Hello from the CEO June 2026

Hello,

This last quarter has been a season of reflection and ambition in equal measure, and I wanted to share a little of what's been keeping us busy. We paused to mark how far we've come since Sefa launched fifteen years ago, then turned our eyes firmly to what comes next. 

May saw us undertake our annual business planning day, and this year had a special invitee: we were delighted to be joined by Claire Torkington, CEO of Ability Enterprises to share a Sefa client perspective with us. Ability Enterprises is a not-for-profit that creates meaningful work for people with disability, offering commercial services like mowing, gardening, and grounds maintenance across the region, and Claire spoke plainly about what it takes to grow a community enterprise - the pressures, the gaps, and the moments where the right support changes everything. Her words reshaped our conversation and we left the day clearer, sharper, and more certain of who we're here for. 

Just last week, we celebrated Sefa's 15th birthday, and the room was full of the people who helped us get where we are now- funders, partners, clients, and our board and team members. Since 2011, when Sefa launched with $10 million in government funding matched by $10 million from investors, we've unlocked more than $160 million for organisations creating tangible impact, backing over 170 of them and structuring more than 75 deals along the way. The evening reminded us that none of this happens alone, and to everyone who has walked beside us, thank you. 

A milestone like this is also a moment to raise the bar, so we used the occasion to announce our moonshot goal: to unlock $500 million for social good by 2030. It's a big number, and we mean it to be, because the need for fit-for-purpose capital continues to grow. Across Australia, the community-level organisations that hold society together - running the disability services, the youth programs, and the local enterprises that give people a foothold - remain critically under-capitalised. The work is essential, but the funding is not yet matched to it, and that's the gap we were built to close.  

Over the next four years, we'll build the impact stacks that will allow us to scale support for these grassroots organisations, helping to strengthening their governance, sharpening their financial footing, and connecting them to capital that fits their stage and scale. 

Fifteen years in our mission feels more urgent than ever. If you've been thinking about where your capital could do the most good, this is the moment to have a conversation with us. Let's unlock that $500 million together. 

Do more good with us. 

Hanna 

Join at this year's Social Impact Summit on 2 July! 

Find out more about impact stacks and what they mean in practice for organisations on the ground at this year's Social Impact Summit, UTS Sydney, 1-2 July 2026. Grab your ticket here: https://socialimpactsummit.co