ICG has published its latest Charitable Giving Impact Report, detailing the social impact of its charitable giving and employee volunteering across the year to March 2026.
The report highlights the continued growth of ICG’s long‑term approach to charitable giving, focused on widening access to education and employment, improving social mobility, and addressing food insecurity – particularly in communities where the firm lives, works and operates.
Investing for long‑term social impact
The Charitable Giving Impact Report outlines progress across ICG’s two core programmes: its Educational Opportunity and Social Mobility Programme, now in its third year, and the Million Meals initiative, now in its fourth year. Together, these programmes reflect ICG’s belief in the value of targeted funding, long‑term partnerships and colleague engagement to deliver measurable and lasting impact.
During 2025/26, ICG expanded its Million Meals initiative, bringing total investment over four years to £2.34m and supporting 31 charitable organisations working across 13 countries. Support this year enabled trusted delivery partners to provide more than 1.5 million meals, reaching over 336,000 people facing food insecurity. Since its launch in 2022, the initiative has directly supported the provision of more than five million meals globally, and is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger).
Key partners here include City Harvest (London and NYC), Eat Up (Australia), the European Food Banks Federation (France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Ukraine), Feeding Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR, China), The Felix Project (London), and Food from the Heart (Singapore).
Alongside this, ICG’s Educational Opportunity and Social Mobility Programme supported 1,762 young people in 2025 alone, exceeding initial expectations. Since ICG committed £3.75 million to the programme in 2022, more than 16,000 young people have benefited from funding and support delivered through seven core charity partners, helping to strengthen pathways into higher education and employment. This work contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 4 (Quality Education) and 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), advancing access to education and
pathways into meaningful employment.
In 2025, we launched new partnerships with the Social Impact Alliance for Central & Eastern Europe, The Social Mobility Foundation in the UK and Power of Two in the US, while continuing to work with The Access Project, SEO Europe in London and Paris and upReach.
The role of ICG colleagues
Colleague engagement remains central to ICG’s charitable approach. In 2025/26, nearly 300 ICG employees – around 43% of the firm’s headcount – volunteered their time across charitable partnerships. Colleagues contributed mentoring, insight and practical support, helping to strengthen programme delivery and deepen the impact achieved by partner organisations.
Beyond direct delivery, the report also highlights how ICG’s funding has supported the long‑term resilience and capacity of partner charities, including investment in senior roles, governance, digital infrastructure and programme innovation.
Benoît Durteste, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, said:
ICG’s charitable giving continues to grow in ambition, scale and reach. Whether expanding access to education and employment, or addressing food insecurity in vulnerable communities across the globe, our partnerships are grounded in the conviction that opportunity should not be defined by background or circumstance. I am proud of the commitment our colleagues show in bringing this work to life, and of the meaningful progress reflected in this report.
Looking ahead
The report also outlines plans to expand ICG’s social impact activity further in 2026, including new partnerships in the US (such as Yonkers Partners in Education) and Europe (including Jonk Entrepreneuren in Luxembourg), reinforcing its commitment to creating opportunity for young people regardless of socio‑economic background.
The full Charitable Giving Impact Report for FY2026 is available to read and download below.
Read the full report
This social impact report has been produced by Bean Research, working alongside The Giving Department. The Giving Department helps companies deliver disproportionate social impact, while Bean Research helps measure and report the social value created.
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