNCH, the restneedstobedeployedoverthenext9-24months.
• GCfundstwostages:seedstageandtransitiontoscale
MacArthurFoundation• Large,PrivateUSFoundationwithasmallofficeinMexicosince1992.• Midwifery program in Mexico has been the ‘Capstone Strategy’ in Mexico and is
endingthisyear.• Overlast2.5years,43grants,$16M,engagedin8partnerships.Grantsrangefrom
$50kto$1M,grassrootstolargeinternationalagencies.MostbasedinMexico.• There has been an increase in training programs, progress on training and
certification,andcreationofnationalmidwiferyassociations.• Astudywithbaselineandendlineevaluatingtheprogramwillbeavailable• TheremaybeopportunitiesforinvestmentinmidwiferyinMexico.
LinkedFoundation• Primarilyfundearlystagehealthenterpriseswithinnovativegrantcapitalandfocus
onMexico.NGOsandsocialenterprises.• PartnerwithorganizationslikeGlobalPartnershipstoprovidedebtfinancing• Private sector models include health social franchising, micro finance, low cost
clinics• Portfolioexamplesinwomen’shealthincludeFriendshipBridgeandReinaMadre
Session3:InvestmentMappingExerciseThegroupcompletedanexercisebasedontheirownfundedactivities,inordertomapthefunding landscape among participating organizations. Each organization noted thepopulationtargetedbytheintervention(ultrapoor,lowincome,etc.),thetypeofwomen’shealth activity funded and the funding mechanism used, and the exit strategy. Theinterventions were then mapped in a matrix on the wall and the group discussedobservationsandwasabletoseewhereotherparticipantsareworking.
KeyTakeaways:• Mostcurrentinterventionsaregrantfunded,inlow-income,periurbanpopulations• AnadvantageinLatinAmericaisthatthereisamiddleincomepopulation,soyou
have opportunity for impact investing as well as innovative models like crosssubsidizationbetweenincomegroupsorbetweeninitiatives
• Thegroupdiscussedsomeexamplesofprogramsthatareusingcross-subsidizationandotherinnovativemechanismsinLatinAmerica
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Session4:IntrotoGenderLensInvestingThissessionwasawhirlwindintrotoimpactinvestingwithagenderlens.
KeyTakeaways• Therearedifferentvehiclesandinvestorsalongthespectrum• There are different gender lenses you can use as criteria – women as investors,
women entrepreneurs/founders, addressing human rights or social justiceconcerns,workingtodismantlestructuralgenderinequality,productsandservicespositively impactingwomen and girls, demonstrating gender equity/parity in thebusiness.
• TaraHealthFoundationexample:Whatactually improves the livesofwomenandgirls? The XX Factor publication maps this out, with the five dimensions: health,education,legalrights,economicempowerment,andpersonalsafety.
• Thebiggestbarriertoinvestingwithimpactisaccesstodata.
Session5:IllustrativeExamplesofInvestmentOpportunities
• See the Dropbox folder with meeting materials for the Illustrative Examples ofinvestmentopportunitiesspreadsheetandworddocument.
• In the month leading up to the event, the organizers asked the participants andotherinvestmentmanagers,accelerators,etc.forconcreteinvestableopportunitiesin women’s health in Latin America. From there, the organizers created aspreadsheetanddocumentdescribingthecollectedopportunities.
• Several participants shared information about a selection of the opportunities:WOOM,Agora/IPPFAccelerator,Fonkoze,DKT.
• If this collaboration becomes ongoing, the group will have the chance to look atdeals together,diligencethemtogether,sourcethemtogether,andcancollaborateandpartnertofindnewandflexiblewaystofundinterventions.
“I appreciated the level of expertise within the Women's Health space represented in terms of speakers and attendees. The case study examples
of models currently seeking financing were useful.” --Roundtable Participant
“It made no sense to me that we would create a foundation and then use just 5% of it to support our mission.”
--Ruth Shaber, Tara Health Foundation
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Session6:BuildingFunderCapacityforInvestmentsinWomen’sHealthInLatinAmericaThe participants each wrote down tools, resources, opportunities and insights that arelacking in order to work in women’s health in Latin America. The ideas were collectedtogether and grouped on the wall. The tools and resource ideas are collected in aspreadsheet(seethelistofresourcesintheDropboxfolder)
Session7:ReproductiveHealthInvestorsAlliance:OneModelforFunderCollaboration
• Tara Health Foundation wanted to get a clear view of the reproductive healthlandscapeintheUStobetterunderstandwhereandhowtheycoulddeployfundingtohavethebiggestimpact.Theyrealizedotherswereinterestedindoingthis,too,so they brought on 8-9 other organizations to create The Reproductive HealthInvestorsAlliance.
• FirststepwastohiretheCamberCollective(consultants)todeveloptheInvestmentCase,whichmapsoutthesystemsthatimpactaccesstoabortionandcontraceptionintheUSandhowtheyinteract.Nowyoucanpickaproblemandunderstandhowtousedifferentfundingmechanismstosolveit.
