Fund structure

Asset management funds diversify their funds to lower their overall investment risk. Insaan expects to replicate that diversity in the philanthropic world by permitting social investors to spread philanthropic giving across a variety of targets having a common theme. The fund structure enables strategic investments on a larger scale, building a critical mass for greater social return, which is an important advantage in a fragmented philanthropic market. Insaan’s fund also groups charitable entities with public and private entities. Its commitment period enables all of these target ventures to access long term, flexible, impact-driven capital.

Innovative performance management

Insaan’s fund merges learning from the asset management world with best practice in international development and measurement systems to select high potential ventures, conduct rigorous due diligence processes, engage with ventures at the governance or strategic level and measure philanthropic performance through the calculation of Philanthropic Return On Investment (PROI). By developing theory and application of PROI, Insaan ultimately will set new standards of quality, accountability and systemic impact in the areas of philanthropy, social enterprise, and the aid industry.