One of the ways Impetus leverages donors' money and helps the charities and social enterprises in its portfolio to increase their income is by introducing them to other grantmakers willing to fund individual charities directly, alongside Impetus. We call this form of leverage "co-investment".
This is often of special interest to grantmaking foundations with a specific charitable focus. They find it a particularly beneficial approach as:
- their money is well invested, as all organisations have been through the rigorous Impetus due diligence process
- they will receive regular updates on the progress of the charity or social enterprise, as part of the Impetus monitoring and evaluation process
- the organisation(s) they co-invest in will benefit from the capacity-building support Impetus provides to its portfolio charities and social enterprises.
Impetus co-investors:
The following organisations have co-invested alongside Impetus
in our portfolio charities and social enterprises:
• Charities Aid Foundation, in Naz Project London
and Fairtrade Foundation
• Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, in Keyfund
Federation
• ExPat Foundation, in Camfed International
• Rank Foundation, in Keyfund Federation
• The Private Equity Foundation, in Leap
Confronting Conflict and IntoUniversity
• Schroder Foundation, in Camfed
International
• The Trust for Education in Keyfund Federation,
Camfed International and IntoUniversity
Several individual donors have also co-invested in Leap Confronting Conflict and Camfed International.
The values of these co-investments range from £25,000 to £300,000.
To find out more about co-investing, please contact us.
If you would prefer to donate money to the Impetus portfolio of innovative charities and social enterprises, please see the contribute money section.
"We value the thorough due diligence and regular monitoring of charities that Impetus undertakes and feel confident the portfolio charities will develop significantly as a result of their engagement with Impetus."
Sir Peter Lampl, The Sutton Trust,
Impetus co-investor