Innovative strategies and new investment opportunities can be used to align investment practices with mission objectives to sustain the ... good. Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation offers a look at their investment policy which can be used as a template for ...
... foundations often assert that spending all of their resources in a relatively short period gives them the ability ... that naturally follows from that proposition is: How would we know whether, or when, this is true? In this ... of philanthropic leaders who applied the broad logic of investment returns to try to answer the question of whether ...
... Cummings Foundation has engaged San Francisco-based impact investment advisory firm Sonen Capital to ... of Calvert Foundation, has joined the foundation’s investment committee. The New York foundation, which...
... Capital Management’s CRA-Qualified Investment Fund became the first publicly-traded mutual fund ... have become essential for judging financial risk of an investment , third-party verification of impact is...
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Joins Impact Investment Efforts At a White House event earlier this ... commitment... Rockefeller Brothers Fund Joins Impact Investment Efforts ...
Surdna Foundation launched $18 million Program Related Investment (PRI) revolving fund to support its mission of ... approved the creation of an $18 million Program Related Investment (PRI) revolving fund to...
A recent Center for Strategic and International Studies event, 'Impact Investing: An Opportunity for Development?,' brought together a panel of experts to discuss impact investing and its potential to address global issues.
This Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University analysis of key trends in foundation engagement in program-related investments between 2000 and 2010 finds that there is significant interest in PRIs, and that many foundations that use PRIs report successful results, but their use is still limited to a relatively small number of foundations.
Xavier de Souza Briggs , the foundation’s vice president for Economic Opportunity and Markets, discusses the foundation's work on mission-related investments with Lenora Suki , head of sustainable finance product...
More than 90 foundations are committing at least 5% of their total endowment assets to new energy over the next five years, including RBF and Overbrook.
The grant maker's plans includes helping finance efforts to develop renewable-energy technogies, deliver clean electricity to rural India, and create insurance products for extreme-weather events in Africa.
NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal A New York City program ... and decision making.... NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal ...