Against ‘Big Bets’
Funders should be wary of the latest fad of making large grants for quick results and abandoning long-term commitments to the many organizations working on our most important problems.
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Socially responsible investing that produces both financial and social returns (more)
Three Big Takeaways from the Latest Impact Investing Data
Global Impact Investing Network’s latest annual survey shows growing diversity in the impact investing market.
Impact Investing in Victorian England? The Case of Model Dwellings Companies
What we can learn today from an early approach to improving social conditions through investment.
Foundations
Now Is the Time for Foundations to Invest for Mission and Impact
The Mission Possible series is a call to action for philanthropy to fully embrace impact investing as an essential tool to drive meaningful social and environmental change.
Bono Doesn’t Know—All of Us Are Still Learning
Recent headline-grabbing comments aside, the impact investing field needs integrated data on impact and financial returns if it is to scale with integrity.
Measure Profit to People—All People
Corporate profitability is too narrow a measure of a company’s financial impact.
Unleashing the Power of Endowments: The Next Great Challenge for Philanthropy
Ford Foundation commits $1 billion to MRIs.
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Gender Lens Investing: Uncovering Opportunities for Growth, Returns, and Impact
How gender lens investing can contribute to economic prosperity and equal rights.
Impact Investing
Strengthening the Impact Investing Movement
Segmenting the field to better align expectations of risk, returns, and impact; increasing the rate of adoption with important stakeholders; and stepping up work in the United States—a look at Omidyar Network’s priorities in advancing the movement.
Increasing Impact: People and Place at the Center
For impact investing to realize its true potential, we must change the mindset and narrative related to there being a “lack of pipeline” in underserved communities—rural and urban—to a perspective that people in communities create the environments in which outside investments can thrive.