ChurchSpace raises $1.2 million to repurpose churches as economic hubs
Day Edwards and Emmanuel Brown, both children of pastors, saw firsthand how churches can struggle to make ends meet, especially amid declining attendance. …
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Responsibly investing at Trinity Church with Bhakti Mirchandani
Nestled amongst the skyscrapers of Manhattan’s financial district is the iconic, centuries-old Trinity Church – and its $6 billion endowment. On the latest …
Massachusetts teams up with Social Finance on $10 million climate workforce training fund
Massachusetts governor Maura Healey launched the Climate Careers Fund at a Vatican climate summit this week attended by local leaders from New York …
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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 …
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Surplus church properties in Canada get new life as community hubs and affordable housing
Church steeples dot the skyline in cities and towns across North America. But with many congregations shrinking, aging and quietly going broke, many …
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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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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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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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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …