Catalyst Management Services (CMS)

Catalyst Management Services (CMS), is a Social Impact Specialist that helps partners achieve Scale, Impact and Sustainability. As Solvists - we are solution-focused activists who care. Our commitment to sustainable development, understanding of complexity, inequities, leads us to invest in ideas, individuals and institutions, assembling multi-disciplinary teams in creating shared value and maximizing social returns. Our solutions range from Design (strategy and planning), Evidence (research, evaluation and insights), Monitoring (systems, accountability and performance), Learning systems (accretion and application). Working across the domains of livelihood, health, education, finance, governance, nutrition and humanitarian response, CMS has deep experience in policy, strategy, research, implementation, monitoring, capacity building, strategy and documentation. CMS nurtures collaborative platforms of diverse stakeholders, augmented by technology, to impact at scale for multiple vulnerable groups in different contexts. Established in 1994, CMS, based in India works in 25 other countries, exporting India’s social development capacities and bringing back learning and goodwill. We are part of Catalyst Group. CMS has worked with over 1000 organisations and pioneered three kinds of sectoral assets-Knowledge, Institutional and Financial assets. Over 75 knowledge assets consisting of tools, frameworks, methodology, indicator banks, sectoral TOCs, think pieces and technology solutions have been developed and made available to the sector. Institutional assets created include 200+ social enterprises incubated, many of whom are community-owned and professionally run, 7 models which are sectoral re-engineering of systems to focus on the poor and marginalised, 5 sectoral networks as key promoters, 3 sectoral platforms and over 300 development sector leaders. Over 1 million lives have been enriched - by improvement in healthy days, improved incomes, resilient families, viable enterprises, etc. Over 500 organisations and programmes have been impacted - by improved reach, scale, efficiency, effectiveness, etc. CMS has also placed Rs 3000 crores in the hands of the communities and raised over 10,000 crores for social causes. 30 internal leaders, 400+ full staff of CMS (and its group entities) and over 500 Network Consultants continue to add value to the sector through a blend of engagements and investments (see diagram), with a wide variety of development partners to realise their potential to accelerate scale and impact, sustainably. Partner with us to catalyse transformation and reach your results faster and better.