Social projects in Italy win support for impact
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Four social organizations in Italy, Fibi, Develop-Players, Mabasta, and MUDD, received grants and training through the “Welfare che impresa!” program, supported by foundations including Fondazione Italiana Accenture and Intesa Sanpaolo.
The program provides training and support to help these groups strengthen their work. Fibi, focused on financial independence for women, discovered that helping women open their own bank accounts and make investments signaled real progress.
They found that 93% of the first one hundred participants made their first investment and 88% opened a pension fund after completing the course. Develop-Players, based in Cesena, creates video games to assess cognitive skills in young people. The organization realized they needed to change their pricing model to make the games accessible to more professionals, introducing a pay-per-session option alongside subscriptions.
Mabasta, a student-led anti-bullying group from Lecce, is developing an app called “MabaVision” to extend their in-school workshops and provide ongoing support. They acknowledged that measuring the impact of their work is difficult, but hope the app will help them gather better data. Finally, MUDD in Naples combines cultural heritage preservation with job creation for young people. The organization offers free tours of churches and historical sites, employing young people in the process.
In the first seven months of 2026, MUDD saw 72,000 visitors, a 55% increase from 2025, and provided contracts to 19 young people through a cooperative. The “Welfare che impresa!” program helped these organizations refine their business models and measure their social impact.
