We’re proud to announce the launch of Sunflower Services, an independent Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) dedicated to transforming how nonprofit organizations access world-class operational support.

Owned by three of the nation’s leading charitable organizations—lead investor New Venture Fund, alongside Windward Fund and Hopewell Fund—Sunflower Services embodies a groundbreaking model that blends mission-driven values with professional services orientation. With a commitment to service excellence, innovation, and attracting top-tier talent to the social impact sector, Sunflower was created to ensure values alignment and service excellence to the many mission-driven organizations we’re privileged to support.

“New Venture Fund is proud to serve as lead investor in Sunflower Services because we see this as a strategic opportunity to strengthen the entire social impact ecosystem. The Public Benefit Corporation structure aligns Sunflower’s success and the success of the organizations it serves. We’re not interested in incremental improvement; we are fundamentally reimagining how operational infrastructure can accelerate social change,” said Lee Bodner, President, New Venture Fund. “Together, with my peers, we’re investing in innovation that will raise the bar for the entire sector.”

“At Windward Fund, we’ve always believed that how we do our work matters as much as what we accomplish. For organizations working on environmental protection and climate solutions, Sunflower represents the kind of values-aligned infrastructure our sector needs,” said C. Lynn McNair, President, Windward Fund.

“Sunflower’s mission-driven approach and commitment to excellence will help level the playing field. Hopewell is investing in Sunflower because we believe that when social justice organizations have world-class infrastructure, they can focus their energy where it belongs – on building power and creating change,” said Anna Brower, President, Hopewell Fund.

Sunflower Services will be led by Allan Williams, Chief Executive Officer, who brings extensive experience as a management consultant and finance and operations executive.  Williams will oversee a team of 240 experienced professionals based in Washington, DC, offering integrated operational expertise in finance and accounting, human resources, grants management, compliance, and more.

“We’re building Sunflower to be a lasting institution that evolves with the sector’s needs, embraces innovation, and never loses sight of why we exist: to help mission-driven organizations succeed,” Williams said.

In the last year, the owners of Sunflower–NVF, Windward Fund, and Hopewell Fund– together supported over $1.179 billion in resources, deployed by nearly 200 projects worldwide that are focused on an array of social and environmental causes that seek to improve the lives and well-being of people and the planet. These organizations have supported more than 1,000 staff across the country and provided over 2,000 critically needed grants to communities in all 50 states and around the globe.

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