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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Joins Impact Investment Efforts

Release Date:

06/25/2014

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Joins Impact Investment Efforts At a White House event earlier this ... commitment... Rockefeller Brothers Fund Joins Impact Investment Efforts ...

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Impact Investing

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Surdna Launches $18M Program Related Investment Fund

Release Date:

04/15/2014

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...

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Surdna Foundation

In New Brand of Philanthropy, Nonprofits Invest in For-Profits

Release Date:

12/11/2012

This article on the rise of impact investing in the foundation world mentions two recent projects funded by Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

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Governance

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Morgan Stanley

It’s Time to Cut Through the Hype of Impact Investing

Release Date:

08/19/2013

This op-ed mentions the roles of the Ford Foundation and the F.B. Heron Foundation in the evolution of impact investing.

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Impact Investing

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F.B. Heron Foundation

Impact Investing's Role in Global Development (Rockefeller Foundation)

Release Date:

02/19/2016

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.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Leveraging the Power of Foundations: An Analysis of Program-Related Investments

Publication date:

05/2013

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.

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Finance & Asset Management

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Behind the Billion: The Ford Foundation and Mission-Related Investments

Release Date:

04/13/2017

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...

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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Foundations Vow to Invest in Clean-Energy Technology

Release Date:

06/17/2015

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.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Overbrook Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments

Release Date:

07/15/2016

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.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Young Men of Color Initiative Details Its Investments

Release Date:

03/03/2015

OSF and Atlantic are among funders taking action to improve life outcomes for boys and men of color in the United States.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Community Development

Social Justice

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Open Society Foundations

The Atlantic Philanthropies

NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal

Release Date:

07/06/2015

NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal A New York City program ... and decision making.... NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal ...