Subscribe to leading news on impact investing. ImpactAlpha, Aug. 14 – It’s been a busy summer for Maurice Jones. If community development financial institutions are an overnight sensation decades in the making, Jones and his Local Initiatives Support Corp., or LISC, are the belle of the ball. In June and July alone, LISC landed a $60 million inclusive economic development partnership with
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The Week in impact investing: New norms
Featured: The Week's Agent of Impact Maurice Jones, Local Initiatives Support Corp.
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The Brief: Buying Black, endowments for racial justice, racial equity resources, $100 million oceans fund, how women invest, small business bonds
Featured: ‘Buying Black’ shouldn’t be so hard. How investors can help.
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How investors are challenging assumptions and building portfolios to advance racial equity
The national reckoning with racial justice has generated a raft of reports and resources for investors.
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How Babcock Foundation is investing its endowment with a focus on racial justice
"We are under no illusion we can reverse the reverberating harms caused by centuries of disinvestment, extraction and oppression," writes Babcock Foundation's Susanna Hegner in a guest post on ImpactAlpha. "But we can start in our own house, ask hard questions, target our investments in more productive ways, and participate in a money movement worthy of this moral moment."
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How Women Invest closes first $5 million for new gender lens fund
“More and more women are taking control of their own wealth,” says Erika Cramer.
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Buying Black shouldn’t be so hard. Here’s how investors can help.
"To truly support Black businesses, it’s important for all of us to step back, understand the systemic challenges that Black business owners face and work together to address them" writes Tynesia Boyea-Robinson.
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