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
The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation supports grassroots organizations and movements in the United States working to change environmental, social, economic and political conditions to bring about a more just, equitable and sustainable world.
Operating at the intersection of impact investing and philanthropy, LOHAS' mission is to enable the flow of charitable contributions into for-profit social and environmental impact ventures and thereby support more effective and sustainable solutions to our world's greatest challenges.
The mission of Mercy Investment Services is to enhance the financial resources of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas through socially responsible investing. Mercy Investment Services engages in collaborative efforts to: Raise our corporate voice to effect systemic change in corporate policies and activities Provide capital to community organizations, and Participate in other investment opportunities consistent with our mission. Mercy Partnership Fund is the global community investing program of Mercy Investment Services. MPF seeks investment opportunities that benefit the poor, especially women and children, concentrating on those undeserved by traditional sources of capital. Current community investments are at work through approximately 60 mission-driven organizations, including community development financial institutions, nonprofit organizations, community development banks and credit unions, microfinance institutions and international funds. Mercy Investment Services recently established an Environmental Solutions Fund, which is focused on mission-related, market-rate investment strategies.
Prime Coalition is a 501c3 public charity that partners with philanthropists to invest catalytic capital in extraordinary companies that combat climate change, have a high likelihood of achieving commercial success, and are otherwise unlikely to be sufficiently supported.
Prime mobilized $23MM to back ten early-stage ventures from 2015 to 2018, each of which could mitigate gigaton-scale CO2-equivalent emissions by 2050 when deployed at scale.
Prime Impact Fund is a $40MM impact-first catalytic capital pool investing in transformative climate ventures that conducted its first close in October 2018 and will conduct its final close in Q1 2020.
The Sapphire Foundation is a family foundation seeking to enhance the quality of life in the Dallas, Texas area by supporting the arts, education, social services and other creative endeavors. In addition, Sapphire has been a key participant in the discipline of Sustainable Philanthropy, an ecosystem of tools, capital, and structures that spark and grow sustainable, scalable impact.
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.
Strive to improve the quality of life for the people of Hawaii by working toward sustainable solutions that support and promote locally produced food, renewable energy, clean transportation, and better management of water and waste.
We are 100% mission focused so all resources and funds deployed have some connection, either direct or indirect, to advancing our mission forward. Our strategy and focus areas are driven by systems mapping to try and understand the highest impact areas that best align with our skill-set. We are able to utilize for-profit investments, philanthropic grants, research, strategic communications as well as advocacy and government affairs to advance our mission.
Unleashing capital and kindness to nurture ideas and build healthy, sustainable communities. The Untours Foundation works to alleviate poverty by providing low-interest loans to social entrepreneurs and businesses here, across the United States, and around the world. Our capital creates employment and valuable goods and services in economically impoverished communities. We seek to fuel projects that are leading-edge, replicable, and green. By investing rather than giving grants, the Foundation recycles its resources, making capital available again and again to visionary investees. We also advocate for mission-aligned investing in order to more broadly build a just and environmentally sustainable global economy.
