Grassroots Impact,
Population Scale
Bridging the gaps, from Last Mile to First Mile
Social Positive was built from 26 years of learning who has the most, who needs the most, and how the sector creates real impact. We close the systemic gaps that reduce effective social impact to 22-30 cents per dollar invested.
flows into social good every year
We helped steward $650 million of it across 55 countries, reaching 30 million lives. Here is what we learned about where the system breaks and how to fix it.
Four Gaps That Reduce Impact
Between the intention of social investment and its impact, four systemic gaps compound to reduce every dollar's effectiveness.
Needs to Funding
of capital bypasses highest-need communities
"We mapped CSR investments across India's 740 districts and found a near-perfect inverse correlation between need and funding."
Explore on ImpactScapeStrategy to Execution
of social strategies never reach full implementation
"We built a purpose ecosystem that reached 55 countries and 601,000 employees. The strategy moved because we stayed to build it."
Explore on ImpactScapeImplementation to Impact
of what gets measured is what is easy to count
"We built measurement systems that proved $8:1 ROI on millions in community investment. That was not an estimate. It was validated over a decade."
Explore on ImpactScapeEvidence to Scale
average from proven intervention to population-level adoption
"We compressed that timeline using the 4C Model. 200+ leaders built became the backbone for programs reaching 30 million lives."
Explore on ImpactScapeBuilt from 26 years inside the system
Balaji Ganapathy served as Chief Social Responsibility Officer at Tata Consultancy Services, where he designed and led one of the world's largest corporate social impact programs. His work spanned 55 countries, 188 partnerships, and reached 30 million lives.
Social Positive was not born from a business plan. It was born from patterns that kept repeating: leaders who want to do more and build the systems, the evidence, and the implementation muscle to move from intention to impact at population scale.
For Corporates, Foundations, Nonprofits, GCCs, and Family Offices
Four gaps. Four ways we close them.
Each offering is built from lived experience closing these gaps at scale.
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