Investment Criteria

Our investment process intensively cultivates high-performing, self-sustaining programmes operating at national and international scale.

Regardless of investment approach, our outcomes are only as strong as the organisations in which we invest. Before making a commitment to an organisation, we thoroughly review programme strengths and leadership, value for investment and overall alignment with our Engaged Investor strategy. Beyond these factors, specific CIFF investment criteria include:

Impact

• Supporting comprehensive approaches to assisting children and families
• Pioneering innovations with measurable social return on investment

Sustainability

• Targeting transformational investments that can become self-sustaining
• Rigorously analysing to encourage continuous adaptation and transparency

Scalability

• Filling gaps and breaking bottlenecks to unleash systemic change
• Investing in high potential or proven strategies that substantially benefit large numbers of children.