Where Money Meets Mission
Breaking down the firewall between foundation investments and programming.
Impact Investing Socially responsible investing that produces both financial and social returns
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The Benefit of Doing Good
The “social discount” may not be as steep as investors think.
When Time Isn’t Money
Some argue that foundations should distribute at a faster rate because of the ‘time value of money.’ Their numbers are wrong. A cash flow discounting approach is not applicable to foundations.
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The Trouble With Impact Investing: P1
There’s only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
Market-Minded Development
Acumen Fund uses impact investing to tackle global poverty. It’s approach has garnered attention, but does it change aid?
Roundtable on Impact Investing
A group of social innovation leaders from around the world discuss impact investing and how to make it more effective.
Offsetting Green Guilt
Voluntary carbon offsets allow people to invest in projects that allegedly counteract their greenhouse gas emissions. But can voluntary offsets help slow global warming? Or are offsets a way for consumers to buy their way out of bad feelings?
Social Impact Bonds: Lessons from the Field
In piloting social impact bonds, governments have already yielded some lessons from the field.