SVA was created over 20 years ago to find innovative solutions to entrenched social problems and speed up change.

Today, we’re Australia’s most innovative social impact organisation as recognised by our Australian Financial Review CSR Innovation Award.

Our approach

Innovation is in our DNA – it’s part of everything we do. We’ve established an Innovation Hub to create innovative solutions, faster. It draws on our knowledge of gaps and opportunities in the system, as well as ideas and challenges presented by our partners. The Hub will help us explore ideas that we can trial and scale.

As part of our innovative approach, we:

  • look for areas where we can have the biggest impact
  • conduct extensive research to identify gaps
  • find partners to help us understand the landscape
  • develop strategies to create impact at scale
  • trial and test initiatives and implement solutions
  • work with partners to increase adoption, practise change, or create a self-sustaining entity.

Projects that need philanthropic support

Here’s an overview of some of our key projects

  • ImpactEd Australia

    Funding required $2.86m over 3years | Help educators and schools drive equity and continuous improvement in classrooms through an edtech data driven solution already operating in the United Kingdom.

  • Commissioning social services for impact

    Funding required: $620k | Support research into the role of not-for-profits and for-profits in service delivery and service quality.

  • Nurture Together

    Funding required: $2m over 2 years | Support SVA’s work to ensure babies, young children and their families have access to early intervention support, ultimately to see more children thriving.

  • Just and fair climate transition

    Funding required: $82k | A scoping project to explore how we can strengthen the charity sector’s ability to respond to climate impacts, so no one gets left behind.

Get in touch

We’d love the opportunity to discuss these projects with you. Please get in touch.

Contact the team

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