The focus of every VPP investment is helping the organization to build the strength of the organization behind the programs. We support this type of organization building through our significant financial investments, through the expertise of our in-house investment team, and through the leverage of a wide network of outside contacts and professional advisors. Along the way, we strive to foster the diverse expertise, talents, and experiences of our investor partners’ teams and continually seek greater understanding of socioeconomic, cultural, and political issues that underlie their missions.

VPP’s investment partners, their leaders, and boards of directors are improving their organizational effectiveness and sustainability largely by focusing on the basic building blocks of organizational strength. These include creating performance-driven cultures characterized by expanded thinking, greater accountability, more managerial rigor, and an increased focus on outcomes achieved.

In addition to instilling performance-driven cultures, investment partners are focused on improving management fundamentals, including clarified mission and goals; stronger senior management and boards; increased capital; strengthened financial accountability; improved programs and services; and established outcomes assessment systems. Not only are improving these areas crucial elements to creating high-performing organizations, VPP believes they serve as the basis for everything else the organization undertakes.