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PEF Goals

Our Mission

Our Goals

Our Strategy 

  • Focus on a major issue, become expert and make a significant impact. PEF has started with the NEETs (young people not in education, employment or training) issue
  • Build a portfolio of charities specifically addressing this NEETs issue
  • Engage, on a pro bono basis, the skills of the PE industry to help these charities become world class
  • Apply the tools and techniques of the private equity industry to drive value, impact and results
  • Target medium sized charities where:
    • Our money can be an agent for transformation, growth and replication
    • We can help develop an exceptional organisation, management and a sustainable financial model
    • There is an openness to our engaged, active governance model
Our Goals

So far we have:

  • Changed 30,000 children’s lives after only 3 years
  • Raised £16 million for social causes
  • Built a portfolio of 13 UK charities, and 4 in Europe
  • Carefully developed our model of 'applying private equity to charity'
  • Built our own capability and secured 9,500 hours of valuable pro bono assistance
  • Involved 32 firms in the work of our charities

 

"Partnership with the Private Equity Foundation is helping us tackle some tough issues in securing the long-term future of our national early intervention programmes"

 

Jean Gross Ex-Director, Every Child a Chance Trust