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F.B. Heron Foundation Leads Foundations Toward 100 Percent Impact Investment

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07/02/2015

F.B. Heron Foundation Leads Foundations Toward 100 Percent Impact Investment When people hear about impact investing, a light goes on. People immediately begin ... often assume that foundations must be doing the...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Release "Impact Investing Handbook: An Implementation Guide for Practitioners."

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07/22/2020

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Release " Impact Investing Handbook: An Implementation Guide for ... Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors published the “ Impact Investing Handbook: An Implementation Guide for...

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Ford Foundation"s Darren Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence of Impact Investing on Philanthropy

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05/12/2016

... Walker Participates in Discussion on the Influence of Impact Investing on Philanthropy Impact investing can lead to new strategies for entrepreneurs ... For the leaders of large foundations, the rise of...

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Salesforce Launches $50 Million Initiative To Fuel Social Impact Startups

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10/03/2017

Salesforce Launches $50 Million Initiative To Fuel Social Impact Startups Salesforce continues to build a social good ... dedication to social change to fund startups with social impact at their core. Salesforce...

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Salesforce Launches $50 Million Impact Fund to Invest in Social Change Startup

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10/05/2017

Salesforce Launches $50 Million Impact Fund to Invest in Social Change Startup Salesforce ... dedication to social change to fund startups with social impact at their core. Salesforce announced Tuesday that it...

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U.S. Trust President Says 'It's Standing Room Only' In Impact Investing

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02/22/2017

U.S. Trust President Says 'It's Standing Room Only' In Impact Investing In years past, few Merrill advisors would attend a breakout session for impact investments at the firm’s annual education .....

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How Surdna Foundation Is Using its Grantmaking to Champion Impact Investing

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01/18/2018

How Surdna Foundation Is Using its Grantmaking to Champion Impact Investing It took them some time to come around, but ... to be a big proponent of foundation involvement in impact investing. Last year, we saw the...

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20 Oct 2021

Impact Investing, Picking Up Where Philanthropy Leaves Off

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2:00pm to 4:00pm

... are increasingly interested in various forms of impact investing. Over time, this should translate into more ... In this session, foundations at various stages of the impact investing journey will discuss...

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Resilience & Resolve: NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund Report

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01/07/2021

Resilience & Resolve: NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund Report On March 20, 2020, a group of ... more—announced the launch of the NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund to provide emergency financial...

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Surdna's Head Reflects on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing

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06/25/2014

Surdna's Head Reflects on Aligning Program With Mission, Impact Investing In an interview with Shelterforce, Surdna ... programs and the foundation's recent launch into the impact investing world. In...

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What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond

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08/10/2015

... We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond An experiment using a Social Impact Bond (SIB) to reduce the rate at which juvenile ... We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island...

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Podcast: The Surdna Foundation Pivots to Mark 100 Years of Impact

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03/24/2017

Podcast: The Surdna Foundation Pivots to Mark 100 Years of Impact In 1917, businessman John Andrus decided to give away ... $100 million — 10 percent of its endowment — into impact investing In this edition of the...

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The 2017 National Center for Responsive Philanthropy Impact Awards Winners Announced

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09/05/2017

The 2017 National Center for Responsive Philanthropy Impact Awards Winners Announced The 2017 NCRP Impact Awardees have been announced. This year’s awards are ... facing. These grantmakers serve as examples of...

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F.B. Heron Foundation Is Going 'All In' with 100 percent Impact Investments

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02/26/2018

F.B. Heron Foundation Is Going 'All In' with 100 percent Impact Investments Clara Miller, who has headed the F.B. ... for the past three years, wants to take the ultimate impact investing step: to go...

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Cricket Island Foundation Releases New Case Study on the Impact of Small Foundations

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09/18/2018

Cricket Island Foundation Releases New Case Study on the Impact of Small Foundations Liz Sak, Executive Director of ... Island commissioned an assessment to understand the impact of our grantmaking strategy – one...

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A Decade of Impact: Bloomberg LP Improves Energy Efficiency by 45%

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04/11/2019

A Decade of Impact : Bloomberg LP Improves Energy Efficiency by 45% ... emissions, according to the company’s 10 th annual Impact Report released today. Bloomberg is on target to ... investment opportunities in the...

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F.B. Heron Foundation Funds Feasibility Study on Impact Investing in Western NY

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02/11/2015

F.B. Heron Foundation Funds Feasibility Study on Impact Investing in Western NY Western New York ... leaders to determine the region's economic potential for impact investing through deals that yield both a...

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Wall Street Not Giving Up On U.S. Social Impact Bonds

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07/30/2015

Wall Street Not Giving Up On U.S. Social Impact Bonds Social- impact bonds allow private capital to be funneled into ... met its goals.... Wall Street Not Giving Up On U.S. Social Impact Bonds ...

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Carnegie President Says Humanitarians Can Have Impact on Refugee Crisis

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04/26/2016

Carnegie President Says Humanitarians Can Have Impact on Refugee Crisis A six-country survey commissioned by ... who do intervene on behalf of others can have a tremendous impact ," said Vartan Gregorian,...

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