Kimberly Dasher Tripp is Founder and Principal of Strategy for Scale where she works with donors and doers on philanthropic strategy. She conducts research and writes on the practices and behaviors of philanthropists; acts as a strategic philanthropic advisor to individual, family and institutional philanthropies; and works with nonprofits and coalitions on issues of governance, strategy and effective revenue models. She is particularly interested in new approaches to high impact philanthropy, on the hunt for the best models to accelerate systems change, and endlessly curious about the sector. Her current fascination is collaborative philanthropic funds.
Previously, Kimberly was Principal on the Portfolio Team of the Skoll Foundation, where she ran the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. Focusing on selection processes that highlight systems change and funding opportunities that reward innovation, risk and possibility, she managed twenty-six grantees over her five-year tenure. She also spent years learning about the hard work of funding behavior change and health at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Her prior experience included nonprofit, international development work and corporate marketing.
Kimberly earned her MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with a degree in political science. She received a Princeton-in-Asia Fellowship and taught at Khon Kaen University in Thailand. She serves on the board of Health Care Without Harm and the National Center for Family Philanthropy, and previously served on the board of mothers2mothers.
Philosophy/Approach: Social impact depends heavily on two things: strategic philanthropists and strategic executing networks and organizations. Strategy for Scale exists to support both, for the great purpose of advancing specific, meaningful and systemic social change.
Types of clients: Private foundations, Individual donors, Major nonprofits
Issues/Focus: Education, Environment, Global, Health
Specialization: Philanthropic strategy, due diligence for grantmaking, systems change analysis, partnerships and collaborative grantmaking.