Ethically Driven.Strategically Led.Female Founded.
Voltaire exists to bring clarity and conscience to giving. We combine strategic expertise with cultural sensitivity so that every act of philanthropy or corporate responsibility is discreet, principled, and measurable.
Our Founding
Story
We founded Voltaire after seeing a problem repeated too often. Capital was deployed without precision, accountability, or long-term vision. Urgent causes were overlooked while vanity projects drew praise, and outcomes were rarely measured. We believed philanthropy and CSR deserved more than performance. They needed structure, discipline, and integrity.
Our mission is simple. We help patrons, corporates, and causes give well. Whether that means establishing a foundation, building a CSR strategy, or scaling a cause, we align intent with impact. Capital is deployed with the same intelligence, elegance, and discernment that you apply elsewhere in life.
Our
Mission
Our
Ethos
Our team brings expertise in law, ESG, fundraising, the arts, litigation, and risk management. We provide the tools to turn generosity into public value that lasts.
This is not charity as performance.
This is capital with conscience.
Voltaire Philanthropy
When founding Voltaire, we set out to challenge the conventions of traditional philanthropy. Too often, we witnessed capital deployed without precision, accountability, or long-term vision.
Our role is not to tell you what to care about. It is to sharpen the alignment between your intent and your impact, and to help you deploy your capital with the same intelligence, elegance, and discernment you apply everywhere else in your life.
Priya Carmichael-Jack (née Kumari)
Founding Director, Voltaire Philanthropy
A Message from Our
Founding Director
Our Fundraising Standards
Voltaire Philanthropy is committed to fundraising that is legal, open, honest and respectful. We follow the UK-wide Code of Fundraising Practice and uphold the Fundraising Promise.
If you have feedback or a concern, please see our Fundraising Complaints Procedure.