Name: Impetus
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We find, fund and build high potential organisations supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed in school, work and life.

We give these organisations long-term, unrestricted funding, and manage co-investment partnerships for them with individual donors. But we are more than a funder. Our backing comes with hands-on support from our experienced Investment team and network of pro bono experts, deepening our partners' impact, upskilling their leadership and helping them achieve sustainable growth.

Our portfolio partners become stronger, bigger and better organisations that transform the lives the young people they serve. Read more about our upcoming, open and closed funding rounds below:

School Attainment

Now open.

Through our School Attainment round, we seek to work with organisations:

Working to improve school attainment outcomes for underserved students in mainstream schools
Supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to secure expected standard in their SATs and/or GCSE Grade 4 in English and/or maths

Applications are open from 12 March to 17 April 2025.

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Skills

Now open.

Through our Skills round, we seek to work with organisations supporting young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) into sustained employment through skills.

Applications are open from 12 March to 17 April 2025.

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Youth employment

This grant round is now closed.

Through this grant, we want to partner with organisations working:

To support young people to find work or develop work-related skills
Primarily with young people from ethnic minority and socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds

This grant was open from February to April 2024.

Reducing exclusions, improving school engagement and raising attainment

This grant round is now closed.

Through this grant, we want to partner with organisations working to:

Improve school engagement and reduce exclusions and lost learning for students in mainstream schools
And/or improve engagement and/or attainment outcomes for children who have been excluded from school

This grant was open from January to February 2024.

Youth employment and race equity

This grant round is now closed.

This grant funds impact-led organisations supporting young people from both ethnic minority and socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds into work.

This grant was open from February to March 2022.

Social and emotional learning (SEL)

This grant round is now closed.

Through this grant, we want to partner with organisations working to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds develop the social and emotional skills they need to succeed at school.

This grant was open from December 2021 to January 2022.

Funding opportunities

We find, fund and build high potential organisations supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed in school, work and life.

School Attainment

Skills

Youth employment

Reducing exclusions, improving school engagement and raising attainment

Youth employment and race equity

Social and emotional learning (SEL)

Find out more

Funding opportunities

We find, fund and build high potential organisations supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed in school, work and life.

School Attainment

Skills

Youth employment

Reducing exclusions, improving school engagement and raising attainment

Youth employment and race equity

Social and emotional learning (SEL)

Find out more

Impetus invests further £785k in three partner organisations

Graduation announcement for three of our long-standing charity partners

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