What We Do

The One Foundation is a private philanthropic fund that will spend down its capital over ten years (2004-2013).

We invest in non-profit organisations that share our mission and want to create a step change in impact.

We call our investment strategy ‘active philanthropy’ (also known as ‘venture philanthropy’). This means we do more than simply donate money to non-profit organisations in chosen sectors. Instead, we invest in those organisations and underpin our funding with the high level knowledge, skills and resources necessary to help non-profit agencies maximise the impact of their activities.
In return, we require the 'return on investment' to be clearly defined in terms of social change or social impact.