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 and Climate ChangeRelated 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 and Climate ChangeRelated 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 Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated 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 Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated 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 DevelopmentPhilanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated 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 Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated 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 Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated 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 Philanthropic & Nonprofit SectorsRelated 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