Sovereign Wealth Funds
Howard Lake | 5 July 2011 | Blogs
One of the sessions I attended at the Institute of Fundraising Convention yesterday mentioned Sovereign Wealth Funds as a potential hyper donor. Never mind major donors, we are talking huge donations here, starting in the tens of millions. Sovereign Wealth Funds are investment funds or arrangements, owned by the government. Is this something worth considering? If you have any excellent corporate connections, royal patrons, presidents, etc., this could be an avenue you could successfully explore. MPs were also suggested as a possible route to explore.
Some funds are more transparent than others, and you might not want to touch some with a barge pole.
I don’t know about you, but I want to find out more about this.
All the best
Finbar Cullen
ResearchPlus
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.