How Investors Can (and Can’t) Create Social Value
A growing number of investors are attempting to create social value with their investments, but it’s often more difficult to achieve than one might think.
Up for Debate - Articles
Debates on important social innovation issues by noted thinkers (more)
Pay-What-It-Takes Philanthropy
Grantmakers should provide enough money for nonprofits to pay for all their operations, not just programs and services.
The Payoff of Pay-for-Success
Up for debate: The pay-for-success model will have a positive impact, just not in the way that many proponents think. Includes additional, online-only responses from a variety of thought leaders.
A Coming of Age for Impact Investing
The new benchmark is an indication of a fast-growing and increasingly sophisticated impact investing industry.
Strategic Philanthropy and Its Discontents
Strategic philanthropy is a much-maligned practice that continues to have a great degree of power for today’s philanthropists.
Rethinking How Students Succeed
A wave of noncognitive skill initiatives holds promise for making teachers more effective and students more successful. Includes a new response from Raikes Foundation Co-founders Jeff and Tricia Raikes.
Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World
Foundations need to adopt a more emergent approach to strategic philanthropy.
Making Conservation Finance Investable
Conservation finance is an undeveloped investment opportunity that offers the potential to conserve vital ecosystems while also providing a financial return.
Unpacking the Impact in Impact Investing
A longer version of “When Can Impact Investing Create Real Impact?” from the Fall 2013 Up for Debate feature.
When Can Impact Investing Create Real Impact?
It is possible for impact investors to achieve social impact along with market rate returns, but it’s not easy to do.