ISIP Social Impact Accelerator

 

Elevating Impact Enterprises to grow and scale sustainable, successful models

 

Innovation for Social Impact Partnership (ISIP) Social Impact Accelerator is a 6-month gender smart capacity-building program specifically designed for social enterprises in the Philippines that are tackling some of the most pressing problems in the country.  

This is an intensive program for impact-driven enterprises to strengthen their business models, deepen their impact, and get investment-ready.

Selected social enterprise founders get a chance to be awarded a contract of up to PHP 140,000 to grow their business and advance the SDGs!

ISIP is supported by the Australian Government and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme in the Philippines (UNDP Philippines). The ISIP Social Impact Accelerator is co-led and co-implemented by ACTED and Villgro Philippines.

The objective of the program is to empower entrepreneurs to:  

  • level up business models

  • measure and deepen impact

  • prepare to raise investments

  • connect to market partners

  • access follow-on funding

What will you get?

DIAGNOSTIC PANELS

A deep dive into your business model to identify key pain points and address them through lean experiments guided by mentors & experts in the field.

LEARNING LABS

Expert-led workshops to help you understand and implement growth strategies.

MASTERCLASSES

A special series of curated knowledge sessions by some of the leading voices in the industry from across the world.

MENTORING & COACHING

A unique opportunity to receive guidance from an industry expert who understands the needs of your organization and helps you build a robust plan to address the gaps in your business model.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

To assist you in building best practices in finance, marketing, and communications by working with technical service providers such as accountants, lawyers, branding experts, etc.

INVESTMENT READINESS TRAINING

To better understand your financial data, demystify term-sheets, and implement strategies that will make your enterprise investment ready.

COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT

To connect and learn with peers and partners through shared, structured learning experiences.

NETWORKING

To network with potential investors, market players, peers to explore access to capital and collaborations.

IMPACT & GENDER-SMART TRAINING

To access training to apply a gender lens to your operation and measure and manage your impact.

IMPACT SHOWCASE

A platform for you to present your enterprise and impact to a consortium of peers, ESOs, investors, and funders.

 

Who can apply?

The ISIP Social Impact Accelerator is inviting applications from enterprises that:

Have a mission to solve social or environmental challenges with clear intentionality of impact and alignment to the SDGs   

Have been operating in the Philippines for a minimum of 1 year  

 

Have early traction or validation with customers  

Are duly registered in the Philippines with DTI, MTIT or SEC  

 
 

Operating and/or creating impact in the BARMM or broader Mindanao 

 
 
 

We highly encourage social enterprises led by women or underrepresented founders to apply.

 
 
DEADLINE:
September 11, 2022

Don't miss this chance to...

  • Learn from experts, network with mentors, and implement a gender lens in your operations
  • Get access to investors that are impact driven to unlock growth capital 
  • Scale and deepen your impact  

Frequently Asked Questions

ISIP Social Impact Accelerator is a 6-month gender smart capacity-building program specifically designed for social enterprises in the Philippines that are tackling some of the most pressing problems in the country.  This is an intensive program for impact-driven enterprises to strengthen their business models, deepen their impact, and get investment-ready.

Social impact enterprises who are interested in joining the challenge should complete the online application form and submit it before the deadline. Selected enterprises will be informed over email.

This is a free program. There is no fee.

The ISIP Social Impact Accelerator is inviting applications from social impact enterprises that: 

  • Have a mission to solve social or environmental challenges with clear intentionality of impact and alignment to the SDGs 
  • Have been operating in the Philippines for a minimum of 1-year 
  • Have early traction or validation with customers 
  • Are duly registered in the Philippines with DTI or SEC or MTIT 

Operating and/or creating impact in the BARMM or broader Mindanao 

We highly encourage social enterprises led by women or underrepresented founders to apply.  

The program will be conducted in English. You will need a basic fluency in the language to get the most out of the program.

The accelerator program will kick off in September 2022 to conclude in March 2023 and is composed of workshops, one-on-one consultations, mentoring, gender-smart training, learning labs, and masterclasses. Usually, these activities would last 1-3 hours per session every once to twice a week. Majority of the support is provided on a one-to-one basis, so you have the flexibility to schedule them as per your convenience. We expect participants to engage actively in the activities.

Selected social enterprise founders get a chance to be awarded a contract of up to PHP 140,000 to grow their business and advance the SDGs.

The program will select up to 10 social enterprises who are operating and/or creating impact in BARMM or broader Mindanao. A selection committee will assess applications, conduct virtual diligence through interviews with entrepreneurs, and provide analysis on individual business models, feasibility of innovations, potential for scale, sustainability, impact and capability of the team to execute, and growth capital needs. A financial due diligence and risk assessment will be conducted to identify risks in the business model, compliance and investment readiness. We highly encourage enterprises that are women-led or led by under-represented founders to apply.

In light of the community quarantine protocols, 80% of the training, mentoring, learning labs, and other activities will be held online. We will be meeting face-to-face during the onset of the program, selected learning lab sessions, and at the final phase of the program - the Impact Showcase. The venues will be a strategic and accessible area in Mindanao for the 10 social enterprises.

We encourage you to apply via our online application form. Please access it here. But in case you are unable to apply through our online portal, you can download the application form here and email your duly completed application form to isip.ph@undp.org with the subject line [ISIP Application] Name of Your Organization.

You may also visit our offices in Cotabato City or Iligan to submit an application form. If you would like to come to our office, please reach out to Korina at korina@villgrophilippines.org or message at: +63-977-365-2971.

In case you have poor internet connectivity and cannot access the online application form, you can submit the application in the following ways:

In-Person submission - You can visit and submit the requirements at ACTED’s offices. Please coordinate with us prior visiting, their office is open Monday-Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm.

  • ACTED Cotabato - Brgy. Don Antonio Sousa. Don TV Juliano Avenue Street, Cotabato
  • ACTED Iligan - #0051 Oxford Street, corner of Purdue Street, Celdran Village, Tubod, Iligan City

Offline application - Download the application form at https://bit.ly/ISIPApp and fill out the application form and submit it with all the attachments via email. See details below:

Subject of the email: [ISIP Application] Name of Your Organization
Body of the email: Say hello and say a short intro message
Submit your application to: isip.ph@undp.org

For inquiries or concerns, please reach out to Korina Chavez at korina@villgrophilippines.org or at isip.ph@undp.org.