Global Action Platform

What it reported doing in 2024

Specific program initiatives include: convene: the annual global action summit, forums at the world bank, national press club and meridian international center; challenge: multi-million dollar impact investments and awards; connect: online services, a global summit fellows program for young leaders; communicate: publications and annual reports, content sharing with the g8, g20, apec, and bric summits, and a global corporate award program for shared value.the global action platform (gap) is an open, nonpartisan collaborative platform to convene leaders, make investments, align collaborations, and share ideas and strategies through global communications to create sustainable abundance in food, health, and prosperity. The platform aims to identify and invest in sustainable, scalable innovations that offer the promise of transformative impact in the intersection of food, health, and prosperity. With input from an international steering committee and national expert advisors, gap was designed in 2013 around four program activities: convene, challenge, connect, and communicate. These integrated programs facilitate action through dynamic leadership events, investments, ongoing working groups, and global communications. In 2014, a five-year roadmap was initiated to inform decision-making among cross-sector leaders and scientists.additional programs furthering the overall mission include: harvard young american leaders program (yalp) - in partnership with the harvard business school, gap directs a local leadership development program in civic and economic strategy and cross sector collaboration. Through yalp, gap selects and sends an annual class of key leaders in the business, government, university, investment, and nonprofit sectors for the weeklong executive education program at harvard business school. In addition, gap facilitates collaboration on projects created by these leaders and an alumni network for the region.healthier757 - gap serves as the collective impact backbone organization and trusted convener of a regional health equity and literacy initiative in the ten county hampton roads region of Virginia. The initiative has created a shared agenda and metrics to engage 8 major community based organizations to improve the health of an initial 10,000 of the most underserved citizens of the region.the caraga project - gap serves as the global non-government organization strategic partner for indigi, an international development company in singapore, with a focus on supporting leadership development, education, and training to enable the indigenous people of the philippines to create a sustainable market economy using the one trillion dollars in natural assets in over one million acres of ancestral lands under their control.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 94
• Fundraising efficiency: $4,077.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -7.9%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.14; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 19.9%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings