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GreenLight Raises New $3.5 Million Fund to Combat Systemic Poverty in Philadelphia

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... Fund III includes 10 returning individual, corporate, and foundation investors: Burke Family Foundation, Hess ... Penn Foundation. With seven years of impact, GreenLight welcomes six new investors to Fund III: Firstrust Bank, Hamilton Family ...

GreenLight Fund is bringing a new model of financial empowerment to Philadelphia

Friday, July 27, 2018
... $600,000. Its funders are Josh Kopelman, Burke Family Foundation, Santander Bank, Lenfest Foundation, Marc and Leah Singer, William Penn Foundation, ... of America. READ MORE GreenLight Fund is bringing a new model of financial empowerment to Philadelphia ...
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How Mission-Aligned Investments Helped the Patricia Kind Family Foundation Expand Its Reach

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
...   By Ann C. Logue Since 1996, the  Patricia Kind Family Foundation  (PKFF) has worked to alleviate poverty in the ... and employs local shelter residents at the same time. A New Perspective, a New Way to Do Good PKFF’s investments ... particularly for foundations without full-time staff. She began talking about this long before it was ...
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The Philadelphia Foundation and Reinvestment Fund Launch PhilaImpact Fund

Monday, April 30, 2018
... (4.28.18): Meet PhilaImpact Fund, Philadelphia’s new place-based impact investment fund PHILADELPHIA, PA (4/27/2018) - The Philadelphia Foundation and Reinvestment Fund announced the launch of  ... be a first-of-its-kind collaboration between a community foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation, and an asset manager ...
20May2019

Understanding the Landscape of Impact Investing in Greater Philadelphia

Monday, May 20, 2019
9:00am - 2:00pm
Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships
... investing and was appointed by the Council of Michigan Foundation as its first-ever Expert in Residence for Impact ... a community development venture and certified MBE based in New York City. Founded in 2008, Urbane cultivates innovative ... impact underserved communities. Thank you to The Barra Foundation for their generous support of this project! And ...

Mission-Aligned Investing: A model for maximizing philanthropic impact and equity

Evolving ideas
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
... in 2017 from Laura Kind Mckenna, Patricia Kind Family Foundation , and Elizabeth Killough, and the Untours ... and get practical advice.  Also having Board members and staff together “in the room” is critical.  The Executive ... determined. Our hope is that this group not only discovers new ways to support their mission, but identifies ...

5 Ways Impact Investors and Philanthropists can Innovate to Solve Philly’s Biggest Problem

Friday, March 16, 2018
Via Generocity   | By  Julie Zeglen  / STAFF Philadelphia needs more cash. Admidst  crippling ... percent of foundations’ assets that remain after the foundation has granted out the mandatory  five percent ... local exceptions, including the  Patricia Kind Family  Foundation , the  Untours Foundation  and the  Barra ...
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Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments

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05/2019

Results of an online experiment suggest that underrepresentation of people of color in the realm of investing is not only a pipeline problem, and that funds led by people of color might paradoxically face the most barriers to advancement after they have established themselves as strong performers.

Sidney Hargro named to Generocity's 2018 Leaders List

Wednesday, September 5, 2018
... not necessarily grants,” he said — think the Barra Foundation’s  investment  in New Day Chester, Inc. and Patricia Kind McKenna’s push ... Network in  Summer 2017  from the Community Foundation of South Jersey, “but the reality is, if we ...

Investing in Women: A Gender-Lens Investing Conversation

Friday, March 1, 2019
... as a woman in finance, and being one of the few women in senior positions for much of my life,” she said, “I think ... effect on women’s lives, such as a firm developing new breast cancer therapies. Some investors are beginning to ... and breadwinners. LaRosa hopes that companies will tackle new challenges pertinent to women’s lives including ...
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Justice, not charity: Liz Dozier thinks philanthropy should be rooted in equity and solidarity

Liz Dozier
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
... of particular importance for the K-12 cohort the Gates Foundation serves. In fact, Dozier will be copresenting with the Foundation on the topic of the guidebook at an event next ... suited to it. Chicago Beyond recently opened a new space in the West Loop of Chicago, home to historical ...
29Jan2019

Mission-Aligned Investing Meeting: What to Expect During a Pitch Meeting

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
9:00am - 11:00am
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
... proactive supporters of other co-ops in our area, lending staff members and other resources. Attendees will gain an ...

Placed-Based Impact Investing: Three Briefs for Practitioners

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06/2019

Seeking ways to maximize the social and economic returns of their place-based impact investments, foundations, CDFIs, private investors, and others are turning to collaboration.

11Mar2022

Taking a Racial Equity Approach to Endowment Management

Friday, March 11, 2022
11:00am - 1:00pm
VIDEO CONFERENCE
... equity in designing your RFP. Thanks to the Barra Foundation for sponsoring this session! Panelists Erika Seth ... and Diversity by JustPartners, Inc., The Annie E. Casey Foundation Blog Post | Investment Manager Diversity: Widening ... the circle by Bert Feuss, Silicon Valley Community Foundation Slide Decks Investing Spectrum - Susan Hammel, ...
21Sep2020

Getting to 100%: Our Journey to Mission Alignment

Monday, September 21, 2020
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Video Conference
... Dr. Ruth Shaber , Founder and President of Tara Health Foundation . Tara Health Foundation has achieved an impressive feat - its endowment is ... of women and girls. Dr. Shaber will share how her foundation was able to achieve this and will workshop with ...

Pushing Impact Investing Forward: 4 Themes for 2021

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
... year have shown that there is more work to be done and new, higher goals to be set. Fortunately, the field has never ... for police reform. The Black Lives Matter movement  won new support , funding, and public recognition, particularly ... in underserved communities. Investors including the  New Mexico Educational Retirement Board  and the  Rhode ...
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