Yacov Crawford
Yacov Crawford is a results-driven leader with extensive multi-sector experience in driving strategic, data-driven solutions for impactful businesses and communities.
Throughout his career, he has collaborated with businesses, government entities, and civil society to create sustainable, long-term solutions that address systemic challenges. His research and work in impact evaluation, systems mapping, and community-based participatory research have helped numerous organizations balance financial performance with social responsibility. By designing transformative performance methodologies that align investments with measurable social outcomes, he ensures that funds—whether from businesses, foundations, or non-profits—are directed to areas that generate the most meaningful impact. Through his family business, Social Change Ventures, Yacov has helped develop methodologies that translate actionable data into real-world situations, benefiting the public, private, and non-profit sectors alike.
As part of the senior leadership team at the financial services firm Ignition Capital, he provides strategic financial guidance and analytical support, empowering impact-driven clients to achieve transformative growth and success.
Yacov specializes in leveraging both qualitative and quantitative non-traditional data sources to guide investments for maximum social return. His expertise extends beyond the private sector, as he also works closely with governments, foundations, and not-for-profit organizations, helping them measure and demonstrate the impact of their investments and efforts. Yacov advised the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on creating a successful technology and evaluation lab and worked on developing strategies for diversifying funding sources for sustainable programming.
In addition to his extensive work in community development, Yacov served as a detective in the special victims division, focusing on human trafficking and financial crimes, and as a member of the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force. He was also an invited member of the Federal Charlotte Financial Crimes Task Force. Yacov is published in both peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed publications, contributing to discussions on social impact, public safety, and community resilience. He has also acted as a trusted advisor to several elected officials at the local, state, and national levels in both the United States and Israel.