LoginA Decade of Provocation and Practice:
2015 – 2025
Ten Years’ Time (TYT) began with a disruptive question rather than a blueprint for justice:
What if philanthropy itself was part of the problem?
Founded in 2015 as a provocation, TYT asked who philanthropy listens to, whose expertise it values, and who it truly serves.
TYT’s approach spans the entire funding ecosystem, from high-net-worth individuals and foundations to grantmakers, activists, and movement leaders. Their programmes, partnerships, and spin-offs have shifted resources, developed leaders, and created new norms for what fair, values-led philanthropy can look like.
Our new impact report is a reflection of ten years of work, learning and evolution.
Our Impact
A decade of Provocation & Practice: 2015-2025 is our Impact Report.
We believe systemic change takes time. This report shows the start of the impact we’re trying to make and the ripples that we’ve created throughout our time working within the sector.
With this report, we share what we have achieved and the changes we have made that are not always measured by numbers or figures but the ripple effects we build through connections, relationships and influence.
This is not the end of our journey. It’s just the beginning, and we’re excited for our next ten years.
Impact in numbers
Our story does not end here
It breathes through the ideas, infrastructure and individuals that will outlive us.
As we look toward the next ten years, we remain committed to a relational, reparative, and regenerative approach to our work. We will continue to work in a way that allows for deep and sustained engagement, fosters trust, enables continuous learning, and supports the development of robust strategies for systemic change.
Working alongside Ten Years’ Time is an important part of my continuous journey into reimagining what accountability, equity and care can look like within philanthropy … They bring a rare combination of rigour and compassion into a space that is often resistant to change. They create the conditions for us all to reflect deeply on power, redistribution and repair.
Nellie Koko-Konan, Pro-active Programmes Manager, The Clothworkers Foundation
TYT speaks the language of funders, but stays rooted in community. That’s rare, and it changes people.
Bonnie Chiu, Managing Director, The Social Investment Consultancy
“TYT doesn’t just change your giving. It changes what you think giving is for.”
Partner organisation
Working alongside Ten Years’ Time is an important part of my continuous journey into reimagining what accountability, equity and care can look like within philanthropy … They bring a rare combination of rigour and compassion into a space that is often resistant to change. They create the conditions for us all to reflect deeply on power, redistribution and repair.
Nellie Koko-Konan, Pro-active Programmes Manager, The Clothworkers Foundation
“TYT’s influence isn’t a moment, it’s a way of thinking that’s stayed with us.”
Essie North, CEO, Big Change
I don’t think of TYT as a typical organisation. It’s a force in the world, a conduit for revolutionary love… They model courage and care in equal measure. And they’ve redefined what’s even thinkable in philanthropy.
Ten Years’ Time hasn’t just published reports, it’s incubated ideas that have reshaped how philanthropy understands the world … Their research doesn’t just inform, it shifts consciousness and gives people new language and clarity for action.
Stephanie Brobbey, Founder and CEO, Good Ancestor Movement
We’ve created a pool of people across organisations who have signed up to the values of economic and racial justice. One of them might be the next CEO of an organisation that doesn’t even know it needs this work yet.
Rowena Estwick, Co-CEO, Ten Years’ Time
TYT’s unwavering commitment to justice has been widely respected, and is for many of us, a compass.
Ciorsdan Brown, Co-Founder, Grant Givers’ Movement