Partners for a New Economy

Who we are

PARTNERS FOR A NEW ECONOMY

VISION

Our economy redesigned for nature and all people to flourish

OUR APPROACH

We endeavour to meet the urgency and demands of this moment by making grants:

• to nurture people and projects that expand frontiers and build momentum for emerging ideas that could enter the mainstream
• to connect people and movements to build power for transformative change

We use our convening power to grow the network of new economy funders and changemakers and communicate to share our learning and inspire others.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR FUNDING:

Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate how their work meets most or all of these principles:

NATURE: Deep understanding of planetary boundaries and the urgency of transforming our economy so that we live within them; seeing our economy embedded within society, embedded within the natural world. Only organisations promoting economic change which will benefit nature will be considered for funding.

IDEAS: Emergent, transformative, pluralist thinking and ideas that push the frontiers of economic debate and have the potential to catalyse systemic change at scale. We will only fund research where there is a clear plan of how to bring the ideas into the mainstream. We don’t rule out ideas that are not yet on the brink of success – we want to accelerate them.

PEOPLE: Dynamic, reflective and collaborative people, who are committed to learning and with potential to be leaders, catalysing change and building bridges within and beyond the growing new economy movement.

POWER: Strengthening connections between people and organisations to build momentum and power for change. Recognising the broad alliances needed to transform the system, work will be inclusive, non-partisan, and address the intersections of nature, climate and social justice including race and gender.

PLACE: Our main geographic focus is European, harnessing existing energy and ecosystems of new economy groups. We are keen to see a breadth of perspective and a global outlook, embracing learning from the global south. We will develop clusters of grants beyond Europe in targeted locations.

Partners for a New Economy is a philanthropic fund hosted by the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that promotes the development of philanthropy by managing funds and providing grant management services and council for charitable ventures. 

Our staff are based in the UK and Switzerland.