The AVPA Mental Health Fund offers flexible, multi-modal entry points designed to accommodate the strategic objectives of a wide range of investors — from philanthropic foundations and family offices to DFIs, impact investors, private capital, and sovereign governments.
Financial Entry Pathways:
- Preserved Capital Entry — Partners invest through a capital preservation structure. The IRR generated by the preserved capital capitalises the Catalytic Fund, while the principal remains fully protected. This mechanism suits philanthropic actors who want sustained, perpetual impact with capital security.
- Direct Fund Entry — Partners directly capitalize the Catalytic Pooled Fund, joining other institutional investors in a pooled, diversified structure with institutional-grade governance.
- Direct Project Entry — Partners invest directly into specific, mission-aligned projects through Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), allowing targeted capital deployment into high-conviction opportunities.
Minimum commitment thresholds: US$250,000 for African foundations; US$500,000 for international institutions.
Non-Financial Partnership Pathways:
- Strategic Advisory: Join the Advisory Council or Technical Working Group.
- Co-Design Innovative Instruments: Collaborate on blended finance vehicles and outcome-based models.
- Network Expansion: Connect the Fund to investors and policymakers globally.
- Technical Assistance: Co-invest in capacity building for implementing organisations.
- Pipeline Contribution: Share mental health deal flow.
- Knowledge & Field Building: Co-fund research and market intelligence