ATC designed the organization’s strategy for fostering art and well-being by developing the Trust’s institutional capacity, in a manner that ensured its long-term sustainability, increased awareness and support for mental health and well-being in the Arab region, increased awareness of the importance of arts and expression to society’s wellbeing, and created safe spaces and a sense of community for marginalized and alienated segments of society.

Drosos Foundation is an organization that provides assistance to marginalized communities enabling them to live a life of dignity and achieve financial sustainability. However, Drosos program managers face difficulty when assessing the eligibility of small non-profits for funding. ATC’s trainers and consultants led a multistage assessment of the Foundation’s grant application, selection, and monitoring and evaluation pipeline. This exercise focused on integrating business and financial modelling principles to grant making to ensure funded long-term project sustainability after the grant-making period.

In addition, we worked with several Drosos and Ashoka grantees on enhancing their internal capacity and eligibility for grant-funding. We tailored Ahead of the Curve has tailor designed an organizational development training to enhance the viability and sustainability of these non-profits. Our work included a) a review of their business plan, financial model, evaluation tools, and other relevant documents; b) a pre-assessment of the organization (review and site visit); c) inception report that includes findings from the desk review and site visit, and the training modules that will be delivered accordingly; and, d) implementation of the tailored training.

The Welfare Association is a long-standing client and partner for ATC. The company has produced the foundation’s annual reports and sustainability reports including the first Global Reporting Initiative “Grade A” report to be accredited from Palestine. We have also partnered with WA on conducting an in-depth assessment of the potential of introducing an impact investment fund.

ATC has worked with Vodafone for several years, providing support for their foundation, engaging them in strategic partnerships nationwide, and building their sustainability reports.