SIP60004 - Social Investment and Philanthropy

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SIP60004 - Social Investment and Philanthropy
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................3
2. Description of the organisation..............................................................................................3
2.1 Origin and History............................................................................................................3
2.2 Foci and Activities............................................................................................................4
3. Legal structure of Impact Investments...................................................................................6
4. Social Impact Investments (Pros and cons)...........................................................................9
5. Opportunities and Cases.......................................................................................................11
6. Recommendations................................................................................................................12
6.1 Teaming up with government agencies..........................................................................12
6.2 Teaming up with public ancillary funds.........................................................................12
6.3 Investing in Development Impact Bonds.......................................................................12
7. Conclusion............................................................................................................................13
Reference List..........................................................................................................................14

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1. Introduction
The need to implement stable improvement in the society by fostering incredible
improvement and progress is of utmost urgency and should never be neglected. In today’s
realm of apparent economic freedom, millions of people are living impoverished and living
within marginalised communities where various social problems like health issues, economic
disparity, high rate of orphans and other issues. People like these who are not able to make
ends meet and lack sufficient resources for supporting their livelihood, rely mostly upon
charitable organisations who work in close counters for the upliftment of these people, by
helping them with basic supplies like food and shelter along with other resources. It should
be understood that governments of developing countries have lot of responsibilities. On that
mote, there are several organisations who do not operate on the lines of profitability and raise
funds in order to support people who are impoverished or needy, particularly orphans, or the
people who have been marginalised due to their health factors of chronic illnesses.
Works of charity also make significant contributions toward social, political as well as
economic factors in Australia (Chuen 2015). Like private and public organisations, ancillary
funds also renders services that make significant contributions. Services like building
hospitals, schools, and housing complexes create value towards the society. This research
study focuses on the Open Society Foundations Organisation which is a fictional charitable
philanthropic trust.
This organisation is a reputable trust that operates in various parts of Australia
rendering charitable works in various Australian cities. The organisation has handsome funds
and educated employees who understand the societal needs and haver the potential to create a
long lasting influence on the lives of the Australian people. The organisation allocate their
funds and the philanthropic projects particularly towards the welfare of the deserving,

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including the orphans. This is a philanthropic organisation basically, which focuses on
charitable activities only, operating within and even outside their periphery by offering
either service or financial grants. The innovative evaluation dissemination is followed by the
organisation by means of which the people in the organisation update themselves with
relevant information of social status of the people in Australia so that they can strive towards
helping more and more people.
I have undertaken the active role of acting as a consultant to this non-profit
organisation and by means of global knowledge, I suppose the organisation would be able to
spread their helping hands towards other areas of the world just as foreign organisations
also renders help to their needs. As an outcome of this, their productivity level as well as
fund generation would also increase. The kind of operations that this organisation
undertakes makes them popular in Australia and hence they are able to attract attention as
well as funds from many philanthropist from Australia and also all over the world.
Following a report based structure, the organisation have been described here along
with a proper layout of the legal status and the legal layout of the philanthropic trust. The
impact investing outcomes for this trust have also ben highlighted with proper evidence of
case examples. Besides recommendations for the future improvements of this trust have also
provided in the course of this report.
2. Description of the organisation
2.1 Origin and History
In the year 1985, the joint venture from Melbourne Academy of Social Sciences and
the Open Society Foundations was founded. The objective of the foundation was to eradicate
living bi-standards and communalism. The backdrop of the undertaken activities of the
organisation have been cultural freedom and social integrity. In 1993, the company started its