Rethink Ireland: Five-year plan for a €200m social innovation fund

Leading funding body for Irish charities and social innovators aims to grow its fund to €200m twice as fast as it took to exceed €100m

Deirdre Mortell, CEO of Rethink Ireland, whose aim is to develop a social innovation fund of up to €200m within the next five years.

Rethink Ireland is aiming to build its social innovation fund up to €200m within the next five years — music to the ears of those working to enhance people’s lives in communities all over Ireland.

This marks a significant acceleration for Rethink Ireland, having recently marked the milestone of transforming one million people’s lives, with a philanthropic funding total of €109m built up over the previous nine years.