families with a place in this story

Relèven’s work around the world is generously supported by family offices and family foundations — many with a historical connection to a place of worship somewhere in their family’s story.

Some families still feel a sense of allegiance to these places, even where the office or foundation has moved toward a more secular understanding of its contribution to the world. That connection remains a meaningful starting point.

How we help
We support these families in facilitating restricted donations toward specific sites — particularly to fund early feasibility studies and the groundwork for financing, the stage where support is most consequential and hardest to find.

This work sits alongside the Co-Funding Alliance for Dormant Faith Assets described above — a global expression of the same conviction that patient, well-placed capital keeps these buildings serving the neighbourhoods around them.

If your family office or foundation might be interested in this kind of support, we’d love to talk.

The co-funding alliance has a quiet track record across the European impact ecosystem

Networks of foundations, intermediaries, and corporate and public partners have shown that co-leaders who pool due diligence, share deal flow, and build genuine communities of practice tend to produce more durable outcomes than isolated grants.

Health
Cofounded by a number of impact founders like We Share Forward Foundation, existing alliances demonstrate the structure works in complex, relationship-dependent sectors — where trust and shared learning matter as much as capital.

Regenerative food systems
A second reference point for pooling capital and practice around a shared theme, across borders and institutions.

Faith properties — next
A clear social mandate, centrally located assets, and communities where patient capital is most consequential.