Our mission is to find new ways
of financing and accelerating progress.
ABOUT
The Innovative Finance Foundation (IFF) is an independent, non-profit foundation established by Robert R. Filipp and Leonard Lerer in 2011. IFF has offices in Baden and Geneva and is regulated by the Federal Supervisory Authority.
We structure products, services and processes that generate new financing, increase efficiency, remove barriers, disseminate new technologies, or promote investment for environmental, social, and humanitarian objectives.
We work in partnership with thought leaders, civil society organisations, companies, the finance industry, governments and multilateral organisations.
100% of the revenues generated by innovative financing mechanisms go directly to project beneficiaries for their activities on the ground.
BOARD
ROBERT FILIPP
President of the Board of Trustees
Founder of IFF, Chairman Fluent SA, extensive experience in public service, international organizations and the private sector.
TITUS VAN STIPHOUT
Member of the Board of Trustees and Legal Counsel
Attorney-at-Law, Founding Partner of Van Stiphout Avocats (Nyon, Switzerland) since 2008, specialized in corporate and EU law.
RIFAT ATUN
Member of the Advisory Board
Professor of Global Health Systems, Harvard University, former Chair of Stop TB Partnership, former director at the Global Fund.
CAROL BELLAMY
Member of the Advisory Board
Chair, Global Community and Resilience Fund (GCERF), former Chair, Global Partnership for Education (GPE), former Executive Director of UNICEF.
PHILIPPE DOUSTE-BLAZY
Member of the Advisory Board
United Nations Under Secretary-General in charge of innovative financing for development, former Chair of UNITAID, former Minister of Health and Minister of Foreign Affairs of France.
GEORGES SUDARSKIS
Member of the Advisory Board
Partner Sudarsksis & Associates, former CIO at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), pioneer of the fund of funds investment strategy.
PORTFOLIO
Our projects are selected based on potential for disruptive innovation, scalability and sustainability.
Disaster Risk Insurance
Risk insurance can help communities in the aftermath of natural disasters. Our mechanism funds premium payments and secures payouts linked to the severity of the impact.
Waste Management Technologies
Most household waste ends up in landfills or is mass-burned despite new technologies that separate waste much better than humans and convert it into renewable products.
Micro-contributions for UNITLIFE
Micro-donations integrated into global payment systems are collected by UNITLIFE to help finance the fight against chronic malnutrition, a condition that leads to irreversible damage in children, affecting their growth and brain development.
Endangered Species Technology Fund
Investment fund focused on cutting-edge technologies, devices and services to help detect illegal trade in endangered species of flora and fauna.
” The cross-fertilization of expertise is a key element of innovation.
IFF brings together political expertise, public policy expertise
and financial markets expertise.”
John McArthur. Brookings Institution
