A Social Business Model That Reinvests 100% in the Global South

CPF’s approach combines decades of Global South professional experience, evidence-based analysis, and practical tools for enabling community participation and ethical risk management.

Advisory support focuses on operationalising shift-the-power principles—clarifying roles, funding flows, participation in decision-making, safeguarding, risk sharing, accountability and learning systems of organisations. While our seminars for young professionals and students bridge theory and professional reality.

CPF operates on a full cost-recovery, impact-first basis. This means:

• CPF charges fees to cover the real cost of delivering the work.

• Work is accepted based on its contribution to community-led development or systems change, and

• CPF prioritises social impact over profit, reinvesting any surplus back into its mission: 100% of net surplus is reinvested as flexible funding and organizational development support to grassroots actions in the Global South.

Reform the aid system. Starting with how you spend for training and advisory services.

Working with our social business translates shift-the-power rhetoric into practice, and generates profits for greater community-led change.

Advisory

Ensure that equitable partnership, community leadership, and localisation are embedded in your theories of change (ToC) and organisational practice. Align programme design with community-defined priorities, and develop partnership and governance structures that shift decision-making power and resources closer to local actors.

Experiential Learning Programme

Gain a critical, practice-oriented understanding of leadership within the UN system and other international organizations—grounded in Global South perspectives and real-world experience. Identify gendered exclusions, even within shift-the-power discourse. Learn to address ethical dilemmas under donor pressure.

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