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Stories of transformation

Read about how our partners arrived at “aha” moments, strengthened their teams, accelerated their collective impact and experienced self and collective transformation.

 

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Spring founder Ellen Sprenger holds up a fake microphone to two smiling women during a training

20 years

of supporting changemakers on their path to individual and collective transformation.
 

 

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1,000+

social and climate justice organizations, collectives and donors supported to build their financial strength, ignite more impactful collaborations and reach their leadership development goals.
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8,000+ individuals

from human rights defenders and young activists to Indigenous groups and philanthropic funders — engaged with us in almost 100 countries.
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25% of clients

participated for free or at accessible rates as part of our commitment to economic justice and aim to dismantle cost barriers that prevent people from joining our programs.
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97% of clients

who went through our FIRE program would recommend it to their friends and colleagues. 100% of our Reimagining Collaboration clients and 97% of our coaching clients would also recommend Spring to others.

Partners

We support a global network of movements, organizations, networks and foundations.
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Stories of transformation

Read our impact stories from across all of our program offerings

The FIRE Journey of Akili Dada

Summary Akili Dada is an international award-winning leadership incubator. A fifteen-year old organization based in Kenya, it supports leadership development of girls and young women through ...

The FIRE Journey of Kota Kita

Kota Kita—a city for all—is an Indonesian civil society organization that began its FIRE Journey in late 2019. The Kota Kita’s team learned to assess their own financial health, build more capacity, ...

An Amazing 5-Year Journey of Financial Innovation and Resilience

Ellen Sprenger spoke to Mukami Marete, the Co-Executive Director of UHAI about their organization’s journey of financial growth. UHAI Eashri (UHAI means life in Swahili) is Africa’s first activist ...

Stella Lutalo and PELUM Uganda come back to Spring

Stella Lutalo is the Country Coordinator at Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Uganda. PELUM Uganda is affiliated to the PELUM Association, a network of over 250 Civil Society ...

Htar Htar: What Financial Innovation & Resilience Means to Me

What was one of your biggest takeaways from this intensive?

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