Faith-Based Investing
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Inclusive Economy | February 28, 2024
Addressing the social determinants of wealth at Neighborhood Economics
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 28 – The zip code in which a person grows up in America is more a determinant of their health than their …
The former St. Jax Anglican congregation in Montreal
Innovative Finance | October 18, 2023
Surplus church properties in Canada get new life as community hubs and affordable housing (video)
Church steeples dot the skyline in cities and towns across North America. But with many congregations shrinking, aging and quietly going broke, many …
Neighborhood Economics conference in Jackson, Miss. | Photo credit: Nonprofit Finance Fund / Twitter
Faith-Based Investing | May 2, 2023
Can Black churches spark a revival in Jackson, Mississippi?
ImpactAlpha, May 2 – Jackson, Miss., a predominantly Black city of 150,000 people, has faced water, sewer and hospital crises and most recently …
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Faith-Based Investing | April 6, 2023
Church of England adds to the growing pool of faith-based assets invested for impact
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 6 – This week’s convergence of Ramadan, Passover and Easter brings to mind another overlap among religions: a rising appetite for impact …
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Faith-Based Investing | November 17, 2021
How faith-based asset owners can advance sustainable banking as shareholders and customers
Net zero pledges such as the one announced by the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) during COP26’s Finance Day have left …
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Faith-Based Investing | November 17, 2021
Higher risk, higher principles: A simple investment thesis for Christian impact investors
Are the world’s Christian investors the stakeholders uniquely positioned to bridge the $2.5 trillion funding gap for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by …
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Faith-Based Investing | September 13, 2021
Catholic investors mobilize to steward church assets toward impact
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 13 – With a new membership program and online investment platform, the Catholic Impact Investing Collaborative aims to accelerate the flow of …
Catalytic Capital | August 11, 2021
In search of existential answers and impact-first investors, Ceniarth finds religion
What good is it if someone says he has faith, but does not have works? – James 2:14 “I do not want followers …
Catalytic Capital | December 2, 2020
Texas foundations sets up fund for COVID-impacted health clinics
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 3 – Health facilities in many parts of the U.S., and particularly low-income and rural areas, are buckling under the weight of …
Dealflow | July 8, 2020
Catholic Investment Services takes $24 million slug of Hamilton Lane’s first impact fund
ImpactAlpha, July 8 – Last week, the $69 billion private equity firm Hamilton Lane closed a $95 million impact fund targeting health and …
2030 Finance | June 22, 2020
Catholic institutions commit to divesting fossil fuels and investing in climate solutions
ImpactAlpha, June 22 – The Vatican’s call last week urging Catholic congregations to divest from fossil fuels came in a 225-page manual meant …
Beats | April 21, 2020
Catholic institutions commit to move $40 billion towards impact
ImpactAlpha, April 21 – From an empty St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis reminded Catholics that the COVID pandemic is an opportunity to attune …
Features | November 6, 2019
Faith-based institutions answer The Call for impact investing
Audio recording of ImpactAlpha Call No. 11: Faith and investing: ImpactAlpha, Nov. 6 – On ImpactAlpha’s Call No. 11, Agents of Impact aligned with …
Asia | October 23, 2019
Indonesia’s BMT Bina issues “sharia compliant” bond on blockchain
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 23 – Faith-based investing is not only on the rise, it’s on the cutting edge. Indonesian Islamic microfinance cooperative BMT Bina Ummah raised $50,000 …
Creative Economy | October 22, 2019
New tools for the diligent impact investor
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 22 – We’re deep into conference season, which has surfaced a raft of new impact investing tools, resources and reports. ImpactAlpha …
Dealflow | October 10, 2019
Faith-based nonprofit to invest in affordable housing in Atlanta
ImpactAlpha, October 10 – Focused Community Strategies, or FCS, is a faith-based non-profit that aims to boost community stability and wealth in South …
Features | October 7, 2019
Catholic institutions pledge to increase impact investments in climate action and social equity
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 7 – Catholic congregations long known for providing healthcare and services for the poor are expanding their ministries to drive positive …
Faith-Based Investing | September 25, 2019
Faith-based institutions fit local investments into global portfolios
“Faith and Investing,” ImpactAlpha’s series on faith-based investing, is sponsored by the Global Impact Investing Network. The GIIN is bringing faith-based investors together at its annual …
Climate Finance | September 18, 2019
Faith-based investors are building a direct-investment pipeline to finance climate action
“Faith and Investing,” ImpactAlpha’s series on faith-based investing, is sponsored by the Global Impact Investing Network. The GIIN is bringing faith-based investors together at its …
Faith-Based Investing | September 11, 2019
On guns, faith-based investors provide an object lesson in shareholder engagement
ImpactAlpha, September 11 – Just after the mass shooting at an El Paso in Walmart that killed 22 people, David Schilling sent his condolences …
Features | July 19, 2018
The Impact Alpha: A minister’s call for moral, as well as economic, revival
Fifty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, another black southern minister is paying homage by organizing a new popular movement for …
Derrame de melaza en el cantón La Magdalena, en Chalchuapa.
2030 Finance | July 10, 2018
Catholic Relief Services targets loans for clean, reliable water in El Salvador
ImpactAlpha, Rome, July 10 –– Catholic Relief Services and the Inter-American Development Bank are creating an investment fund to finance clean, reliable water for …
Climate Finance | August 1, 2017
Australian Catholic University issues a sustainability bond
The success of green bonds is spurring interest in offerings targeting projects aligned with the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. Australian Catholic University’s raised …
Beats | March 27, 2017
More Catholic capital flows toward impact investing
Pope Francis may be only the world’s third-greatest leader (behind Theo Epstein and Jack Ma, according to Fortune), but his 2014 endorsement of …
Beats | September 22, 2015
Pope’s Call for Impact Investment Resonates with the Faithful
A growing number of Catholic institutions are putting their money where Pope Francis’s mouth is. Francis last year explicitly endorsed impact investments that …