Ensuring financial sustainability to support our mission of empowering disadvantaged communities.
Financial independence is crucial for us to drive long-term socio-economic transformation. At Kagiso Trust, our goal is to ensure financial sustainability to support our mission of empowering disadvantaged communities. From the early days, we recognised the need for a long-term approach to funding and the importance of a diversified portfolio to ensure longevity of our work without relying on external donors.
In 1994, Kagiso Trust’s leadership saw an opportunity to secure the organisation’s financial future through participation in Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) deals. This led to the creation of Kagiso Trust Investments, now Kagiso Tiso Holdings (KTH), with the objective of using dividends from these investments to fund our development work. Today, Kagiso Trust is self-sustaining, allowing us to continue uplifting rural and disadvantaged communities while partnering with other organisations for greater impact.
Our investment approach is built on three key pillars:
Kagiso Trust’s investment strategy is guided by a commitment to sustainability and growth. Our investment portfolio includes:
Kagiso Trust also has direct shareholdings in:
This investment-driven approach empowers us to continue our development work while creating lasting social and economic impact.
We look forward to cementing our efforts towards influencing policy changes through igniting policy-oriented dialogues that will lead to legislative reforms, systemic transformation and removal of structural impediments and barriers that inhibit the implementation of our core-programmes and the overall ambition of eradicating poverty.
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