This document analyzes the organizational structures of three successful entities that serve as precedents for the DIH. By understanding how they are staffed and organized, we can provide a credible, real-world justification for our own Hiring Plan.
The DIH is a hybrid organization that combines the functions of all three:
Model: The Global Fund is a financial institution disguised as a public health organization. It does not implement programs directly. Instead, its core function is to raise and deploy capital at massive scale (~$5B/year). Its organizational structure reflects this focus on finance, risk management, and grant administration.
Approximate Staff Size: ~700-800 people in its central Secretariat in Geneva.
Illustrative Org Chart & Key Roles:
Relevance to DIH: The Global Fund's structure provides a proven blueprint for the team required to manage the DIH Treasury (Phase 3). Our CFO, CCO, Treasury Operations, and Program Officer roles are directly analogous to the core functions of The Global Fund's Secretariat.
Model: The ICBL was not a large, centralized organization. It was a lean, decentralized network of NGOs that coordinated a global political campaign. Its power came from its moral authority and its ability to mobilize a vast network, not a large internal headcount.
Approximate Staff Size: A very small core team (likely < 20 people) responsible for coordination, with the bulk of the work done by partner organizations.
Illustrative Org Chart & Key Roles:
Relevance to DIH: The ICBL's lean, decentralized structure is the model for the DIH's political campaign (Phases 1 & 2). Our Head of Political Strategy, Elections Compliance Lead, and Regional Campaign Directors are the modern, more heavily capitalized version of the ICBL's core coordination team. We are, in effect, running a professionalized, well-funded ICBL.
Model: MakerDAO is a software protocol, not a traditional company. It has no CEO, no central office, and no formal employees in the traditional sense. It is governed by a global community of token holders and powered by a network of independent, self-organized "Core Units" that receive funding from the DAO.
Approximate Staff Size: ~100-150 full-time contributors across all Core Units.
Illustrative "Org Chart" (Core Units):
Relevance to DIH: MakerDAO provides the blueprint for how the DIH will operate in its mature, fully decentralized state (post-Phase 3). Our Head of Governance / DAO Facilitator role is directly modeled on MakerDAO's successful Governance Core Unit. The long-term vision is for the DIH's core functions to be managed by a similar network of independent, specialized teams funded by the DIH treasury itself.