Freedom Fund
| Formation | 26 September 2013 |
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| Founders |
Humanity United Legatum Walk Free Foundation |
| Type | United States 501(c)(3) public charity |
| Registration no. | United States 30-0805768, United Kingdom 1158838 |
| Headquarters | Lighterman House 26-36 Wharfdale Road London, N19RY, UK |
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Staff
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12 |
| Mission | Anti-slavery |
| Website | freedomfund |
The Freedom Fund is the world’s first private donor fund dedicated to identifying and investing in the most effective front-line efforts to end slavery. In 2014, the Global Slavery Index reported that there were nearly 36 million slaves worldwide across a wide range of industries.
The Freedom Fund was founded in September 2013, by three leading anti-slavery donors, Humanity United, the Legatum Foundation and the Walk Free Foundation and officially announced by President Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative on September 26, 2013 where he declared "this is a huge deal and we should all support this."
The Freedom Fund has set a target of raising USD $100million by 2020 and investing it to bring about much needed strategic focus to the fight against modern slavery. To achieve this, The Freedom Fund has focused its activities on three main areas:
CEO, Nick Grono has written articles on modern slavery for the Huffington Post,Newsweek, and The Guardian as well as contributing to the Freedom Fund blog. Grono previously served as Deputy President and COO of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group. and CEO of the Walk Free Foundation, the international anti-slavery organisation. During his tenure, the Walk Free Foundation built a global anti-slavery movement with over five million supporters and launched the first ever Global Slavery Index. Grono joined Freedom Fund in December 2013.
In keeping with the Freedom Fund’s investment roots, they take their role in evaluating impact very seriously. They direct resources to anti-slavery initiatives across the world where they can make the biggest difference, measure what works, learn from unexpected results, and share knowledge.
As of June 2016 the Freedom Fund had:
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