💭 What if every asset a charity holds could be used to create impact?
At Bristol Charities, that’s exactly what we’re doing through Total Impact Investment.
💡 It’s a simple idea:
Use everything, not just grants, to drive change.
From our endowment to our property, we’re taking a more creative approach:
🔁 Investing in ways that generate both financial returns and social impact
🏙️ Using assets to unlock new opportunities across Bristol
🤝 Partnering to scale solutions that work
🏛️ As a charity with over 600 years of history, we’ve built up resources over time.
🔥 Now we’re using them differently.
“Total Impact Investment is about using every resource we have, our endowment, our assets, and our partnerships, to deliver against our mission, not just relying on traditional grant-making. Ethically, it ensures our investments are aligned with the change we want to see in the world. Financially, it’s about taking a long-term, sustainable approach; where our capital continues to grow while also actively working to reduce the very challenges we exist to address.”
Paul Smith, Finance Director, Bristol Charities
Because impact isn’t just about what you give…it’s about how you use what you have.
✨ This is about shifting from traditional grant-making to a whole-organisation approach to change.
If you’re interested in new models of investment, partnership, and long-term impact, we’d love to connect.
