The Why
Smart Impact Fund was founded on a simple, powerful belief: that true equity is not achieved through charity alone, but through influence and power.
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Our work is to ensure that underrepresented communities in the UK have the tools, platforms, and seats at the table to shape the systems that affect their lives. This means moving beyond traditional giving to a strategy of strategic investment in people, organisations, and systemic change. We intend to scale its impact globally into the future.
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This fund is an invitation to join us in this more ambitious, more impactful approach to building a fairer future.
Adam Imran Mani
CEO & Founder
Our Vision
Our vision is a future where underrepresented communities hold decisive influence over the systems that shape their lives. The Smart Impact Fund drives this future by:
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Forging a New Generation of Leaders: Equipping young individuals with the skills, platforms, and networks to become authoritative voices in media, culture, politics, education, law, and finance.
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Building Community Power: Directly resourcing the leaders and organisations that are shifting influence and advancing self-determination.
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Fortifying Institutional Infrastructure: Strengthening the foundational organisations in these sectors to become enduring pillars of community influence.
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Championing Ethical Systems Change: Using a trusted investment platform to shift capital towards initiatives that rewrite the rules of equity and access.
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Together, we don’t just seek a brighter world; we build the community’s capacity to design and control it.
Our Strategy
To build the strategic influence and power of underrepresented communities in the UK by infiltrating existing centres of power and building new community-controlled institutions in media, culture, finance, law, politics, and education.
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We achieve this through:
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Forging a Leadership Pipeline
Our flagship priority. We identify and invest in exceptionally talented individuals from underrepresented backgrounds, enabling them to access the top educational institutions. This investment is activated through our Smart Impact Fund Ambassador Fellowship, a comprehensive programme that equips them with the advocacy, networking, and strategic leadership skills to become authoritative, influential voices for their communities. We don't just fund their education; we invest in their development as lifelong agents of change.
Funding Community Power
Our primary grant-making focus. Directly resourcing advocacy, media, and legal organisations that are shifting policy, public narrative, and power dynamics at a systemic level.
Fortifying Institutional Infrastructure
Strengthening the long-term capacity of foundational organisations that serve as pillars of community knowledge, cultural production and economic development.
