The Other 95 Percent: How Foundations Can Give All They’ve Got Release Date: 05/09/2016Melissa Beck at the Educational Foundation of America says there are three reasons to divest: economics, ethics and alignment with grantmaking.Find More ByNews type InsightsTopic(s) Impact InvestingFunding Area Environment & SustainabilityRelated Organizations The Educational Foundation of America
Lee Wasserman Fights Climate Change with Rockefeller Funds Release Date: 04/18/2016The Rockefeller Family Fund divests from fossil fuels while dishing out grants to combat global warming.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Impact InvestingFunding Area Environment & SustainabilityRelated Organizations The Rockefeller Foundation
Heron Foundation's Clara Miller Remarks on the Effects of Impact Investing Release Date: 08/17/2015The Heron Foundation President believes "All investing is impact investing."Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Impact InvestingPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector SupportRelated Organizations F.B. Heron Foundation
Wall Street Not Giving Up On U.S. Social Impact Bonds Release Date: 07/30/2015Though Goldman Sachs and Bloomberg lost money from a recent Rikers Island recidivism reduction program, they still plan to explore social impact bonds in the future.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Impact InvestingPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector SupportRelated Organizations Goldman SachsBloomberg Philanthropies
Philanthropy's Difficult Dance With Inequality Release Date: 07/08/2015Foundation Center President, Brad Smith, examines how funders like Nathan Cummings, F.B Heron , Ford and Carnegie use the term "inequality."Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Impact InvestingPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Community Development & Place Based InitiativesPhilanthropy & Nonprofit Sector SupportRelated Organizations The Nathan Cummings FoundationFord FoundationF.B. Heron FoundationCarnegie Corporation of New York
NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal Release Date: 07/06/2015The country's first social impact bond program was initially funded by Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Impact InvestingPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector SupportRelated Organizations Bloomberg PhilanthropiesGoldman Sachs
TCC Group President and CEO Richard Mittenthal Featured in Profile Magazine Release Date: 07/06/2015Mittenthal outlines TCC strategies on helping clients deepen social impact.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Impact InvestingFinance & Asset ManagementPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector SupportRelated Organizations TCC Group
F.B. Heron Foundation Leads Foundations Toward 100 Percent Impact Investment Release Date: 07/02/2015The F.B. Heron Foundation has made a bold, public commitment to move 100 percent of its assets to impact investments by the end of 2017.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Impact InvestingPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsFunding Area Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector SupportRelated Organizations F.B. Heron Foundation
F.B. Heron Foundation Earmarks Entire Endowment for Social Impact Investments Release Date: 10/21/2014By the end of 2014, 63% of the F.B. Heron Foundation's funds will be moved to social investments, with hopes to reach 100% by 2017.Find More ByNews type Member NewsTopic(s) Impact InvestingPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated Organizations F.B. Heron Foundation
Rediscovering the Enterprise Investment Approach Release Date: 09/17/2014The Heron Foundation's Kate Starr examines the value of enterprise investing.Find More ByNews type InsightsTopic(s) Impact InvestingRelated Organizations F.B. Heron Foundation