About P4NEPartners for a New EconomyP4NE_391aacca-249a-11ed-bcc9-5c43f482ea00Partners for a New Economy is an international donor collaborative that wants the economic system to generate positive environmental and social outcomes.P4NE FoundersWe were founded in 2015 by the MAVA, Oak, Marisla and KR Foundations.MAVA FoundationOak FoundationMarisla FoundationKR FoundationP4NE SupportersLaudes and Ford Foundations joined P4NE in 2021 and Omidyar Network in 2022.Laudes FoundationFord FoundationOmidyar NetworkSwiss Philanthropy FoundationPartners for a New Economy is a philanthropic fund hosted by the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that promotes the development of philanthropy by managing funds and providing grant management services and council for charitable ventures.Etienne EichenbergerEtienne Eichenberger, Chairman of SPF, is a Board member and acts as Treasurer of Partners for a New Economy.P4NE TEAMLynda ManssonBoard member of P4NE, Lynda Mansson is the Director General of the MAVA Foundation, which she joined in 2010. Lynda leads the MAVA team in implementing the foundation’s strategy. She spearheaded the development of the foundation’s work on sustainable economy.Herbert "Beto" BedolfeBoard member of P4NE, Herbert Bedolfe is Executive Director of the Marisla Foundation, where he has overseen the foundation’s work on international biodiversity conservation, protection of the marine environment and environmental health since 1992.Astrid Kann-RasmussenPresident of the P4NE Partners Board, and descendant of Villum Kann Rasmussen, Astrid Kann-Rasmussen is Vice-Chair and co-founder of KR Foundation, Chair of V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation and Observer in the VELUX Foundation.Vinit RishiBoard member of P4NE, Vinit Rishi oversees operations at Oak Foundation and serves as Secretary. He also represents Oak Foundation on the governing council of the European Foundation Centre and is a co-founder of OPN, the Operations Professionals Network.José GarciaBoard member of P4NE, José Garcia is a program officer on the Future of Work(ers) team at Ford Foundation. Previously, he worked for the Surdna Foundation, where he led the design and implementation of a $4 million grant-making portfolio to spur business development and acceleration while focusing on quality job and wealth creation.Sonny BardhanBoard member of P4NE, Sonny Bardhan is Chief Strategy Officer for the Omidyar Network. Before joining Omidyar, Sonny worked at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, where he developed strategy, built the investment pipeline, and originated high impact opportunities to improve children’s welfare in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.Jo SwinsonDirector of Partners for a New Economy, Jo Swinson is the former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom. From 2012-2015, she served as Business Minister in the UK, and in 2009, she co-founded a cross-party group of MPs to work collaboratively on new economic thinking and well-being economics.Ann Luiza Behrens-CastellaProgramme Officer. A trained economist, Anna Luiza earned her M.A. in Development Studies at IHEID in Geneva, after having worked for five years in Brazil for Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), a leading think tank where she contributed to FGV’s expansion throughout Latin America.Fiona Mallin-RobinsonAssistant to the Director of P4NE. Fiona Mallin-Robinson has worked as an independent consultant to the cultural sector since 2006. She is a Grants Committee member for John Lyon’s Charity, a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts and volunteers on the Board of UK charities.Sophie MckechnieConvening, Learning & Communications. Sophie Mckechnie is an experienced facilitator and social innovation consultant, working across the public and civil society sectors. She joins us from the Innovation agency Nesta, where she led the design and delivery of cross-sector social change programmes across the UK.An economy that enables communities, people and nature to thrive_391aae46-249a-11ed-bcc9-5c43f482ea00To support new economic thinking and acting_391aaf4a-249a-11ed-bcc9-5c43f482ea00PrinciplesHOW WE WORK ~ Our grants and community activities are governed by four guiding principles.MutualizationTAKE RISK ~ We mutualize our risk and support novel ideas and models to increase the likelihood of real change.InnovationINNOVATE ~ We encourage innovative and scalable solutions to deeply rooted problems.CollaboratonCONNECT ~ We support collaboration across communities and sectors to foster learning and experimentation.InspirationINSPIRE ~ We bring diverse people together to share their thinking and experiences, building understanding, optimism and trust.EconomicsBring new thinking and approaches to traditional economics_391ab0b2-249a-11ed-bcc9-5c43f482ea00Change CatalystsThese “change catalysts” play a pivotal role in helping to repurpose our economic system, and together they’re helping to build a movement for an economic system that’s fit for the challenges of the 21st Century.At P4NE, we fund innovative projects and build communities that bring new thinking and approaches to traditional economics.ProjectsFund innovative projects_391ab1ac-249a-11ed-bcc9-5c43f482ea001CommunitiesBuild communities_391ab29c-249a-11ed-bcc9-5c43f482ea0022015-12-312022-08-25https://p4ne.org/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net