CentreFor Innovative Finance
And Social Impact
Expanding How Social Development Is Financed
CIFSI is focused on strengthening how social purpose organisations access and deploy capital for impact. Its work centres on innovative finance—so private capital can complement public and philanthropic funding in addressing complex development challenges.
Because Impact At Scale Requires More Than Traditional Funding
For India’s social sector, the scale of ambition often outpaces available capital. While public and philanthropic funding remain essential, mainstreaming innovative finance expands how social development is financed—enabling private capital from global and domestic markets to address complex social challenges.
CIFSI brings this approach into practice in India, supporting social purpose organisations to access private capital through new models and sources aligned with social impact at scale.
How CIFSI Expands Access To Capital
Knowledge
Insight
Tools
Frameworks
Convenings
Sector Dialogues
From Data To Decisions
CIFSI works across the financing ecosystem—connecting those who provide capital with those who deploy it for social development.
Social Purpose Organisations
Including NGOs, social enterprises and mission-driven organisations.
We work with organisations seeking to diversify funding sources, strengthen outcomes readiness and engage with innovative finance models.
Funders & Investors
Including philanthropies, impact investors, CSR leaders, capital platforms and regulatory bodies
We collaborate to advance financing approaches that support accountability, learning and long-term impact.
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Outcomes Readiness Self-Assessment
A diagnostic tool that helps social purpose organisations assess their readiness for outcomes-linked funding—across strategy, measurement, systems and execution—supporting more effective engagement with innovative finance.
BSE Social Stock Exchange: Eligibility Portal
In collaboration with SEBI and the BSE Social Stock Exchange, ISDM developed a comprehensive eligibility portal to support non-profit organisations in understand eligibility criteria, documentation requirements and readiness for listing on the SSE.
What's New
From CIFSI
Explore our recent reports, tools
and applied insights.
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