EQ House of Africa serves as the institutional home and strategic partner for diasporic leaders launching organisations across science, civic engagement, and emotional wellbeing. Below are organisations we currently support in our work with diasporic leaders.
For African diasporic founders building mission-driven organisations, EQ House of Africa provides three forms of support: strategic counsel and fundraising support through our consultancy practice, fiscal hosting through our 501(c)(3) where appropriate, and access to our network of partners, funders, and advisors across the development sector.
Two organisations currently anchor our portfolio of work with diasporic leaders.
Melanin Science is a San Francisco-based nonprofit building a talent ecosystem for the biotech and life sciences industry. Founded by Carmen Banks, the organisation works at the intersection of STEM equity and workforce infrastructure for the communities most affected by the problems biotech is trying to solve.
EQ House of Africa supports Melanin Science through fundraising strategy and partnership development under the EQ House consultancy practice. Our work with Melanin Science focuses on grantmaking strategy, funder prospecting, and corporate and university partnership development — with a Year 1 target portfolio of $250,000 in funding and partnerships.
Evbekozin is a civic engagement and democracy organisation founded by Joseph Amenaghawon, a leading Nigerian voice in transparency and accountability who serves as Acting Country Director at BudgIT and brings extensive experience as a Co-Impact Country Advisor for Nigeria, Climate Breakthrough Scout, and IREX Clean Energy Incubator Mentor.
EQ House of Africa supports Evbekozin through institutional fundraising strategy, donor cultivation, and program design support — building toward funding partnerships with organisations like MacArthur Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Ford Foundation Nigeria, and the National Endowment for Democracy. Our engagement also includes recruitment support for the organisation's growing programme team.
If you are a diasporic leader building an organisation that needs strategic support, fundraising counsel, or institutional infrastructure — we would love to hear from you.
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