About us
Our purpose is to trust and resource those closest to the work to secure today and transform tomorrow.
Our history
QCF was established in 2019 by the founders of Quadrature Capital, Greg Skinner and Suneil Setiya, in response to the persistent poverty, inequality, and human suffering that shape our societies.
Already active philanthropists in these areas, they came to understand how climate change compounds these challenges, driving food insecurity, deepening displacement, and pushing the most vulnerable into crisis. This led them to establish QCF with a focus on climate as a defining challenge of our time.
At the same time, their commitment to tackling human security, and poverty and inequality remained constant. Over time, the links between these issues became increasingly clear - climate risk cannot be separated from the wider conditions shaping people’s lives.
In 2025, QCF expanded its work to bring these areas together across three interconnected challenges: human security, poverty and inequality, and climate risk. Today, this integrated approach shapes how we work, recognising that resilience depends on both protecting dignity in contexts of acute vulnerability and contributing to longer-term system change.
What we do
We work across three interconnected challenges:
Human security
Protecting survival and dignity in the face of acute threats, including conflict, natural disasters and climate shocks.
Poverty and inequality
Addressing persistent economic exclusion and unequal access to opportunity, by tackling the structural drivers of injustice.
Climate risk
Responding to escalating threats to lives and livelihoods from climate impacts, which will intensify without a fast, fair transition.
How we work
We trust and resource those closest to the work, supporting efforts that secure dignity today while helping to build the conditions for lasting system change.
We provide flexible, long-term support and work alongside those driving change, recognising that meaningful progress depends on local leadership, collaboration and learning over time.
We resource change through grant funding, impact-first investments and field engagement, supporting efforts that strengthen resilience, shift systems and expand what is possible.
QCF currently operates an invitation-only grant application process. We are also exploring alternative models.
Our values
How we work together matters. Our values guide how we think, act and make decisions as we support partners and navigate complex challenges.
Agile
We stay flexible and responsive, adapting to changing contexts and new insight. We move with intent, staying open to learning and adjusting as we go.
Brave
We engage with difficult challenges with honesty and courage. We take responsibility for our actions, speak openly when it matters, and hold ourselves to high standards.
Curious
We listen, learn and connect to understand. We stay open to new perspectives, ask questions and share thinking as it develops.
Working together for just and resilient futures
Our team brings experience from climate, community resilience, humanitarian and development work, research, science, policy, law, advocacy, finance and philanthropy. We share a commitment to supporting people and organisations working to protect dignity today and build resilient futures.
Join our team
Join a purposeful and collaborative team supporting work that strengthens resilience for people and communities.