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Who is in our orbit?

IFI brings together funders, builders, thinkers, and doers who believe the future of finance should serve real-world impact. These are the navigators mapping tomorrow's financial systems.

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Navigating the future of finance

What would it look like if finance was truly built for impact? We believe it would be inclusive, collaborative and fit-for-purpose — serving the needs of the many, not the few.

If we want to make this vision a reality, we need radically impactful funding models that flip the script on traditional finance. Over the next 5 years, we plan to test new models, co-create tools, and back what's already working — from steward ownership to impact-linked financing.

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Find your people — the builders, funders, and thinkers reshaping the future of finance.

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Step into a community built for brave ideas, where the right voices are in the room and curiosity leads the way.

From idea to action, together

Share the projects you're shaping. We'll help fuel them with resources, tools, and connections to move from idea to action.

Our community drives us towards new frontiers

At the Innovative Finance Initiative, our members drive what happens next. Together we're setting the focus, choosing the missions, and exploring the future of innovative finance. It's not about watching from the sidelines. It's about picking up your field tools and building what is needed to change the financial system.

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Missions — Learn, Explore, Build Together

Collaborative missions are where the real growth happens — and every mission moves the frontier forward. The Innovative Finance Initiative community comes together to learn what's working, explore what's possible and build what's needed.

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Fiscally backed by The ImPact and supported by pioneers who believe in building what's needed.

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What is Innovative Finance?

Learn more about resourcing social and environmental impact through innovations in financial structures, incentives, strategies and processes.

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"The right tools, the right people, and the right questions can shift entire systems."
— Aunnie Patton Power, Founding Director