Dawn Austwick

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