BrightEdge is the innovation, impact investment and venture capital arm of the American Cancer Society. Today, our ACS Impact Venture Fund (AIVF) invests in for-profit, early-stage companies developing cutting-edge, cancer-focused therapeutics, diagnostics, devices, and technologies to fuel and accelerate ACS’s mission of ending cancer as we know it, for everyone.
Our Vision - Across Colorado each of us can say: “We have all we need to live healthy lives.” Our Mission - Improve the health of Coloradans. Our Belief - Health is a basic human right. Our Cornerstones 1) We serve Coloradans who have low income and/or historically have had less power or privilege. 2) We are informed by the community and those we exist to serve. 3) We do everything with the intent of creating health equity.
DRK Foundation is a global venture philanthropy firm supporting early stage, high impact social enterprises. We believe that with early funding and rigorous support, exceptional leaders, tackling some of society’s most complex problems, can make the world a better place. We find, fund and support exceptional leaders with innovative and highly impactful ideas that have the potential to scale. We provide unrestricted capital, and, most importantly, we provide rigorous, ongoing support by joining the board of directors and partnering with the leader to help build capacity in the organization and scale their impact. Since we started in 2002 we have invested in over 200 organizations, which have impact a combined 220 million lives. With the support of 50 donor partners, we are currently deploying our fourth fund: ~$85 million dedicated to supporting the next generation of 100 social entrepreneurs who will change the world.
The Kansas Health Foundation mission is to improve the health of all Kansans. To achieve this, we promote health and wellness in our schools, neighborhoods and workplaces. Grow leaders in our communities. Inspire decision makers. Act as a voice for healthy public policy. And start and foster community philanthropy that will see our mission thrive for generations. Together with our grantees and partners, we want Kansas to be the healthiest, most productive, most livable state in the nation.
to improve the health of all Kansans through our three part purpose: 1. Empower Kansas to Lead the Nation in Health. 2.Elimninate Inequities that create health Disparities. 3. The Kansas Health Foundation Becomes THE Model for Philanthropic Impact
The Merchants Fund provides grants and other support to merchants and small businesses in Philadelphia.
TMF was established in 1854 - a time in our nation’s history when there was no safety net to provide health and disability insurance or pension plans and retirement benefits - to provide charitable gifts to merchants facing financial hardship. The Fund evolved from the Mercantile Beneficial Association, an organization dedicated to providing business advice, networking opportunities, and protection from financial failure or default due to illness, old age, or disability.
Recognizing its privilege as a funder and the historical and systemic disinvestment in communities of color, including BIPOC business owners, as well as the inequitable access to capital experienced by BIPOC, immigrant, and women merchants, TMF seeks to:
- Utilize the access and acumen of its leadership to strengthen its grantmaking;
- Engage small business owners in decision-making processes;
- Align its corpus to reflect its values; and
- Make flexible grants that address these historic disparities and build wealth within these communities.
We are a nonprofit organization that aims to attack the wealth gaps in the United States while also ensuring the retiring small business owners can leave a legacy behind with the jobs they have created in their communities.
The Sierra Club Foundation (SCF) promotes efforts to educate and empower people to protect and improve the natural and human environment. SCF supports climate solutions, conservation, and movement-building through a powerful combination of strategic philanthropy and grassroots advocacy rooted in equity, justice, and inclusion. As the fiscal sponsor of the charitable programs of the Sierra Club, we provide resources to it and other nonprofit organizations to support scientific, educational, advocacy, and legal programs that further our goals. We believe our fiduciary duty is not limited solely to the prudent oversight and investment of our assets, but includes a responsibility to manage and deploy those assets in a manner consistent with our mission and values. SCF was one of the initial signers to the Divest-Invest Philanthropy Initiative and has since moved beyond divestment to focus on a low carbon and climate solutions investment strategy. We also aim to utilize impact investing to empower communities with the resources, systems, and technologies needed to implement and scale equitable clean energy solutions, ensure access to clean air and clean water, protect natural resources, and improve resiliency and ability to adapt to climate change.
