The ISIS Foundation (ISIS)
The ISIS Foundation (ISIS) is a unique and extraordinary not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to make a positive difference to the lives of children in the developing world.
ISIS was established in early 1997 by two inspirational finance lawyers and best friends, Audette Exel and Sharon A. Beesley. They decided they would establish a foundation to benefit children in the developing world, specifically in Nepal and Uganda.
At the same time, Audette and Sharon established a corporate finance and consultancy business, so that the business could pay the on-going administration and general management costs of The ISIS Foundation. Their idea was to ensure that the foundation was sustainable in the longer term by providing an ‘engine’ for the funding of management costs via the business.
The net result of the business funding all these costs is that 100% of donor funds is directed towards project-related costs. At ISIS we believe that the business and non-profit sectors provide exponential benefits to each other when they work hand in hand.
Both the foundation and the business have grown substantially since they first began in 1998.
The ISIS Group of companies continues to support the foundation and comprises four different businesses (ISIS Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, ISIS Limited, ISIS Law and ISIS Fund Services) at opposite ends of the globe – Australia and Bermuda.
The ISIS Foundation now has over 150 (direct and indirect) staff and contractors, and hundreds of volunteers, worldwide.