Impact Investing - RE:Philanthropy

Archive for the ‘Impact Investing’ Category

Learning: The “Third Heat” of Impact Investing—and All Grantmaking?

In: 2013 Annual Conference| Impact Investing| Philanthropy

9 Apr 2013

On the TV show 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin’s character is a GE/NBC executive in charge of “TV and microwave programming.” He has to turn around the show-within-a-show led by Tina Fey’s character and invent a new kind of oven. He comes up with a “trivection” oven that combines radiant, microwave, and convection heat, and hires [...]

No Comments

Interested in Impact Investing? Welcome to Chicago!

In: 2013 Annual Conference| Impact Investing| Philanthropy

7 Apr 2013

The Council’s important 2013 impact investing initiative is enriching this year’s Annual Conference agenda. Through sessions on Monday, April 8, attendees will have a chance to hear about innovative ways foundations are making investments that intend to produce social and financial returns.
The day kicks off with a breakfast plenary on food justice. With virtual remarks [...]

No Comments

Oxford University Said Business School Offers Inaugural Impact Investing Event Following Skoll World Forum

In: Global Philanthropy| Impact Investing| Impact Investing Series| Philanthropy

7 Mar 2013

Over the past several years, no strategy for change has captured the imagination of philanthropy more than impact investing. In the United States and even more so in emerging markets, people and institutions with financial means are deploying those resources in new and sometimes innovative ways. Right or wrong, some of the newer players are [...]

No Comments

Complete Capital: How Impact Investing Will Realize Its Potential

In: Impact Investing| Impact Investing Series| Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy

21 Feb 2013

This is post is part of an ongoing impact investing series on RE: Philanthropy.
In recent years, I have championed the potential of impact investing to unlock new forms and sources of capital for the social sector. But financial capital is just one piece of the puzzle. Through my work at the Rockefeller Foundation and more [...]

No Comments

Joining the Impact Investing Conversation

In: Impact Investing| Impact Investing Series| Philanthropy

20 Feb 2013

This is the first post in an ongoing impact investing series on RE: Philanthropy.
The new vision for the Council on Foundations, as President and CEO Vikki Spruill outlined in her blog post “Relevance + Network + Speed = Impact,” describes exactly how and why the Council is poised to support foundations interested in impact [...]

(3) Comments

Improving Lives, Building Communities

In: 2013 Family Philanthropy Conference| Family Philanthropy| Impact Investing| Philanthropy

29 Nov 2012

Despite having a steady job, a mom in South Carolina, who hopes to help her daughter go to college, cannot afford to pay rent in the city in which she works. A promising entrepreneur in Wisconsin has a great idea to improve his community but cannot get the loan needed to get his business off [...]

No Comments

Mission Investing for Community Foundations

16 Nov 2012

I first started working in the community foundation field more than 15 years ago. It goes without saying that I’m a big fan. I believe in this democratic model of philanthropy where the collective power of many creates powerful change. I’m also a fan because most community foundations understand that our work is constantly changing [...]

No Comments

Building Investor Readiness Through Skills-Based Volunteerism

In: Impact Investing| My Giving Story| Nonprofits| Partnerships and Collaborations| Philanthropy

17 Oct 2012

As the practice of impact investing matures, evolving from a peripheral concept to a mainstream practice, the momentum around this nascent industry is growing. At a time when governments, foundations and donors look to do more with less, impact investing offers a means to generate social and environmental value with the potential for financial returns. [...]

No Comments

Let’s Talk about Impact Investing

In: 2012 Fall Conference| Impact Investing| Philanthropy

9 Sep 2012

Do you ever wish that your foundation had more money to solve social problems and transform your community? As need grows faster than grant dollars, many foundations are making mission and impact investments in order to unlock new capital for social good. Community foundations are investing discretionary and donor-advised assets to produce social and financial [...]