The SVA Diversified Impact Fund (DIF) provides finance to organisations that make a meaningful social impact on the lives of people in Australia. After a 5-year investment period the DIF is no longer seeking new investments.

About our finance

Loans
Equity
Social Impact Bonds

Our investment criteria

 The DIF’s investment criteria focused on:

  • Ability to create meaningful social outcomes for people experiencing disadvantage in Australia
  • Either at least $500,000 annualised revenue (for equity) or security available (for loans)
  • Minimum investment ask of $500,000

Meaningful impact

The Fund focuses on areas fundamental to improving lives of people in Australia:

Education
Employment
Housing
First Australians
Disability
Health

More than money

Investee organisations are provided with a combination of capital and support.

CapitalSupportGrowth & Impact
DebtUnique sector insightsFinancial returns
EquityHands-on supportSocial impact
Social Impact BondsAccess to SVA networks

Here’s a short video on how the Fund is working with Maths Pathway, an education services start-up.

Talk to us

Our team of passionate professionals have helped build the impact investing market in Australia.

Our portfolio

Synergis Fund
hayylo
AccessAccom
Sticking Together Project
Project Independence
Aspire SIB
Newpin
Resolve SBB
Nightingale

Sustainable Development Goals

1 - No poverty
3 - Good health & wellbeing
4 - Quality education
7 - Affordable and clean energy
8 - Decent work and economic growth
9 Industry,
10 - Reduced Inequalities

For investors

The Fund at a glance

Notes
  1. Fund size was capped to ensure that the downside protection equals 20% of total Capital Commitments.
  2. The Investment Manager has the ability to make smaller or larger investments, capped at 20% of total Capital Commitments (with the exception of equity investments capped at 10% of total Capital Commitments), unless otherwise approved.

Downside protection for investors

20% downside protection will be provided at no cost to investors by 11 parties:

  • Bellwether Foundation
  • Hantomeli Foundation
  • Maple-Brown Family Foundation
  • Reef Shark Foundation
  • Skrzynski Foundation
  • The Bryan Foundation
  • The Harris Charitable Foundation
  • The Roberts Family
  • The Robertson Foundation
  • The Yarranabbe Foundation
  • Wilson Foundation
Investor information

The Fund reached Final Close in June 2018 at Maximum Fund Size of $15 million. The Fund is no longer open to new applications.

Note: the unit price reflects that units are partially funded and that several distributions have been made to investors. The unit prices are provided for your information only and are not guaranteed. SVA and the fund is not liable to any party that suffers loss as a result of relying on the unit prices displayed.

The unit price as at 30 June 2024 was $0.3668 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 31 March 2024 was $0.3315 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 31 December 2023 was $0.3306 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 30 September 2023 was $0.3320 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 30 June 2023 was $0.3330 (audited).

The unit price as at 31 March 2023 was $0.3507 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 31 December 2022 was $0.5193 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 30 September 2022 was $0.5190 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 30 June 2022 was $0.5239 (audited).

The unit price as at 31 March 2022 was $0.6397 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 31 December 2021 was $0.6351 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 30 September 2021 was $0.6348 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 30 June 2021 was $0.6926 (audited).

The unit price as at 30 March 2021 was $0.6686 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 31 December 2020 was $0.6656 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 30 September 2020 was $0.6683 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 30 June 2020 was $0.6704 (audited).

The unit price as at 31 March 2020 is $0.6653 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 31 December 2019 is $0.3677 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 30 September 2019 was $0.3707 (unaudited).

The unit price as at 30 June 2019 was $0.3732 (audited).

Please refer to the following documents for more details about the Fund:

The Fund succeeds the SVA Social Impact Fund, which created 160 jobs, 22 dwellings, education programs and accessible health services for people experiencing disadvantage in Australia.