Can we save our vital social impact infrastructure?

Bonnie Chiu and Peter Ptashko

OPINION: There is a critical layer in the impact movement – the intermediaries that support social entrepreneurs and impact investors. This infrastructure is often cut first when funds are scarce. But these organisations are not unnecessary overheads, say Bonnie Chiu and Peter Ptashko, they are vital to the stability of the entire ecosystem. In the second of their ‘beyond the conference' mini-series looking at the economics of field-building, they examine the business models that could provide a new way forward.