Social Innovations
Impact Investing, the Brand
The Global Investment Initiative is setting a standard for measuring both financial and social return on investments.
The Global Investment Initiative is setting a standard for measuring both financial and social return on investments.
By estimating the social return on their investments, funders can deploy their dollars more effectively. To demonstrate the power of these calculations, the authors show how three organizations—the Robin Hood Foundation, Acumen Fund, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation—use cost-benefit analysis to evaluate their ongoing programs, choose mission investments, and plan long-term strategies.
A Johns Hopkins report recommends that nonprofits get more involved in advocacy.
A growing number of foundations are offering low-interest loans, buying into green business ventures, and investing in other asset classes to advance their missions. To bring about real change, foundations need to make strategic mission investments that complement their grantmaking and leverage market forces.
Calvert Community Investment Notes take social investing mainstream.
Is the Kaufman Foundation using its resources appropriately?