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Joblessness Fund
Africa is home to the world’s fastest-growing and youngest population yet 65% of Africans are structurally jobless. The solution? Increase economic productivity.
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We’d love to walk you through the strategy behind the fund. Join us for a next-step conversation designed for prospective givers who believe job creation is more than economic development—it’s one of the most powerful ways to break the cycle of poverty.
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The Strategy in a Nutshell
The Problem
Poverty exists because of a lack of good jobs
The Solution
Building the infrastructure that enables Africans to access good jobs
Read on to find out how.
EPHESIANS 4:28
“Let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.”
The Problem: Poverty Exists Because of a Lack of Good Jobs
Solving Joblessness: The Strategy in 3 Minutes
At its core, poverty is more than a lack of resources — it’s the loss of opportunity to live and work as God designed.
Nowhere is this more visible than in the absence of productive employment. Societies with the highest levels of flourishing consistently have the highest rates of meaningful work. That’s why solving joblessness is the most direct way to break the cycle of poverty.
Mapping Joblessness
Conventional economic analysis puts the official global unemployment rate between 5-6%, representing 190-210 million people.*
This underestimates the reality. The SWGP Joblessness Fund uses a different metric as our starting point: Structural Joblessness. Structural Joblessness means working-age people without stable work that supports a family.
*International Labor Organization
When accounting for all of the above, the Global Structural Joblessness rate is 39%, representing 2.02 billion of the 5.2 billion people aged 15-64. But, the highest rate of Structural Joblessness is in Sub-Saharan Africa where 65% of people fall into that category.
The Solution: Backing Africa’s Greatest Problem Solvers
The SWGP Joblessness Fund will deploy capital in a four-part, top down and bottom up strategy to holistically engage the continent’s workforce.
The Solution: Backing Africa’s Greatest Problem Solvers
The SWGP Joblessness Fund will deploy capital in a four-part, top down and bottom up strategy to holistically engage the continent’s workforce.
The Opportunity: Turbocharging Progress
The Opportunity: Turbocharging Progress
Through the strategic combination of Capital, Content, and Community, we’re rallying the world around Africa’s greatest problem-solvers. We facilitate collaborative ideation and raise capital through collaborative giving DAFs that are deployed in a comprehensive capital stack of grants and investments best suited to solve the problem. Any returns made on investments are circulated back into the fund to further solve the problem.
We define winning as catalyzing a solution to the point where market forces take over. We measure:
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The number of jobs created
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The income generated from those jobs
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The increase in productivity from those jobs
In working towards those goals, success is defined by proving or disproving theories of change and scaling the winners until commercial markets can carry them forward.
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The Power of Building, Investing and Giving Together
Joblessness Fund
SWGP Giving Funds unite world-class portfolio management with the Faith Driven content and community you trust—transforming generosity into impact.
God calls us to radical generosity—not obligation, not guilt, but an invitation to the joy-filled adventure. When you’ve been rescued you want to rescue others, this is your moment.
You want to give. You want to find that cause to rally around. But we don’t have the time or tribe to be intentional.
Busy lives don’t leave room to analyze every investment or vet every charity. We’re overwhelmed, pulled in a hundred directions — wallets clenched, hearts tugged, minds skeptical. Deep down, we know there has to be a better way. That’s why we’re building collaborative giving funds—uniting content, community, and tools that make it possible to do more, together.
Independent Strategic Review Every 2 Years
We are committed to excellence and transparency, which is why we invite independent third-party organizations to evaluate our work. Every two years, each fund undergoes an external review that is made available to prospective donors and partners. This review outlines the fund’s theory of change, portfolio analysis, governance, operations, and grantmaking practices. It also reviews investment activity and verifies the accuracy of reporting—ensuring donors can give with confidence and clarity.
Investment Committee (More Coming Soon)
Board of Advisors
We feel humbled by the opportunity to support this movement behind the scenes.
This Leadership Team has a unique combination of proven scale in Content, Community and Funds.
Transfer From Your DAF
Each Community has many tools…
Content
Stories, Podcasts, and Problem Pages to multiply reach.
Community
SWGP Foundation Groups and Masterclass series to grow deeper and engage with others as the movement expands.
SWGP Giving Funds
Donor Advised Funds in collaboration with a Board of Directors of seasoned investors and givers.
…And many more!
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As a non-profit ministry we are generously supported by the donations of a few leaders to advance the movement.
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