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National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Sustainable Funding Project
Dawn Austwick
Chief Executive, Esmée Fairbairn
Foundation
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Dawn Austwick
• Grant-making
• Social investment
• Investment
Plus a range of supporting activities
The Three Foundation Stones
What we spend (2011 figures)
• To increase the overall size of the funding
cake
• To match funding mechanism to need
more appropriately in some cases
• To make our money work harder
• To contribute to market development
Social investment – why are we doing it?
Land Purchase Fund
Some examples of social
investments
Live Theatre
Bristol Together
Land Purchase Fund
• Assets
• Intellectual property
• Revenue streams
Opportunities
• Balance sheets/financial strength
• Technical expertise/resource/time
• Information and access
Constraints
• Specialised funds
• Sharing resources and knowledge
• Keep it simple, stupid!
Way forward
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Sustainable Funding Project
Rachel Kirby-Rider
Executive Director of Fundraising
and Communications, Samaritan’s