Impact

Global Impact

We operate a lean and innovative organization so that the vast majority of your funds go directly to your causes. We will even help you structure projects so that your funds get maximum impact.
  • 100%
    of donations fund scholarships, curriculum, and program delivery
  • 3
    launch regions: Africa, Latin America, North America

What we work on

Our work is organized around four themes: Responsible Leadership, Innovation, Sustainability and Education.

Responsible Leadership

Adaptives hold themselves to a simple standard: kind, curious, collaborative, and accountable for the impact they create. Through Adaptive Intelligence, accomplished executives invest in each other's growth: peer coaching, board connections and career support inside an interview-admitted community. Many members also give their time and experience to fellows across the wider ecosystem. Across our Classes, responsible leadership is taught, practised and modelled, from the Fellowship's leadership capabilities curriculum to the mentors who volunteer their time in every program.

Innovation

Adaptives don't just navigate change, they build what comes next. The Incubator & Accelerator has taken members' ideas from concept to company with the community behind them, and the Adaptive Fund & Investors Network channels the community's capital into ventures its own members vet. Innovation groups inside the community, from energy to healthcare to AI, connect operators building in the same space. From AI workshops at Harvard to healthcare-venture showcases, innovation is where the community's expertise compounds fastest.

Sustainability

Climate, energy and the transition to sustainable economies are the defining challenges for the leaders now coming through, and no single sector solves them alone. In partnership with CESUPA (Centro Universitário do Estado do Pará) in Belém, Brazil, host city of COP30, we connect our community's expertise with Amazon-region research and teaching on sustainable development. Across the community, the energy innovation group, Fellowship capstone projects on sustainable development, and portfolio ventures building for resilient economies keep sustainability at the centre of what Adaptives work on.

Education

Talent is everywhere; access is not. Education is where the Adaptive ecosystem started and where it keeps its centre of gravity. The Adaptive Global Fellowship has delivered its curriculum to leaders across three regions, taught by volunteer professors and practitioners through the Adaptive Guest Speakers Program. Some fellowships are funded by donors and sponsors. Beyond the Fellowship, community members run workshops, mentor capstone projects and build education ventures across our regions.

Where we work

Americas: 32 cities. Swipe or tap a tab to change region.
Europe & Africa: 37 cities. Swipe or tap a tab to change region.
Asia & Pacific: 11 cities. Swipe or tap a tab to change region.

Adaptives in 40 countries.

Where your donations go

Your donations are directed to existing projects that you choose, or we can create tailored projects with you: direct aid, community events, technology and tools development, operations and logistics, emergency reserve funds, and education and awareness.
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Partnering for impact

We're proud partners of events like the Wharton Africa Business Forum, ITTEC, the LIMBsimple Strategy Growth Convention, and PerformX Summit, where our members speak, judge and sponsor.

Invest in impact

We created a fund with early-stage leaders in mind. When it comes to building lasting change, we know every moment, and dollar, matters.