Invest in proven, community-led change
Your funding shifts resources and power to local actors — and delivers measurable social, economic and health returns.
DonateImpact
What your funding unlocks
$58 returned for every $1
Cost-benefit analysis shows outsized social and economic returns.
See the researchFunding local actors directly is more effective and more sustainable than top-down aid — communities know what they need and deliver it at a fraction of the cost.
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Why funders choose The Share Trust
“The return on this model is unlike anything else in our portfolio.”
Maria Santos
Programme Director, Foundation
“We fund the local actors directly — and the evidence backs it up.”
James Whitfield
Philanthropic advisor
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