At Shockwave, we are large proponents of as much openness and transparency about our work as practical. We report on our partnerships, why we chose to invest with them, and how they perform. As we grow, we’ll be asking our partners to report back on us. The following resources describe how we do our work.
These are free to use, modify and share to augment or become the basis of your own process, or just investigate what goes through a funders mind. We welcome others to critique them and incorporate them in their own work, but we ask that if you republish them as derivative works, that you provide proper attribution to Shockwave. Please contact us with any questions.
Our Strategy
Guidelines for what kind of projects we will or will not fund. Our strategy and value propositions as an Impact Investor and Grant Funder including a background on the problems we’re trying to solve, our approach towards investing, the types of work we fund, and and our priority areas.
Our Due-Diligence and Administration Practices
In the interest of transparency to our partners, as well as providing resources and inspiration for others, we are sharing our process and sample templates we use for evaluating grant requests.
These are living documents and change over time as we gain experience and our theory of change evolves. We also love feedback on our work, please tell us if you think we can improve our processes!
- Grantmaking Rubric and Due-Diligence Process
- Grant Application
- Please note: We do not accept unsolicited grant applications.
- Questions for Related Funders
- Due Diligence Report template
- Grant Agreement template
- Interim and Final Partner report templates
Marketing Collateral
Our branding package is available including different sized logos, color schemes, and usage directions: