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VIEW GRANT RECIPIENTS
INVESTMENT THEMES
Education
East Head Impact grants approved to date total £947,448
WHAT OUR PARTNER SAYS
"Impetus is so pleased that East Head Impact have chosen to support us over two years as we embark on our new 5 year strategy.
Their support allows us to be ambitious in our work with charities and ultimately deliver more meaningful change for young people in the UK.
We’re hugely grateful to all at East Head Impact for standing alongside us, backing our model and helping us to deliver on our mission: to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed in school, work and life."
GRANTS IN EDUCATION - 2022-2024
Impetus
Impetus was founded in 2002 and is a registered charity which supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to help them succeed in education, employment and life by finding, funding and building the most promising charities.
Impetus selects and backs charities dedicated to removing persistent barriers to a good education, decent work and life. Its current portfolio is made up of three funds with 25 charities.
Impetus supports its charity partners with expert advice as well as long-term strategic funding, and its charities must achieve three objectives – build strong leadership, beat benchmarks and scale their solutions.
*Registered Charity Number: 1152262
GRANTS IN EDUCATION - 2022-2024
Charity Overview
Impetus helps its charities achieve these objectives by building capacity through 1:1 support, pro bono work provided by third party supporters and peer forums, providing core funding, arranging co-investment and formulating policy.
Impetus funds charities through its Direct Fund which has an education and employment focus, its Engage Fund which has a school exclusion focus, and its Connect Fund which has an ethnic minority employment focus. Impetus also established the Youth Endowment Fund Charitable Trust (YEF) in March 2019 with a £200 million endowment and 10-year mandate from the Home Office. Impetus is the sole corporate trustee of YEF whose mission is to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence.
The purpose of East Head Impact’s grant is to co-fund Impetus’ charitable activities, (a £50,000 single year grant in 2022 and a £100,000 two-year grant in 2024).
Impact
Since it was established in 2002, Impetus has raised £165.3 million of value in support of its charitable objectives (excluding the £200 million Home Office endowment to YEF). This value includes donations and investment income, pro-bono services donated to Impetus and its charity partners, and additional funds which the charities have raised with the support of Impetus.
In 2022/23, Impetus raised £15.6 million of value in support of its charity partners which included £4.6 million of grants awarded, £2.4 million in pro-bono services and £1.7 million in value provided by the Impetus team. In a recent review, Impetus concluded that the charities in its Direct Fund had benefited from a 24% average annual increase in reach since entry into the Fund.
For example, the Tutor Trust which provides small group (1:3) and 1:1 tutoring to disadvantaged children in schools across the North of England grew significantly through the National Tutoring Programme from supporting 2,500 young people in 2019/20 to 6,200 in 2021/22.
Impetus believes that its work enables its charity partners to improve their success over time and that they consistently beat the available benchmarks.
In 2022/23, Impetus reached 378,000 young people through charity partners.
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