The Social Impact Incubator THE SEGAL FAMILY FOUNDATION INVESTS IN BURUNDIAN CIVIL SOCIETY Key Info COUNTRY Burundi TARGET POPULATION Youth APPROACH Business and entrepreneurship; Interpersonal training and networking CASE STUDY T he Segal Family Foundation (SFF) supports over 180 organizations across 20 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. When SFF decided to invest in Burundi, it struggled to find the types of grantees the foundation wanted to fund— young, African-led, grassroots non-governmental organizations with localized knowledge about their communities, and innovative and creative solutions to address needs. SFF realized that the funding model created by international actors was further marginalizing an already frail c

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