Name: Impetus
Price range: $

Back Impetus to join an engaged community of like-minded donors who share our ambition for change:

Fund outstanding non-profits serving young people while also backing research and influencing work to drive systemic change

Save time and remove the administrative burden of finding outstanding non-profits (every non-profit partner has undergone our thorough due diligence process before joining the portfolio)

Learn more about impact-led philanthropy and gain insights that can help you to invest with greater confidence

Receive bespoke, quality-assured impact reporting so you can be confident your money is making a difference

The four components of the Impetus offer to non-profit leaders make us unique in the sector

Long-term unrestricted grant funding

Sustained, expert support from our Investment team

Access to expertise from our world-class pro bono network

A policy platform to drive systemic change

Our partnerships are flexible and can be tailored to meet your funding interests

Impetus gives unrestricted grants because it’s the most vital type of income for any organisation, allowing it to grow, learn and deliver on its mission. This type of funding enables us to deliver our unique model and build sector-leading organisations.

Our supporters all share this commitment to trust-based philanthropy. Some choose to back our work tackling a specific issue or with a selection of non-profits.

To deliver our unique model and build sector-leading organisations, we rely on unrestricted, core funding.

Partner with us in this way and you’re funding our transformational work across education and employment, as well as the research and influencing work that is driving system change for even more young people.

Partner with us on a particular issue facing young people, backing our work with a cohort of exceptional non-profits and providing the sustained support needed to drive systemic change. Our Funds enable us to leverage our collective strengths for greater impact.

Our Fund partnerships start at £100k per year with a minimum commitment of three years. Impetus currently has four ring-fenced funds:

Engage Fund

Addressing the lost learning crisis

Connect Fund

Closing the employment gap faced by young people from minority ethnic backgrounds

Attainment Fund

Helping young people get the qualifications they need to thrive

Skills Fund

Addressing the national skills gap

Choose from our portfolio of exceptional non-profits - which have all undergone our sophisticated due diligence process - and back them directly alongside Impetus. Select based on different criteria – such as geography, target population, or type of intervention – and get to know different organisations in the Impetus portfolio.

We manage co-investment partnerships by working closely with you and your chosen organisations, providing detailed reporting, opportunities to engage directly with their work, and the confidence that you are backing the best.

These partnerships tend to be higher-value and more strategic, starting at around £300k per year. We instigated our first co-investment partnerships in 2019.