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Global Innovation Fund

Gif

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1171353
Status
Registered
Registered
Jan. 27, 2017
Legal form
Charitable company

Address

Address
WEWORK C/O GLOBAL INNOVATION FUND
8 DEVONSHIRE SQUARE
LONDON
EC2M 4PL

Activities

GIF finds, funds and scales-up cost-effective, evidence-based social innovations that have the potential to measurably improve the lives of millions of people living on $5 a day or less in the developing world. GIF deploys grant and risk capital instruments to support a range of innovators across the globe to accelerate the development, rigorous testing, and scaling of innovations.

Objects: 5.1 The Objects Of Gif (the "objects") Are:5.1.1 The Relief Of Those In Need Arising By Reason Of Youth, Age, Ill-Health, Disability, Financial Hardship Or Other Disadvantage Amongst The World's Poor In Developing Countries For The Public Benefit By The Provision Of Grants, Loans, Social Investment, Equity Or Other Financial Assistance To Fund Or Otherwise Assist In Financing Projects, Programmes, Or Products Which Have The Capacity To Develop Into Large Scale Solutions Which Will Have A Significant Impact On And Further Such Object;5.1.2 The Relief Of Poverty Amongst The Same Beneficiary Group By The Same Means;5.1.3 The Advancement Of Any Other Charitable Purpose For The Public Benefit By The Same Means.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance
What
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment
Who
Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Country
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Vincent, Samoa, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, São Tomé And Principe, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Gambia, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 £16,552,431 £10,467,068 £26,430,296 —
Dec. 31, 2023 £5,444,641 £8,172,305 £19,945,393 29
Dec. 31, 2022 £7,874,000 £17,632,000 £23,694,000 33
Dec. 31, 2021 £6,164,000 £17,821,000 £30,135,000 35
Dec. 31, 2020 £1,647,000 £18,062,000 £41,500,000 39

Trustees

Name Appointed
Dr Jeremy Matthew Weinstein Jan. 31, 2022
Helen King Jan. 1, 2024
James Paul Habyarimana March 6, 2020
James Roy Clark March 6, 2020
Kathryn Card Kaufman Nov. 11, 2020
Santhosh Mathew Dec. 8, 2018