The Case for Impact Investing by Small and Mid-Size Family Foundations

By Stacey Faella & Margaret Gifford 1

There is opportunity for private family foundations of all sizes, including small and mid-size foundations, to bring impact investing—particularly through program-related investments—more fully into their portfolios.

Valuing Social Impact Expertise in Impact Investing

By Bernadette Clavier & Neil Malhotra 2

The expertise and wisdom of social impact professionals is not as important to financiers as it should be.

Using Data to Accelerate the Impact of Early-stage Investments

By Evan Marwell 1

Why having enough money and data is the difference between success and failure for early-stage organizations.

Searching for Impact

By Darren Miao 1

How search funds, a little-known private equity investment vehicle, can become a useful tool for impact investing.

Talking About Ethics in Impact Investing

By Stephen Muers 3

To make the best and most consistent decisions, impact investors need to think about values as much as they think about growth and financial returns.

The Next Phase of Innovative Financing

By Maximilian Martin 1

Why pay-for-success models of humanitarian impact investing offer promise for the future.

Sustainable Investments Are Not Always What They Seem

By Heather Grady 6

Investors need to better educate themselves about the local context in which their funds are deployed.

IMPACT INDIA

Reframing Education Change in India

By Martina Mettgenberg-Lemiere & Anh Nguyen 4

Improving learning outcomes in India requires that funders and social purpose organizations shift to working on the entire educational ecosystem rather than focused interventions.