You are involved in venture philanthropy and/or a social venturing, either as an individual, a family or a foundation. You have financial resources that you would like to devote to helping solve particular social problems. Furthermore, you want your contribution to make a difference and to lead to professionally sustainable initiatives. This means that you are not simply the type of philanthropist that ‘merely’ signs cheques. You probably also disapprove of the glitz and glamour of some fund-raising events. You want to be involved, and in a way that matches the way you manage/managed your commercial ventures. With your commercial ventures, you were constantly searching to maximise your return on investment. For you, donations are also investments.

Colleagues of ours have written that their clients “…intend to make an impact by design – and not by default”. We like to quote them on this, as we have the feeling that you agree with this description wholeheartedly!