Funds as Instruments
Transforming how capital flows to create systemic water solutions through innovative fund structures
Our Open, Networked Approach.
Impact, Transformation, and Returns are hamstrung by a very siloed reality. They only manage whatever kind of instrument or vehicle that they manage, they almost never have more than one fund structure instrument. Why? It's the way the industry grew up. It has always been. No other reason.
We believe funds are instruments of change.
And we need a symphony of instruments to create the change we need.
Just as an orchestra combines strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion to create beautiful music, we combine different fund structures—each with its unique purpose and approach—to create a harmonious and powerful force for water solutions. No single instrument can play every note, and no single fund structure can address every challenge. Our strength lies in this diversity and our ability to orchestrate these instruments in harmony.
The Water Foundation's Role
The Water Foundation serves as the conductor of this symphony, ensuring each instrument plays its part at the right time and in harmony with others. We don't just create funds—we create an ecosystem where different financial instruments can work together seamlessly, amplifying their collective impact far beyond what any single approach could achieve alone.
Our role is to identify gaps in the funding landscape, design the right instruments to fill those gaps, and ensure they work in concert to create systemic change. We're not just building funds; we're building a new financial infrastructure for water sustainability.
Open Innovation
The belief and strategy that prioritizes the importance of external ideas, practices, and opportunities in driving innovation and growth. It recognizes that innovation is not a closed system, but rather a dynamic process that benefits from the exchange of ideas and knowledge across different organizations, sectors, industries, and even countries.
Network Capital
The belief and strategy that more value is created by the exchange of ideas and knowledge across different organizations, sectors, industries, and even countries, than by small teams of elite professionals working in relative isolation.
Concieved and Designed to be Transformative through an Open, Networked Strategy.
Expert-Led Fund Management
Different fund structures are managed by professionals with proven track records in their specific fund structure, supported by experienced trustees.
Fund Trusteeship
Trustees ensure alignment with mission and values while generating outstanding impact and financial returns relative to alternatives.
Mission Boards
Special advisory boards initiate and oversee collective impact on specific challenges or efforts.
Coalition Building
Managing Partners form strategic coalitions across fund structures to address specific challenges, facilitated by Mission Boards and aligned with organizational goals.
Unified Coordination
The Water Foundation serves as the coordinating body, ensuring alignment, facilitating knowledge sharing, and driving collective impact across all initiatives.
Transparent Governance
The Board of Directors of the Water Foundation serves as the governing body, ensuring transparency and accountability. Board Meetings are default streamed to the public and archived (save executive sessions).
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