Finance. Expertise. Networks.

Our expert due diligence, based on the record of our Members in backing winners in both the commercial and social sectors, identifies up-and-coming social entrepreneurs with a proven model and the ambition to scale.

We back them to become even more effective, with a combination of financial support and professional expertise from the private sector.

Established by a membership of private and institutional funders, VPF’s pioneering model leverages primarily unrestricted grants with private sector pro bono support and access to members' networks.

This facilitates growth and ultimately maximises social impact.

Our mission is to:

• Increase and redistribute the amount of money being directed towards social innovation;
• Become the lead donor of choice to social entrepreneurs and the dynamic organisations that they run;
• Promote engagement of the commercial sector in the activities of social entrepreneurship;
• Positively influence the way in which the charitable and social enterprise sector is perceived by the commercial sector.