Our Institutional Partnerships

The Internet Society Foundation, through its Strengthening Communities, Improving Lives and Livelihoods (SCILLS) programme, supports EMpower's YouthNet initiative. This multi-partner project in Brazil and Colombia focuses on equipping marginalised youth with critical digital and employability skills for success in the global economy.

The Anglo American Foundation and EMpower are collaborating in Arequipa, Peru, on a system-focused initiative to enhance access to quality and equitable mental health services for young people by strengthening civil society organisations and institutionalising youth engagement and leadership in policy and system design.

Ares Charitable Foundation generously supports our work empowering young women in India to develop skills for achieving economic independence.

Arisiag has been an important and strategic partner for EMpower. They were an early and consistent supporter of our participatory work with girls in India, and we have been able to leverage their support to bring other institutional funders on board.

BlueBay has selected EMpower as their charity partner for the next two years. BlueBay’s support will go towards our grantmaking, enabling us to impact the lives of youth across the globe.

A longstanding and dedicated partner to EMpower, Cargill has worked with us on a shared vision to equip the next generation in emerging markets with 21st century skills, leading to securing decent and dignified jobs, setting out the ambition to work at scale across 5 countries which has already reached over 2,600 young people.

The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation's (CIFF) transformative support is enabling EMpower to embed Meaningful Youth Engagement (MYE) across regions and within the broader philanthropic sector. Through this partnership, EMpower is deepening its youth-led initiatives, strengthening systems to capture the impact of our MYE work; share best practices and insights at major convenings such as the Skoll World Forum.

For over a decade, EMpower has been honoured to be a partner of Citi’s e for education initiative, supporting education-focused organisations globally through a portion of proceeds from global trading.

Co-Impact, a global philanthropic collaborative, is committed to systems change and driving equitable progress in health, education, and economic opportunity. Co-Impact generously supports our work to build a stronger ecosystem for marginalised youth in Indonesia, helping them to thrive and reach their full potential.

Dodge & Cox became generous supporters of EMpower in 2025. Their unrestricted gift provides crucial flexible funding, allowing EMpower to strategically direct resources to the areas of greatest need to maximise impact for marginalised youth in emerging markets.

Ford is a founding supporter of our Empowering Her Voice initiative, lifting the voices of young women and girls, to help them recover and prosper from the negative effects of COVID-19.

ICONIQ Impact’s Youth Mental Wellbeing Co-Lab generously supports our work in strengthening the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 10–24 by enhancing the programmatic capacity of 155+ organisations EMpower partners with across 15 emerging market countries.

Since December 2022, J.P. Morgan Foundation has partnered with EMpower to equip marginalised young people in Argentina with the skills to succeed in a global economy.

MarketAxess is our first ever Global Leadership Council member, providing long-term support of our operating costs across the US, UK, Hong Kong, and Singapore, allowing us to innovate and grow.

MFS has been a long-time corporate supporter of EMpower, donating via event sponsorship and grantmaking support. With a focus on employee engagement, the MFS partnership has impacted lives across the globe.

​Pictet's partnership with EMpower focuses on developing an ESG model for asset management firms. While supporting EMpower's global work, Pictet is provided with opportunities to learn from and engage on issues that youth face. 

PIMCO has supported EMpower for a number of years in different capacities, and currently they support our East and South East Asia Gender Fund.

Seaport Global is an EMpower corporate Underwriter and event sponsor. Seaport Global (formerly Liquidity Finance) has held annual trading days for 15 years with all revenues going to support EMpower, raising nearly $1.5 million!

The Global Impact Fund for Women and Girls by Hauwa Ojeifo, advised by the National Philanthropic Trust, supports EMpower’s work to advance mental health and wellbeing for marginalised youth in Southeast Asia and India. This fund was established by Hauwa Ojeifo, a Nigerian mental health advocate and founder of She Writes Women, and is part of a wider initiative with Melinda French Gates' Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation.

We are grateful to have the support of the Tides Foundation for our work with marginalised girls and young women. We have a shared vision of a world where girls and young women can exercise their right to learn, to heal, to play, and to lead.

VR Cares, the charitable initiative of VR Capital Group, has been generously supporting EMpower since 2019. VR Cares was a critical supporter of our COVID-19 response in Latin America, and joined as a Leadership Council Underwriter in 2021.