News
How does a new way of thinking begin?
In the latest issue of "Polemiikki" (01/2026) from the Foundation for Municipal Development the Solutions Fund Effekt describes their. plans...
What kind of funding makes room for experimentation and growth?
More and more socially important ideas run up against funding structures designed for a different time and different needs. When the aim is prevention, long-term impact and solutions that become part of lasting structures, the key question is not only...
How can financing better support the growth of social solutions?
We develop forms of financing that complement grants when socially important solutions have the potential to grow and become part of permanent operations. Catalytic capital falls between grants and market-based financing and provides space...
Recording of the launch
Can a new kind of financing change the world? Recording from the launch of the Solutions Fund on December 3, 2025. The Solutions Fund Effekt is a new, non-profit organization founded by the Foundation Brita Maria Renlunds Minne, Alfred Kordelin Foundation and StartMore Social Impact HUB...
Foundations set up a new company
Supporting children, youth and culture through impact funding The new Solutions Fund Effekt supports and finances social projects with measurable and long-lasting impact. In the initial phase, the focus will be on children and...
The Solutions Fund Effekt launch event
Can new forms of finance change the world? Come and hear how new financing models can boost social innovation and solve the challenges of our time. TIME: 3.12.2025, 9.00-10.00. Venue: Studio Rex, Amos Rex Museum,...
Meeting of the founders
Effekt The Solutions Fund Effekt jointEffekt between foundations,Effekt social initiatives with growth potential Birgitta Forsström, Erik Båsk, and Ari Evwaraye meet in Helsinki in the fall, on the eve The Solutions Fund . The topic of discussion is the need for a new, joint...







