A modern approach to philanthropy
Our mission is to accelerate the pace of social and environmental change in the world through purpose-driven investments and targeted philanthropy.
We accomplish this by partnering with our clients to:
Allocate more financial resources toward impact and deploy the full spectrum of assets to drive change
Encourage risk-taking - philanthropy can serve as society’s risk capital, supporting experimentation and innovation
Build diversified impact and giving portfolios and expand the definition of philanthropy by increasing the range and scale of both investments and beneficiaries
Develop partnerships within the philanthropic and impact ecosystem to build capacity, leverage experience and knowledge, and accelerate positive change
RGPA partners with individuals, families, and institutions on transformational impact strategies.
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RGPA advises families and the rising generation of emerging philanthropists and impact investors to align their wealth and purpose. We work with clients to distill their values, vision, and objectives, and develop and implement comprehensive impact and giving strategies that can be applied across a continuum of assets. We offer the following highly-tailored services:
Multigenerational engagement, philanthropic education and strategy
Getting started in philanthropy and impact-first investing for high capacity, first generation wealth holders
Development, implementation and oversight of complex gift and impact strategies
Aligning philanthropic and estate planning
Assessment of optimal giving and impact vehicles
Convening with peers, potential partners, investors and beneficiaries
In-depth research and due diligence
Customized financial and impact reporting
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RGPA works with mission-driven organizations and institutions on sophisticated international fundraising strategies, multi-generation philanthropy and advanced professional development. Our services include:
Engagement strategies for global UHNW individuals and emerging philanthropists
International fundraising strategies
Family philanthropy program development
Complex non-cash and planned giving solutions
Development of innovative giving opportunities
Financial literacy and professional development for fundraising professionals
We share our clients’ belief in - and excitement for - harnessing the full spectrum of capital to unleash transformative social and environmental change.
RGPA is led by Robin Peterson Gibbs, a global philanthropic advisor and social investment strategist with three decades of experience in financial services and philanthropy. Robin has advised institutional investors, corporate foundations, ultra-high net worth individuals, and families on investments, grants, and philanthropic gifts totaling more than $1 billion.
Prior to founding RGPA, Robin was the Executive Director of Family Philanthropy at Brown University. A top fundraiser for the BrownTogether Campaign, Robin led a $220 million fundraising effort for Brown to become need-blind for international students, secured a landmark $50 million gift in support of financial aid, a naming gift for the Center for South Asia, a suite of professorships in brain science, as well as endowments for scholarships, deanships, athletics, and research funding.
Earlier in her career, Robin was an Executive Director in the Equities Division of Goldman Sachs and the relationship manager for several of the firm’s top global institutional asset management accounts. Robin started her career in International Capital Markets at Merrill Lynch.
Robin has lived and worked extensively in the U.S., the Middle East, South Asia, Europe, and Africa. She is a corporation member of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the world's leading independent organization dedicated to ocean research, and a trustee of Lighthouse Works, an artist residency program on Fishers Island, NY.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Brown University and a Master of Business Administration in Finance, cum laude, from Columbia Business School.
