Coronavirus Resources for the Social Impact Sector [UPDATED 12/6]
UPDATED 12.6.21
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing businesses everywhere to make difficult decisions to adapt to the crisis – and the stakes are particularly high for companies in low- and middle-income countries. On top of the multiple challenges they already faced, these enterprises now must make urgent decisions that will likely have long-lasting ramifications—not just for themselves, but for their employees, suppliers, investors and, ultimately, their customers.
At NextBillion, our mission is to deliver actionable information and analysis to serve the development through enterprise space. To advance that goal, we’ve launched this resource page to keep our readers informed about emerging opportunities, trends, events and other developments that can help impact-focused businesses and initiatives weather these challenging times.
Below, you’ll find links to:
- Resources – e.g.: funding opportunities, strategies for adapting to the crisis, etc.
- Events – including virtual events related to the pandemic, and conferences and other development-focused events that have shifted to an online format
- Analysis of emerging trends, both on NextBillion and other sites
- Breaking news from other media sources on how the business and development sectors are responding to the crisis
We hope this information will help you navigate the difficult and often confusing months ahead.
We’ll be updating this page regularly, so check back often—and please share any opportunities or important developments that may interest our readers by emailing them to nextbillion@gmail.com with the subject line: COVID-19.
Thank you, and stay safe.
–NextBillion’s Editorial Team
coronavirus News for the business and development sectors
Coronavirus-Focused Events
Virtual Events in the social sector
FEATURED: Accelerating Outcome Learning for Social Enterprises
coronavirus Analysis
covid-19 Resources for the business and development sectors
60 Decibels’ COVID-19 Dashboard
60 Decibels’ Remote Survey Toolkit
200 Million Artisans: COVID-19 India Support Hub
Abaca’s COVID-19 Response Pipeline
ACCION’s COVID-19 Response and Resources
Action Against Corona funding platform
Africa Management Institute’s Business Survival Bootcamp
Amalgamated Foundation’s Families and Workers Fund
ANDE COVID-19 Response and Resources
ANDE Impact Measurement and Management In the Context of Coronavirus
ANDE Issue Brief: The Small and Growing Business Sector and the COVID-19 Crisis
Banking On Women and the Undeserved During COVID-19 (Podcast)
Beeck Center for Social Impact’s Impact Community Job Matching Platform
Bill Gates on Coronavirus Response (Video)
BFA Global’s COVID-19 response
Bridge for Billions Online Entrepreneurship Programs
Bridgespan Group’s Resources for Nonprofits and Funders during the COVID-19 crisis
Business Fights Poverty’s Business & COVID-19 Response Centre
Business Fights Poverty COVID-19 Response Framework
Business Fights Poverty: India and COVID-19 Call to Action
Call for Code Challenge: Calling students to join the fight against COVID-19
CASE at Duke’s COVID-19 Capital Relief funding database
Challenges Group’s Enterprise Resilience Programme
Connective Impact: Getting Clear on Your Fundraising Strategy for Post-COVID Resiliency
Council on Foundation’s Call to Action: Philanthropy’s Commitment During COVID-19
Covid-finclusion.org: A forum for the financial inclusion sector to discuss responses to COVID-19
C-CAMP’s COVID-19 Innovations Deployment Accelerator
CGAP’s Response to Coronavirus
Devex’s COVID-19 Resource Page
Devex’s Interactive Map of COVID-19 Funding Data
Echoing Green’s Response to COVID-19
EnergyBot’s Coronavirus Energy Resource Guide
Engage for Good’s COVID-19 Social Impact Resource Page
European Microfinance Platform’s COVID-19 Financial Inclusion Compass
European Microfinance Platform Members’ Responses to COVID-19
FASE Impact Investors Barometer
Financial Health Network’s COVID-19 Resources
FinDev Gateway’s COVID-19 Resource Hub
FinMark Trust’s COVID-19 Tracker
Five Ways Impact Investors Can Deal with the COVID-19 Dilemma
GOGLA’S COVID-19 Resource Center
Grameen America’s COVID-19 Response Center
GSMA’s COVID-19 Mobile for Development: Updates and Guidance
Health Innovation Exchange’s Coronavirus Innovation Map
IIX’s COVID-19 Resilience Tool
IMF’s tracker of Policy Responses to COVID-19
ImpactAssets’ COVID Response Fund
Impact Investing in COVID-19 Times: A Three-Step Mission
India Development Review’s COVID-19 News and Updates
Intellecap’s East Africa Guide: Angel Investing During a Time of Crisis
International Food Policy Research Institute’s COVID-19 blogs
Investor Toolkit on Human Rights from IAHR and ICCR
IPA’s Research for Effective COVID19 Responses (RECOVR)
J-PAL’s Best Practices for Conducting Phone Surveys
Kyle Westaway’s Entrepreneur COVID-19 Playbook
McKinsey & Company’s COVID-19 Implications for Business
Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship’s COVID-19 Crisis Management Resources
Mission Driven Finance’s COVID-19 Resources
MIT Solve’s Health Security & Pandemics Challenge
Mobenzi’s free tools to help stakeholders assess the socio-economic impact of COVID-19
MSC’s COVID-19 Resources and Research: “Responding to the Other Pandemic”
Nine Ways to React to a Global Pandemic if You Run a Small Social Enterprise
OpenIDEO’s COVID-19 Business Pivot Challenge
OpenIDEO’s COVID-19 Communication Challenge
Open Road Alliance’s COVID-19 funding resources
Opportunity Fund’s Small Business Relief Fund
Oxfam International’s COVID-19 articles
Pioneers Post COVID-19 Coverage
Post-Pandemic Funding Solutions for Struggling Social Entrepreneurs
Refugee Entrepreneurs in COVID-19 Resilience Fund (RECOVR Fund)
Response, Recovery and Resilience Investment Coalition
Rippleworks’ Practical Guidance for Social Ventures During COVID-19
Rural & Agricultural Finance Learning Lab’s COVID-19 Emergency Briefing Series
Scaling Through Mass Disruption
SOCAP’s Resources to Support Social Entrepreneurs During the COVID-19 Crisis
Social Enterprise Alliance’s COVID-19 Resources
Social Performance Task Force’s COVID-19 Resources
Socialsuite’s Free COVID-19 Social Impact Assessment
Sopact’s Monitoring and Evaluation Plan and Social Impact Indicators in COVID-19
Sopact’s Outcome Evaluation and Impact Metrics with COVID -19 Learnings
Sorenson Impact Foundation’s COVID-19 Coalition
SSIR’s Rethinking Social Change in the Face of Coronavirus Series
Startup Blink: Coronavirus Innovation Map
Surviving Disasters and Supporting Recovery: A Guidebook for Microfinance Institutions
Turn Your COVID-19 Solution into a Viable Business
Unitus Ventures’ COVID Resources
U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Resources to Help Your Small Business Survive the Coronavirus
Using the Flexibility of Civil Society to Overcome COVID-19
U.S. Small Business Administration COVID-19 Small Business Guidance and Loan Resources
Village Capital’s COVID-19 Coverage
Village Reach’s COVID-19 Response
Virtual Communities for Impact’s Beginner Toolkit
Ways to Activate Your ImpactAssets Donor Advised Fund During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Women’s Financial Resiliency as it Relates to COVID-19
Women’s World Banking COVID-19 Resources
World Economic Forum’s COVID Action Platform
World Economic Forum’s COVID Response Alliance for Social Entrepreneurs
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