Merton Capital Partners
Unlocking the power and potential of philanthropy
with Philanthropic Private Equity.
WHAT WE DO
Merton Capital Partners uses philanthropy to leverage private sector scalability, delivering social and environmental outcomes for philanthropists and local communities. We lead philanthropic private equity investments for philanthropists capable of deploying significant capital, achieving sustainable, measurable impact, and returning funds over time.
WHO WE ARE
Merton Capital Partners is a US-based advisory firm founded by alumni of large private equity firms (Advent International, KKR and TPG) looking to deploy larger funds for good. We help philanthropists address social and environmental challenges by investing alongside large private sector companies—in partnership with expert, local nonprofits and local governments—to accelerate measurable impact at scale. Our vision is a world where untapped philanthropic capital is maximized and returned over time, and where philanthropists have the option to reinvest it into further projects to attain even more scale.
WHY WE DO IT
Our social and climate challenges are at a crisis point. Yet, trillions of philanthropic capital sit on the sidelines, never reaching intended beneficiaries or realizing its full potential. Merton Capital Partners works to invest significant philanthropic capital into private sector projects to deliver sustainable impact in areas such as affordable housing, clean energy, and ocean health.
We help philanthropists
by designing tailored, issue-focused investment opportunities, designed to scale solutions, bolster infrastructure, and deliver outcomes for communities.
The breadth and immediacy of the challenges facing us today require an approach that fully utilizes the largest private companies as a vector for impact. Philanthropic private equity can significantly deliver social and environmental outcomes for philanthropists and communities, as private companies can absorb and deploy vastly more capital. Merton Capital Partners' investment projects span five focus areas: affordable housing, broadband access, clean water infrastructure, clean energy, and ocean health through land-based solutions like wastewater upgrades.