"Our hope is that CIFF’s journey will be useful for all
who aim to make development more impactful."

The Children's Investment Fund Foundation wants to ensure substantial, tangible results from our financial investments. We therefore seek to invest in “big wins” defined as opportunities to effect profound improvements in well-being indicators in our priority impact areas which benefit large numbers of children, and where successes extend well beyond the direct impact of the funded programmes.

Thus, our investment criteria include:

• Tangible targets for impacting children
• Scaleability
• Sustainability
• Value for money

CIFF believes in targeted, evidence-based investments and requires all programmes to measure outcomes and demonstrate social returns. We seek to identify like-minded co-investors for our funded programmes and to attract new charitable investment to advancing children’s well-being.