Bold Solutions to Big Challenges

Building Impact Partners is a philanthropy advising firm that works together with changemakers to help people, communities, and society move forward for good.

Bold Solutions to Big Challenges

Building Impact Partners is a philanthropy advising firm that works together with changemakers to help people, communities, and society move forward for good.

Working with clients and communities, we design, develop, and deliver bold solutions to big challenges.

Bringing together a passionate team of problem-solvers with the insights, imagination and implementation experience to co-create effective solutions that endure.

Working across philanthropy — from high-impact grantmaking to program innovation to activation to advocacy — to redefine what’s possible.

Building up the knowledge, skills and mindsets to transform systems and advance more just and equitable futures for all.

Partnering with individuals, families, and foundations, we co-create solutions that have a lasting impact and spark systems change.

11 years

of impact

Advised on

$1B +

in total grantmaking

1200+

community partners supported

Insights & Resources

We’re shaping the future of philanthropy, together. Explore our emerging ideas and innovations to advance philanthropy for the benefit of all.

What philanthropy can learn from the Olympics (and Simone Biles)

In social impact work we tend to wear many hats, but I was recently surprised to learn how many of...

By Caitlin Hannon

08 / 09 / 24

Insights

The Balancing Act of Philanthropic Impact

No one philanthropist or foundation can do everything well, and no one philanthropist or foundation can solve all of the...

By Tanis Klingler

06 / 28 / 24

Insights

How to Get $200B Off the Sidelines

As a working mom with four kids under seven, I’ve learned to adjust the expectations I have for motherhood. My...

By Caitlin Hannon

03 / 25 / 24

Insights

Money with Meaning: A Guide to Creating Joy and Impact through Philanthropy

In 2021, at the height of a global pandemic, 98 new billionaires joined the Forbes list in America alone. Collectively,...

By Alex Johnston

12 / 14 / 23

Insights

What a Lasting Marriage and Good Philanthropy Have in Common

This holiday season my wife and I are celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary. Ever the philosopher, my 13-year-old son asked...

By Mike Wang

12 / 08 / 23

Insights

Introducing Building Impact’s New Name & Website: Delivering Bold Solutions to Big Challenges

Over the last eleven years, we’ve had the privilege at Building Impact to partner with incredible donors and other changemakers...

By Building Impact

10 / 20 / 23

Insights

Understanding the giving habits of the ultra wealthy — and how to help them achieve more fulfillment (and impact)

A few weeks ago I shared some data about the demographics and giving habits of the ultra wealthy on my...

By Alex Johnston

12 / 15 / 22

Insights

To Achieve Greater Impact and Joy, Donors Need to Get Comfortable Talking About Money

One of the biggest barriers to giving, and giving effectively, is the American taboo around talking about money and wealth....

By Alex Johnston

08 / 24 / 22

Resources

Getting More out of your Giving: Two Mindset Shifts that Can Lead to Greater Meaning

Recently, a well-respected philanthropist came to me on a mission to find more meaning in her giving. Many like her...

By Mike Wang

07 / 20 / 22

Resources

To solve impossible problems, we need to fail more—a LOT more

I started 2022 with an impossible goal—a goal that felt so unlikely, so totally implausible, that it was laughable in its...

By Caitlin Hannon

04 / 24 / 22

Resources