# GLOBAL INNOVATION FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1171353
- **Other names:** GIF
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 27, 2017
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1171353


## Contact

- **Address:** WEWORK C/O GLOBAL INNOVATION FUND, 8 DEVONSHIRE SQUARE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC2M 4PL
- **Phone:** 0207 971 1078
- **Email:** hello@globalinnovation.fund
- **Website:** http://www.globalinnovation.fund/



## Activities

**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.

**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.




## 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

- 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 | £16552431 | £10467068 | £26430296 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £5444641 | £8172305 | £19945393 | 29 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £7874000 | £17632000 | £23694000 | 33 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £6164000 | £17821000 | £30135000 | 35 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1647000 | £18062000 | £41500000 | 39 |



## Trustees

- Dr Jeremy Matthew Weinstein — appointed Jan. 31, 2022
- HELEN KING — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- James Paul Habyarimana — appointed March 6, 2020
- James Roy Clark — appointed March 6, 2020
- Kathryn Card Kaufman — appointed Nov. 11, 2020
- Santhosh Mathew — appointed Dec. 8, 2018