Since our beginnings in 2004, Aeris has established risk management standards for private community loan funds (CDFIs) and has helped drive the development of impact measurement and management practices in the CDFI industry—a learning curve now being replicated in the broader impact investment world. In 2013, the Aeris Cloud became the first online platform to help CDFI investors understand the impact and financial performance of their investments. Today, the broader investing field seeks a reliable, high-quality tool to collect, manage, and analyze impact data. Aeris’ unique experience and expertise can help accelerate the pace of impact investing.
Bullhorn is a branding agency that builds impact brands with language and design. We believe business can be a force for good. And for change. We specialize in working with other impact organizations: social entrepreneurs, impact investors, B Corps, public-benefit corporations, conscious capitalists, CSR, and ESG.
We are a collective group of empathetic learners and creators who help purposeful organizations solve problems through confident language and design. We aren’t looking for perfect clients; we are looking for groups of people trying to be better.
The Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy promotes more effective philanthropy and strengthens the nonprofit sector through research that informs philanthropic decision-making and public policy to advance community problem solving. We have long held discussions and hosted discussions on the topic of impact investing as a way to connect practitioners and researchers together and support the growing infrastructure in this space.
We are an independent, Minneapolis-based strategic, financial, and impact investing firm
empowering purpose-driven organizations that drive positive social impact in their communities
Community Capital Advisors (CCA) is a boutique impact investing advisory firm helping foundations and place-based funders align their investment capital and practices with mission to advance racial equity, inclusive economies, sustainable growth and healthy communities. CCA offers a range of impact investing program consulting services from design through implementation, as well as outsourced solutions for ongoing investment sourcing, due diligence, loan underwriting, monitoring, reporting, project management and administration. CCA has particular expertise in loan funds, CDFI programs and underwriting, mission-aligned cash, racial equity assessment of investment practices, leading investment advisor consultant searches, landscape scans, and customized research and analysis. Please visit the CCA website to learn more about the team, our partners, services and deep commitment to racial equity and advancing equity-focused investment practices.
Alicia has been a leader in the Global Microenterprise and Impact Investing space for over 15 years. Her work as an international fundraiser and impact advisor ensures social enterprises, nonprofit leaders and impact fund managers have the financial resources, investors, partners and growth strategies they need to start and expand their work. Alicia also supports capital allocators, foundations and impact investors to better understand and more strategically place capital in entrepreneurial ecosystems in underserved communities worldwide. Alicia began her career as a development economist. She worked as a practitioner and researcher across Latin America and Africa examining the role of financial institutions and Microfinance Institutions in poverty eradication. In 2022 she relaunched her consulting practice, DeLia Impact Advisors, to leverage her expertise and networks to advance the revenue generation of impact-first fund managers and social enterprise leaders. DeLia Impact Advisors (Día) connects exceptional impact leaders world-wide to capital, partnerships and networks. Our mission is grounded in the belief that talented people from everywhere in the world should have access to the "trust capital", networks and resources needed to see their vision take flight. DeLia Impact Advisors specializes in creating winning fundraising programs, investor relations, coaching, refining pitches & proposals, grant writing, market positioning, and unlocking funding opportunities and networks. Día works with clients within the following sectors: global economic development, microfinance, financial inclusion, gender lens and racial equity investing, agriculture, inclusive entrepreneurship, small business technical assistance, community development, poverty alleviation, women's economic empowerment and fintech.
We help philanthropy's changemakers tackle their biggest challenges
From strategy and governance to collaboration and facilitation, we bring deep sector experience and a unique client-centered approach that embraces both the art and the science of effective philanthropy.
Giving Strong is a social impact consulting firm that advises foundations, corporations, and other social enterprises on philanthropic strategies and communications to reach their impact goals. Specialties in place-based work, convening community, and developing thought leadership.
Good River’s mission is to change the energy of money from extraction to regeneration.
As a public benefit corporation, Good River works with public and private partners to develop financial ecosystems that allow for large-scale private investment funds aimed at alleviating human suffering and environmental degradation.
Good River's first offering is a real estate investment fund aimed at catalyzing endowment allocations towards ending the foster care to homelessness pipeline in Southern California.
