Search Results for: NAACP
The Brief | July 19, 2018
Call for moral revival, NAACP exchange-traded fund, alt-credit scoring, big tent for talent
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! Featured: The Impact Alpha A minister’s call for moral, as well as economic, revival. A faith-based campaign of nonviolent civil …
Dealflow | December 8, 2017
Impact Shares, YWCA, NAACP develop publicly traded social justice investments
The Dallas-based non-profit investment manager Impact Shares is partnering with YWCA Metropolitan Chicago and the NAACP on two social-justice exchange-traded funds, bundles of …
The Brief | March 6, 2024
The Brief: Artificial intelligence and corporate governance
Greetings Agents of Impact! We hope you’re enjoying the clean new look of ImpactAlpha.com. We’re still shaking down the new site; if you …
Metrics Madness | March 28, 2023
Chasing the holy grail of a universal metric for racial equity and wealth-building
ImpactAlpha, Mar. 28 – If the world manages in the coming decades to avert the worst-case climate catastrophe, it will be the result …
The Brief | March 15, 2023
The Brief: Investing in gap-closing startups, flexible growth capital in Uganda, affordable housing in West Africa, reversing biodiversity loss, deinfluencers
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Returns on Inclusion Freada and Mitch Kapor write the book on startup investing to close gaps of equity …
Features | March 15, 2023
Freada and Mitch Kapor write the book on startup investing to close gaps of equity and opportunity
ImpactAlpha, March 15 — Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein have spent more than a decade betting on diverse founders with lived experience …
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The Brief | January 18, 2023
The Brief: Impact of corporate political contributions, decarbonizing cement, rural banking in Indonesia, wind turbine robots, subscription e-trucking in California
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ESG and Impact CEOs are signaling their corporate impact – with their political contributions. Some people decry corporate …
Impact Voices | January 18, 2023
CEOs are signaling their corporate impact – with their political contributions
There are many important metrics that can be used to measure a company’s impact. But none are more important than the company’s and …
The Brief | November 18, 2022
The Week in Impact Investing: Governance
TGIF, Agents of Impact! 🗣 Fallout. Given how high it rose and how far it fell, it’s no surprise that some names familiar …
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The Brief | November 15, 2022
The Brief: New climate narrative, home ownership in Denver, college test prep, clean energy in India, gender alpha in agribusiness
Greetings, Agents of Impact! 👋 Last chance to RSVP for tomorrow’s Call, “Optimizing muni bonds for racial equity,” Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 10am …
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ImpactAlpha Open | November 15, 2022
ImpactAlpha Open: ESG after the midterms + muni impact
TGIT, Agents of Impact! Welcome to this week’s ImpactAlpha Open. Three quick announcements: 🎮 Impact: The video game. ImpactAlpha has partnered with E-Line Media and the Ford Foundation to explore the potential of …
The Brief | May 18, 2022
The Brief: Reversing food desertification, renewable energy in emerging markets, greening crypto mining, climate questions for oil execs, Black tech nation
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Investing in Place In Buffalo and across the country, grocery stores have become pillars of health and community …
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Community Finance | May 18, 2022
In Buffalo and across the country, grocery stores have become pillars of health and community development.
ImpactAlpha, May 18 – The once-busy grocery store on Buffalo’s east side that was the scene of last weekend’s racist mass shooting for nearly …
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racial-equity | May 12, 2022
Greenwood acquires The Gathering Spot to build a community for minority professionals
ImpactAlpha, May 12 — Atlanta-based neobank Greenwood has raised $43 million on the promise that it can deliver better banking services for Black …
The Reconstruction | January 8, 2022
On anniversary of Capitol attack, stakeholders hold corporations accountable for democracy
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 6 – Add political stability to the list of systemic risks that keep investors up at night. ‘Political risk’ has historically …
The Reconstruction | December 7, 2021
Rethink, Redress, Liberate: Reflections on two dozen conversations about being a good ancestor
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 7 – Injustice is a feature, not a bug, of our current operating system. It has haunted us for centuries. In the …
The Brief | May 5, 2021
The Brief: Upskilling workers, democratizing investing, pay later in Latin America, accessible plant-based protein, indoor feed farming
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices Three ways to invest in upskilling workers for the post-COVID economy. Among the reasons for the …
Impact Voices | May 5, 2021
Boston’s Ujima Fund demonstrates the (investment) power of neighborhood democracy
Every Wednesday evening for the past few years—at least, before the pandemic—a group of Boston residents from the working class neighborhoods of Dorchester, …
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The Reconstruction | May 3, 2021
The Reconstruction: Accelerating Black entrepreneurship to build wealth across generations
ImpactAlpha, May 3, 2021 – Inheritance is not only about the wealth we pass down from grandparents to parents to children. It is …
Adasina's Rachel Robasciotti
Return on Inclusion | December 15, 2020
Adasina launches ETF of public equities screened for social justice values
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 15 – Financial activism firm Adasina Social Capital has launched the Adasina Social Justice All Cap Global ETF (NYSE: JSTC) on the …
The Brief | October 30, 2020
The Week in impact investing: Courage
TGIF, Agents of Impact! Overconfidence can lead to complacency. Doomsaying can be self-fulfilling. The next few days will be fraught with confusion about …
The Brief | October 28, 2020
The Brief: Democratizing DAFs, Cleveland cooperatives, Fearless Fund, water-quality sensors, Rockefeller’s $1 billion commitment
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original How impact investors are using donor-advised funds to shift power to the people and communities. Impact investing, …
The Brief | July 17, 2020
The Week in impact investing: True colors
TGIF, Agents of Impact! True colors, shining through. A handful of investors have risen to the triple challenge of COVID, climate and systematic …
The Brief | July 13, 2020
The Brief: Nick O’Donohoe on risk and liquidity, gender megafund, Rivian’s raise, Bey’s Black-owned business fund, vested for growth in New Hampshire
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Agents of Impact Podcast CDC’s Nick O’Donohoe on risk, liquidity and catalytic capital in emerging markets (podcast). When the …
Features | February 22, 2019
Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact Special Report for Feb. 22
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Welcome to ImpactAlpha’s weekly “follow the talent” roundup of impact investing career moves, job openings, events and opportunities. Help …
The Brief | February 19, 2019
Second funds in Latin America, PG Impact’s global goals fund, launch pad for businesses in Opportunity Zones, Ben Jealous’ next act
Greetings from Mérida, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Second wave – and second funds – for Latin America impact fund managers. You …
Dealflow | September 24, 2018
Impact Shares launches ETF focused on support for the Sustainable Development Goals
ImpactAlpha, September 24 – As U.N. Week gets underway in New York, nonprofit investment manager Impact Shares has rolled out a Sustainable Development …
Dealflow | July 18, 2018
Impact Shares’ minority empowerment ETF launches to the public
ImpactAlpha, July 18 – Impact Shares, a non-profit investment manager based in Dallas, partnered with the NAACP late last year to develop an …
Democracy and Peace | December 5, 2017
Tax cut complicity, social justice ETFs, finding Einsteins, the $600B global goal opportunity in…
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Complicit: Where are impact investors as the tax bill transfers wealth to the rich? Talk about a …