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.
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.
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.
We provide accessible equitable evaluation that enables you to create measurable and sustainable transformative social impact. We work with investors who want to make a positive social impact on the world in addition to making a financial return on their investment. Whether you plan to build your investment thesis, design an equitable screening process, conduct culturally responsive due diligence, or measure social impact post-investment, we can help you apply an equity lens to your investment.
Impact Charitable unites catalytic philanthropists with community partners, financial institutions, foundations, social enterprises, and governmental bodies. As an Impact Capital Catalyst, Impact Charitable unlocks and accelerates capital that sparks positive change. We move more money, in more ways, to more people and places.
Please describe your experience with impact investing.: M&E Advisor to The Rockefeller Foundation IMM Advisor to the GIIN Action Group lead for advancing IMM for World Economic Forum Huddle Group Contributor to Impact Measurement and Management Project (Bridges Fund Management) Researcher and author of publications (Situating Next Generation of Impact Measurement and Evaluation for Impact Investing & Streams of Social Impact Work: Building Bridges in a new evaluation era with market- oriented players at the table, Case Studies under development) Founding member of Social Impact Measurement topical interest group for the American Evaluation Association. Convener and presenter on impact measurement and management at numerous convening and conference (e.g. Rockefeller Foundation side events at SOCAP 2015, 2016, GES Summit 2016, Impact Convergence Conference 2016, GEO 2017, MIE Learning Institute 2017, MIE Impact Measurement Webinar 2017,South Asia Evaluation Concalve 2017, American Evaluation Association 2015-2017, Lili'uokalani Innovation Huddle 2017) Evaluation and IMM Consultant to social enterprises and foundations
Social Finance US is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is dedicated to mobilizing investment capital to drive social progress. They believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive, and that social impact financing can play a catalytic role in creating these opportunities.
Tideline is a consulting firm that provides tailored advice to organizations developing impact investment strategies, products, and solutions. Our mission is to help clients excel in realizing financial and societal value.
