philanthropy
Impact Investing | February 21, 2024
California Endowment goes ‘all-in’ on impact
“Be the change you want to see,” is how The California Endowment chief Robert Ross summed up the foundation’s goals in a late …
Dealflow | November 7, 2023
Social Finance taps donor-advised funds for impact-first investments
ImpactAlpha, November 7 — Boston-based nonprofit Social Finance is launching a fund to attract some of the big pools of capital locked up …
Locavesting | November 2, 2023
Colorado foundations back Social Finance’s fund to upskill local workers
ImpactAlpha, November 2 — Gary Community Ventures and the Colorado Health, Colorado Gives and Walton Family foundations and other local backers have committed …
Climate Finance | March 27, 2023
Four steps to set foundations on the path to net zero
We are in a race against the clock to combat the impacts of climate change and preserve a livable planet. Philanthropy has a …
Agents of Impact | March 27, 2020
Antony Bugg-Levine, Nonprofit Finance Fund
ImpactAlpha, March 27 – When voluntary and then mandatory social distancing shut down businesses and nonprofits in New York, the effects were immediate. …
Impact Investing | June 7, 2018
Toward a new economic paradigm: Jed Emerson on theory, practice and community
ImpactAlpha, June 6 – Recent discussions and reflections taking place within philanthropy and impact investing concern the seeming divide between those who act, …
immigration | May 23, 2018
Entrepreneurs and investors mobilize to tackle challenges of refugees, migrants and modern-day slaves
ImpactAlpha, May 23 – An emerging ecosystem is beginning to move capital for people on the move. Where others see refugees and other …