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About Us

Catalyst for Impact

Catalyst — stimulate change or action.
Impact — create an effect or influence.

A private charity established by Donald Porteous to fund innovative solutions and new thinking across four interest areas.

  • Our Mission
  • Our Vision
  • Our Impact
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We Can't Help Everyone, but Everyone can help someone

  • Innovation and Taking risk on new solutions to old problems
  • A focus on systems change
  • Backing the leader with multi year commitments
  • Collaboration and avoiding overlap and inefficiencies
Approach & Themes

We’ve been tackling solutions and new thinking across four interest areas

Social Mobility in Scotland

From an open call in 2020, 7 charities working in Scotland on issues related to Social Mobility were chosen as partners with a 5 year commitment of financial backing and support.

Medical & Health

Backing unique research into areas such as drug vaccine delivery and teaching surgeons in war medicine.

Environmental Research

Backing innovative research into environmental research and Carbon removal.

Accelerator

Backing Leaders in the field of incubating and advising on Scaling Social enterprises.

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Building a better world

Tackling Solutions & New Thinking Across Four Interest Areas
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Approach & Themes

A private charity established by Donald Porteous to fund innovative solutions and new thinking

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