​OUR PHILOSOPHY

​As our planet approaches its limits of water availability, food production and population growth, urgent action to improve how we utilize resources and advance economically is critical. 

​OUR MISSION

To develop impactful partnership, funding and collaboration strategies for your international, mission-driven, socially-minded and environmentally conscious organizations.

​OUR VALUES

We are…

• Empathetic to those in need
• Working with a world view
• Passionate to make the world a better place
• Understanding the role of business in solving our global problems
• Committed to doing good work at an efficient pace​ ​

​OUR STORY

Read about how and why our Founder, Joanne Sonenshine, started Connective Impact here.

OUR CLIENTS

Our clients are international, mission-driven organizations intent on making our planet a sustainable, safer and more productive home by leveraging partnerships. 

You are forward thinking innovators, willing to take risks, and are confident that sustainability and economic development is tightly linked and not mutually exclusive. 
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​We facilitate partnerships and fundraising on a wide variety of sustainability and social impact issues within key focus areas:

​​Climate change
Food security
Water
Responsible sourcing  
Supply chains 
Agriculture and land use
Health and nutrition
Income diversification
Poverty alleviation

PHOTO: J. Sonenshine, Bangladesh 2019

Working with like-minded organizations and donors, finding a point of mutual benefit, and collaborating effectively, your commitments will stay on-track.

JOANNE SONENSHINE
FOUNDER + CEO​
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​Joanne Sonenshine is a development economist with a passion for partnership development, and experiences working with government agencies, large and small corporations, and nonprofits.  Joanne focuses on collaboration approaches to solve some of our world's biggest problems. Passionate about societal change, Joanne has devoted her career to helping decision makers, corporate leaders and entrepreneurs coalesce to create more formidable impact in their work.  ​Joanne is also author of Purposeful Profits: Inside Successful Businesses Making a Positive Global Impact, and ChangeSeekers: Finding Your Path to Impact. Joanne lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and two boys. ​

Connective Impact's broader team includes colleagues we bring in to support
​marketing, branding, fundraising, leadership and organizational development on a case-by-case basis.

​These individuals are 100% dedicated to supporting organizations
​that prioritize social impact and environmental conservation.

​Connective Impact is proud to be a founding partner
of the MAG Impact Collective.

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