The Supporting the Emergence of Active Philanthropists in Nigeria (SEAPIN) is designed to amplify the potential impact of aspiring and emerging family philanthropies in Nigeria.
Starting in March 2026, Weath4Impact will enroll 20 early-stage philanthropy families in Nigeria into a 10-month program to actively gain insights, learning, and support in their efforts to build generational wealth for generational impact. Ultimately, these families will improve the structure, effectiveness, and impact of their strategic giving through trusts, foundations or other formal mechanisms.
This program is being provided at no cost to the families due to the generous support of the MacArthur Foundation.
Application deadline: January 31st, 2026
Program Components and Benefits:
Virtual Learning Labs
Leveraging local and global experts and philanthropists, the families will benefit from exposure to a range of topics including: Determining What to Give, to Whom and How to Give; Building partnerships; Governance of your Foundation; Operating versus Grant-making and the grant-making process; Talent for your Foundation; Maximizing Impact; Sustaining your giving; Optimizing team dynamics. These facilitated learning and discussion sessions will feature local and international experts, case studies, resource materials, and a deliverable for each family to document their own belief systems and proposed approach following the sessions.
Tailored Advisory Support
Two sessions of tailored advisory support and confidential, closed meetings with the founders and senior family or company team members to review progress and finalize a tailored strategic plan and implementation roadmaps. These sessions will be in-person or online depending on availability of the facilitators and the philanthropists.
Strategic guidance: Legal, wealth management, and branding
Two tailored sessions with capable resources for additional legal, wealth management, and communications/branding and web development support to enable them benefit from implementation support to formally launch their Foundations. These sessions will be in person or online depending on availability of the facilitators and the philanthropists.
Community of support and practice
Regular group check-ins and a resource hub for the organizations to leverage and share on-going progress, challenges and opportunities for up to three years after formally completing the program. The philanthropists will also be grouped by sector of interest and matched with a pipeline of charities and social enterprises that work in the areas of focus and interest to explore collaboration opportunities further, working in partnership with the African Philanthropy Forum’s StartPoint.
Referrals to additional communities of support
Formal introductions to African umbrella organizations through strategic engagements with international philanthropy-focused consulting firms. We will also connect these local philanthropists with global philanthropists to pool resources and form partnerships, thereby deepening their work.
While Wealth4Impact team’s outreach will be wide, the eligibility requirements will limit participation in the Cohort to the following criteria:
- Family groups comprised of at least 2 individuals who have demonstrated commitment to giving a minimum of $50,000 equivalent annually, growing by at least 10% annually for the first 5 years
- Demonstrated track record of informal philanthropy
- A commitment to devoting time and energy to the program demonstrated by the active and full participation in all sessions; the completion of all pre- and post-program surveys; and willingness to share frequent updates on progress following the formal conclusion of the program, including annual check-ins
- Giving in targeted key development areas and communities such as health, education, social entrepreneurship, community development, underprivileged youth, food systems and nutrition, democracy, etc.
- Families can be based in the diaspora. However, the lion share of philanthropic activities must be in Nigeria.