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CapitalMath Charity Interview Supporting donations with expertise and creating real impact through responsibility.

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CapitalMath Charity Interview Supporting donations with expertise and creating real impact through responsibility.

Published on July 17, 2025
 at 12:07 EDT
Los Angeles CA–(PinionNewswire.com)–

Journalist:

Hello everyone. I’m Selene Hopkins, a host with the BBC. Today I’m very pleased to be sitting down with Nicholas Hawthorne, CEO and one of the founding partners of CapitalMath.
To be honest, what stood out to me when I first came across CapitalMath wasn’t just the financial side, it was the fact that you’ve donated more than 5 million pounds since the company was founded to support children in underprivileged areas. That really caught my attention. It’s rare to see a company put charity front and center right from the start.
So I knew I had to sit down and speak with one of the driving forces behind this unique company.
Nicholas, thank you so much for joining me today.
To start, could you share CapitalMath’s core philosophy when it comes to corporate social responsibility?

Nicholas:

Thank you, Selene. I really appreciate the opportunity to be here. At CapitalMath, we’ve always believed that asset management is not just about growing wealth, but about creating lasting value for society. That’s why we follow the principle of empowering charity through expertise and driving value through responsibility. To us, capital is not just a resource, it is a responsibility.

Could you walk us through how CapitalMath actually puts that principle into action? In particular, how do you get your employees personally and actively involved in charitable work?

Nicholas:

That’s a great question. To be honest, things were pretty simple when we first started. We set up the CapitalMath Charity Fund, which mainly focused on financial education, green investing, and social innovation.
But we quickly realized that having the company make all the donations on its own wasn’t enough. If we really wanted this model to last, we needed our team members to feel personally involved.
At first, when we brought this up to the leadership team, we expected some pushback. People might say they were too busy or just not interested. But the truth is, their response completely surprised us in the best possible way.
Let me give you an example. There’s an employee named Emma. She’s pretty introverted and works on our analytics team.
On the last day of our very first Giving Week, she suddenly stepped up and said she wanted to donate part of her year-end bonus to buy financial education books for a school in her hometown.
That small gesture quickly became something bigger. Within just three days, more than 70 people across the company made donations. It wasn’t about the amount, it was the shared sense of purpose that really mattered.

That was when we officially launched our donation matching program. For every dollar an employee donates, CapitalMath matches it with another dollar. We also introduced paid volunteer days, three fully paid days each year so everyone can take time to get involved in charitable projects.
Today, Giving Week is no longer just a top-down company initiative. It has become a community-wide event. Engineers, marketing teams, everyone brings their own project ideas.
We even built an internal platform where employees can launch charitable projects and others can join and support them. It has truly become part of who we are as a company.
Journalist:
Wow, I have to say, Emma’s story is truly inspiring. Honestly, I really admire CapitalMath. The work you’ve done in the area of charity is genuinely impressive. That kind of culture is not something you can build just by throwing money around.
That said, I’m really curious, does CapitalMath have any specific plans to grow or expand its charitable efforts in the future?

Nicholas:

Absolutely! Our charitable strategy focuses on three core areas, financial education, green investing, and social innovation. We allocate 60% of our funds to financial education programs, 25% to green investing, and 15% to social innovation projects.
We’ve established an internal charity committee and brought in third-party audits to make sure everything stays transparent.
But what really keeps us on track is our KPI system. For every dollar we invest, we measure the impact, how many people were helped, how the project is progressing, and so on.

Journalist:

So when it comes to execution, how do you make sure all these strategies are actually put into practice?

Nicholas:

Execution is absolutely critical. We make sure that at least 80% of our charity fund is actively used each year so that no resources are left sitting idle. We do this through a mix of direct donations, impact investing, and charitable partnerships.
For example, individual donations typically range from 10,000 to 100,000 dollars. Our impact investments usually fall between 50,000 and 500,000 dollars per project.
Of course, we also hold our annual Giving Week. Our goal is to have more than 80% of our employees take part, whether through volunteering, donating, or launching their own projects.

Journalist:

That really shows a serious commitment to making things happen. One last question, on a personal level, how do you view the role of charity in the bigger picture of a company like CapitalMath?

Nicholas:

To be honest, I believe capital is not just about generating wealth, but about how that wealth can lead to positive change.
For us, charity is not some side effort, it is central to our mission. Expertise drives responsibility.
We are committed to pushing this forward, not just as a company, but as part of the broader financial world. We want asset management to be about individual success and about serving the greater good.

Journalist:

Nicholas, thank you so much for sharing all of this with us today. It’s truly been really insightful. Financial services are not just about numbers, they are also about building a lasting culture of responsibility and values.

Every era has its game changers, and to be honest, CapitalMath’s work in the charitable space might just be the start of the next chapter. Thank you again for joining us, Nicholas. We’ll definitely be keeping a close eye on CapitalMath’s next moves on the global stage.

Nicholas:

Thank you, Selene. If you’d like to learn more, please visit our website at www.capitalmath.com.

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