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.
Our mission of Land Conservation and Artistic Vitality for communities in the Chicago region and the Lowcountry of South Carolina honors the values and legacy of our founders Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley by focusing on a healthy natural environment and artistic expression.
The mission of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) is to improve the quality of people's lives through grants supporting the performing arts, environmental conservation, medical research and child well-being, and through preservation of the cultural and environmental legacy of Doris Duke's properties.
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 Educational Foundation of America is a family foundation that envisions a society in which every person has a meaningful voice in an inclusive democracy, with unrestricted access to full reproductive freedom, and lives in creative, thriving communities on a healthy, regenerative planet. We are a proud leader in the impact investing movement. In the early 90s, EFA was one of the first private foundations to begin screening its investments using Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria to guarantee those investments aligned with our core values. Building on our commitment to ensure that our portfolio supports, rather than dilutes, our grantmaking goals, our investments became 100% fossil-fuel free in 2015. That year EFA was also one of the original signatories to the Divest-Invest Movement, actively avoiding fossil fuel investments and instead seeking out forward-thinking companies leading the clean energy revolution. Our assets have grown as a result of this strategic shift. Furthermore, we are engaged shareholders. By owning shares in public companies, EFA is able to raise environmental, social, and corporate governance issues with management. We do this through productive dialogue or by filing shareholder resolutions.
The mission of the O.P. and W.E. Edwards Foundation General Fund is to provide funding support for programs and non-profit organizations working to provide a bridge to a life of greater opportunity for low-income, at-risk and under-served children, youth and their families.
