Social Impact Bonds for NSW

Traditional ways of funding not-for-profit organisations (NPOs) to deliver programs that address complex social problems are struggling to keep up with demand. Despite record high levels of government funding for NPOs, there is still a significant level of unmet need and new approaches to funding NPOs are being explored.

There is increasing international interest in the potential of one particular type of social finance – social impact bonds (SIBs).This study examines whether the SIB concept is feasible in a NSW context, and whether NSW has the necessary ingredients such as market conditions, NGO capacity, social investment interest and government preparedness, for this new approach to funding.

Read the executive summary of the report on SIBs for the NSW Government

Read the full report