Member Since November 2021
About
Nathaniel Heller is a mission-driven leader and executive with more than two decades of experience in the non-profit, international development, and philanthropy spaces. As Geneva Global’s Vice President & Managing Director, Nathaniel oversees all of the firm’s client-facing work and deliverables as well as its external communications. Those services range from supporting philanthropists as they identify priority areas for investment; developing operational strategies to execute high-impact philanthropic programs; running programs in high-need geographies; and distilling successes, failures, and insights to inform future philanthropic giving. Prior to joining the firm, Nathaniel served as an Executive Vice President at Results for Development (R4D), where he oversaw many of the organization’s technical teams aimed at strengthening health, education, and nutrition systems in low-income countries. He originally joined R4D as a managing director, leading the organization’s work on citizen engagement and governance reform in countries. In both roles, Nathaniel spent significant time on strategy and work plan formulation, partnership development, thought leadership, and resource mobilization across the international development philanthropic spectrum. Earlier in his career, Nathaniel co-founded and led Global Integrity, an international non-governmental anti-corruption organization working in more than 100 countries to strengthen government transparency and accountability safeguards. From 2017 to 2019, he co-chaired the Open Government Partnership (a multi-stakeholder partnership spanning governments and civil society) and was the catalyst behind the establishment of the OpenGov Hub, the world’s first thematic co-working space focused on open government issues. He began his career working at a non-profit investigative journalism organization (the Center for Public Integrity) and at the US Department of State. Nathaniel holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware and completed his graduate work at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

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Three of the big-ticket questions non-profit boards are wrestling with—and how both peer mission-driven organizations businesses can benefit from the debates.

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Human beings need shared in-person experiences in order to come together as a team.

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Mar 6, 2023
The similarities between great non-profits and great companies are myriad. Corporate leaders would do well to learn from those charitable exemplars.

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It's easy to help your company do its part to create a more sustainable planet. It doesn't have to break the bank. Global environmental change, and the sustainability of our Earth, continue to be a rising topic of conversation in our personal and professional lives. If business owners, in particular, are looking for affordable ways to save the planet, they can start by assessing their company's carbon footprint beyond their walls and implementing small steps to improve their efficiency to make a better impact in their own community, first, and eventually worldwide. Below, 13 Fast Company Executive Board members share one easy, economical suggestion for business leaders who want to invest more of their time and resources into a "green-first" philosophy so they can cut waste as a company at-large.

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Here are three ways to find the signal in the noise and make more informed decisions that maximize the impact of your business's giving budget.

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The precise cocktail of criteria used to arrive at decisions as to whether and when to speak out publicly can either bolster or undermine a company’s long-term social impact agenda, including employee engagement and retention.
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Geneva Global
Company bio
Geneva Global is a mission-driven company that helps foundations, organizations, and individuals achieve positive social change through effective philanthropy. We leverage 20-plus years of experience putting philanthropic capital to work in nearly 100 countries to help our clients and partners. Our approach blends highly customized problem solving with proven methods to support evidence-driven decision-making.