Democracy and Peace

Democracy and Peace | Roodgally Senatus

Nearly a dozen independent news organizations in Nigeria get support from Media Development Investment Fund

Ukrainian families flee the war across the Hungarian border. Photo: Janossy Gergely

Catalytic Capital | Amy Cortese

How Open Road helps providers of essential services carry on in conflict zones

Democracy and Peace | Dennis Price

How Media Development Investment Fund calculates political risk to back press freedom (Q&A)

Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus

Sudan’s first foreign venture capital investment in 30 years: $5 million for Alsoug.com

Dealflow | Jessica Pothering

MacArthur Foundation commits $25 million to COVID recovery and election integrity

Billionaires | ImpactAlpha

Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg commit $300 million to safe, fair elections

Beats | Sarah Williams

Impact investors have a role to play in preventing worst-case election scenarios

Democracy and Peace | ImpactAlpha

How impact investors can help ensure racial justice includes electoral justice

Big and small business businessman big group people. Color vector illustration. EPS10

Democracy and Peace | Ross Baird

Small vs. big – not blue vs. red – is the great battle of the next American century

Beats | Amy Cortese

Safeguarding the public good from privatization

Beats | Meg Massey

Putting the activist in impact investor

community-development | Amy Cortese

Leveraged buyout funds help businesses convert to worker-ownership

Democracy and Peace | Amy Cortese

One hundred demonstrations of co-op power

Agents of Impact | ImpactAlpha

The Popular Uprisers

Beats | David Bank

Impact investing’s road to relevance led through Santiago – until it didn’t

Dealflow | Jessica Pothering

Franklin Templeton’s social infrastructure fund invests in hospitals, schools and care facilities

Dealflow | Jessica Pothering

Knight Foundation awards $50 million to study tech’s impact on democracy

Dealflow | Jessica Pothering

New Media Ventures backs startups engaging new voters and voices

Blockchain/AI/IoT | Jessica Pothering

Voatz raises $7 million for safe mobile voting

Dealflow | Dennis Price

Media Development Investment Fund raises $13 million for journalism in markets hostile to the press

Dealflow | Jessica Pothering

Harlem Capital backs Paladin to boost pro bono legal services

Beats | Dennis Price

Building peace through innovative finance

Dealflow | Jessica Pothering

Another civic tech tool for down-ballot candidates

Dealflow | Jessica Pothering

BallotReady secures $1.5 million for information on candidates in US elections

Features | ImpactAlpha

What’s the fiduciary duty of index investors when it comes to gun companies?

Blockchain/AI/IoT | ImpactAlpha

SeamlessDocs raises $7.5M led by SJF Ventures

Dealflow | ImpactAlpha

NewsGuard launches with $6 million in backing to fight fake news

Blockchain/AI/IoT | ImpactAlpha

Voatz raises $2.2 million to improve election transparency

Beats | ImpactAlpha

Straight talk on global development

Democracy and Peace | David Bank

The new loophole in the U.S. tax bill that could draw private capital to distressed communities

Democracy and Peace | ImpactAlpha

The Brief’s Big Ten: 2030 Finance, tax-cut casualties, investing in Detroit, Colorado and Virginia

affordable-housing | ImpactAlpha

Four ways the tax bill would hurt low-income Americans

Dealflow | ImpactAlpha

Propel Capital launches fund for civic tech and political engagement

Dealflow | ImpactAlpha

Impact Shares, YWCA, NAACP develop publicly traded social justice investments

2030 Finance | ImpactAlpha

Why Rise of the Rest should own impact, Propel Capital’s civic tech fund, cleantech investing 2.0,

Democracy and Peace | ImpactAlpha

Tax cut complicity, social justice ETFs, finding Einsteins, the $600B global goal opportunity in…

2030 Finance | ImpactAlpha

Impact tax hacks, Milwaukee startups, China’s impact ecosystem, closing the 2°C climate action gap

Beats | ImpactAlpha

Tax Hacks: Turning tax reform toward inclusive, sustainable prosperity

Beats | Roodgally Senatus

Doing impact deals Down Under

Catalytic Capital | ImpactAlpha

George Soros’ $18 billion gift to Open Society Foundations could boost impact investments

Blockchain/AI/IoT | ImpactAlpha

Community capital channels, Soros’ billions, tech stop: Middle America, long-term stock exchange

Beats | ImpactAlpha

Social-change economics, Rise Fund hits $2B, JP Morgan in DC, environmental impact investors…

Dealflow | ImpactAlpha

Red Cross launches war-zone rehabilitation bond

Dealflow | ImpactAlpha

Media Innovation Program to cultivate independent media in South Africa

Clean Energy | ImpactAlpha

Tax the wealthy, the robots and…electric vehicles?