• Futurevisionisabigpoolofcapitalthatcangreenlightdealsdirectly.• Thismodelcouldbeusedelsewheresuchasforwomen’shealthinLatAM.
Session8:OpportunitiesforCollaboration:WhatCouldaFunderCollaborativeonthisIssueLookLikeGoingForward?
Whatkindsofthingsareimportanttoeveryoneinthiscollaboration?
• Structureandresources• Clearcommunication• Highdo:talkratio• Wheretohousethegroup?• FRE experience: diverse membership
isagoodthing,strongrelationshipsarekey, collecting data to analyze andshareisimportant.
Thiswas in initialbrainstorm; theorganizerswill assess ideas/feedback and propose nextsteps.
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Session9:NextStepsandDebrief
• Thegroupdiscussedthingstheylearned,orareinterestedinlearningmoreabout,which included: more about impact investment readiness and other funders’pipelines
• People offered up commitments they would make which included: sharing theresources from the day, discussing barriers to investment with their foundationleadership,apossiblesubgroupinDC.
• Whatwentwell:severalofthepresenters,theamountaccomplished,thestructure,sharingresourcesinadvance,respectfortime,theabilitytojoinremotely
• The event opened the doors for thinking about the investment side within afoundation,withagood introduction tosomeof theseconcepts.Participantswereinspiredbytheexpertiseandpassionintheroom
• Severalorganizationssaidtheycouldseethemselvesfundingtheinfrastructureforagrouplikethisgoingforward.
UpcomingOpportunities
• Second annual Gender Lens Investing Breakfast (during Skoll World Forum):Thursday12April2018,8:30–10:00am,GeorgeStreetSocial,Oxford,UK
• Global Gender Lens Investing Summit; November 1-2, 2018, London, UK (seecatalystatlarge.com)
• InterestandpotentialforreplicatingthismeetinginMexicointhefall• Discussions taking place about sidemeeting opportunities at SOCAP, FRE annual
meeting,CentralAmericaDonorsForum,amongothers.
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AppendixA:RoundtableAgenda
Advancing Women's Health in Latin America: A Roundtable for Funders and Investors
Wednesday,February7,2018OpenSocietyFoundationsNYCHeadquarters
224W57thSt,NewYork,NY10019
8:30-9am Breakfast9-9:45am Welcome&GettingGrounded Reviewmeetingobjectivesandgroundrules;Participantintroductions DorothyLargay&NancySwanson,LinkedFoundation DeniseShannon,FundersforReproductiveEquity ElisaSlattery,OpenSocietyFoundations SuzanneBiegel,CatalystatLarge9:45-10:15am SettingtheScene
Women'shealthinLatinAmerica:challenges,opportunities&thefundinglandscapeAnnaDeLaCruz,LinkedFoundationDr.GabrielaSalvador,Americares
10:15-11:15am StrategiesTowardImpact
Threefundingexperiencesthataremakingadifference TinaAssi,GrandChallengesCanada
SharonBissell,JohnD.andCatherineT.MacArthurFoundationDorothyLargay&NancySwanson,LinkedFoundation
11:15am-12:15pm InvestmentMapping
ParticipatoryexercisemappingcurrentinvestmentsontothefundinglandscapeDr.GabrielaSalvador,AmericaresAnnaDeLaCruz,LinkedFoundation
12:15-12:45pm Lunch
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12:45-1:15pm IntroductiontotheInvestmentSpectrumandGenderLensInvesting Whatistherangeofinvestmentvehiclesandhowdoweintegratea
genderanalysisintoourinvesting?SuzanneBiegel,CatalystatLargeDr.RuthShaber,TaraHealthFoundation
1:15-1:45pm IllustrativeExamplesofInvestmentOpportunities
Sourcedfromcurrentfunders,investorsandintermediariesSuzanneBiegel,CatalystatLargeAnnaDeLaCruz,LinkedFoundation
1:45-2:30pm BuildingFunderCapacityforInvestmentinWomen’sHealthinLatin
AmericaTools,resources,opportunitiesandinsightsintostrengtheningfundercapacitySuzanneBiegel,CatalystatLargeDeniseShannon,FundersforReproductiveEquity
2:30-3:00pm ReproductiveHealthInvestorsAlliance Onemodelforfundercollaboration Dr.RuthShaber,TaraHealthFoundation3:00-3:30pm OpportunitiesforCollaboration Whatcouldafundercollaborativeonthisissuelooklikegoingforward?
SuzanneBiegel,CatalystatLarge NancySwanson,LinkedFoundation
3:30-4:00pm NextStepsandDebrief Plansforfollow-upandreflectionsontheday SuzanneBiegel,CatalystatLarge
DorothyLargay,LinkedFoundation 4:00-5:30pm WineReception