Frey Charitable Foundation
in numbers
Although FCF was active in multiple countries during its first decade, it has since concentrated its efforts primarily on Africa and Switzerland. In Africa, we focus on supporting exceptional social entrepreneurs across diverse thematic areas.
Areas of operation
24%
Secured Livelihood &
Improvement of Life Quality
21%
System Change
15%
Quality Education
14%
Human Rights
12%
Biodiversity
(INCUBATOR)
10%
Economic Topics &
Opinion Forming
4%
Sports Projects & Events
FCF’s core values and strategy
Aligned with the FCF’s core values and strategy, “Secured Livelihood and Improvement of Life Quality” accounts for the largest share of our impact spending. “Helping people to help themselves” is thereby actively implemented. “System Change” is second in line, followed by “Quality Education” and “Human Rights” – both of which are prerequisites for the emergence of any kind of social entrepreneurship.
Whilst the above definition of impact areas provides a good overview of FCF’s major impact areas up to date, we are striving to increasingly measure the impact of our investments on an international and cross-cutting level. The ideal tool for this are the SDGs, the United Nations’ “Sustainable Development Goals”.
FCF primarily invests directly in Impact Partners, but also supports platforms and organizations to generate multiplier effects. Funding is provided predominantly as unrestricted core support. This approach is reflected in our weighted SDG evaluation below.
We aim for social entrepreneurs who provide technological and scalable solutions, and focus to positively and sustainably impact Quality Education (SDG4), Social Injustice (SDG16) and Climate Change (SDG13).
FCF Strategic Focus
Incubator
Food & Nutrition
Biodiversity
SDG classification of the FCF portfolio, based on our Impact Partners’ own stated goals and reporting (where available).
