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22May2020

Mission Investors Exchange's Place-Based Week: Greater Philadelphia

Friday, May 22, 2020
12:00pm - 1:45pm
Video Conference
... meeting as part of MIE's Place-Based Investing Week , a program of their 2020 National Conference, Amplifying Impact. ... in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Kimberly McGlonn, Grant Blvd Kersy Azocar & Daniel Betancourt, Community First Fund Melissa Lamarre, The BLACtivate! Network ...

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

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... Since last October, participation in the Compass program rose almost 70 percent, and residents’ credit ... a vote of confidence in GreenLight’s long-term focus on community need, evidence, and local fit,” said Kat ... 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
... to expand PHA’s  Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program , per a press release. As the Philly site’s ED,  ... following Parent-Child Home Program, Year Up, Center for Employment Opportunities and Single Stop USA; it’s ... of America. READ MORE GreenLight Fund is bringing a new model of financial empowerment to Philadelphia ...
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Placed-Based Impact Investing: Three Briefs for Practitioners

Published: 
06/2019
... to maximize the social and economic returns of their place-based impact investments, foundations, CDFIs, private ... and conversations with practitioners as opportunities for knowledge exchange: building strong ecosystems, mapping ... the field. Placed-Based Impact Investing: Three Briefs for Practitioners ...

Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments

Published: 
05/2019
... We asked asset allocators to rate venture capital funds based on their evaluation of a 1-page summary of the fund’s ... about future per- formance (e.g., money raised) for racially homogenous teams than for racially diverse teams. Despite the apparent preference ...

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 ... believed to be a first-of-its-kind collaboration between a community foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation, and an ... their principal, while retaining the earnings to support grant making. When the investment matures, the principal is ...

Pushing Impact Investing Forward: 4 Themes for 2021

Impact Investing blog post
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 ... the United States to protest racial injustice and call for police reform. The Black Lives Matter movement  won new ...  supporting businesses with Black owners and to back  community development financial institutions , which broaden ...
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Sidney Hargro named to Generocity's 2018 Leaders List

Wednesday, September 5, 2018
... each of their editorial calendar themes of that year, one for each month.  For year two, Generocity again based the ... on its 2018 editorial calendar, but this time asked for community input via a nomination form. More than 130 ... — think the Barra Foundation’s  investment  in New Day Chester, Inc. and Patricia Kind McKenna’s push ...

Justice, not charity: Liz Dozier thinks philanthropy should be rooted in equity and solidarity

Liz Dozier
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
... Chicago Beyond’s partner organizations that received a grant to serve 200 young people, but because of ... the power dynamics between funders, researchers and community organizations, and according to Dozier, has been ... suited to it. Chicago Beyond recently opened a new space in the West Loop of Chicago, home to historical ...

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

Evolving ideas
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
... to address racial inequities and better support their community. Mission-aligned investing pools resources from ... Cohort The Mission-aligned investing cohort is a 12-month program to help foundations align their assets with their ... determined. Our hope is that this group not only discovers new ways to support their mission, but identifies ...

How Mission-Aligned Investments Helped the Patricia Kind Family Foundation Expand Its Reach

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
... in the Greater Philadelphia area. Although PKFF’s grant-making reach is considerable, then Managing Trustee ... been able to directly impact the communities it supports. For example, the Foundation made a private equity investment ... and employs local shelter residents at the same time. A New Perspective, a New Way to Do Good PKFF’s investments ...
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20May2019

Understanding the Landscape of Impact Investing in Greater Philadelphia

Monday, May 20, 2019
9:00am - 2:00pm
Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships
... to join us on Monday, May 20th  at The Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships (Ryan Hall, Room S109, 3509 ... ecosystems across the country. Urbane Development is a community development venture and certified MBE based in New York City. Founded in 2008, Urbane cultivates innovative ...
22Jan2020

One Year of Rebuild: Collaborating to Advance Opportunity, Engagement and Equity in Neighborhoods

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
9:00am - 11:00am
Free Library of Philadelphia
... organizations that are working with Rebuild to realize the program’s impact. The discussion will use Rebuild projects ... neighborhood revitalization efforts Elevating the voice of community members Helping to strengthen and grow small, ... will include: Pati Codina , Community Development Director for Impact Services, a nonprofit managing Rebuild projects in ...
11Mar2022

Taking a Racial Equity Approach to Endowment Management

Friday, March 11, 2022
11:00am - 1:00pm
VIDEO CONFERENCE
... During this panel discussion you will learn about models for engagement and the types of external consultants available in the ecosystem for advancing mission-alignment, ... Seth Davies , Rhia Ventures (Facilitator) Bert Feuss , Community Capital Advisors Orim Graves, CFA , National ...

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

Friday, March 16, 2018
... early-stage  social enterprises, or mission-minded for-profits . But cross-sector funding innovation — ... Building a Successful Investor Ecosystem for 21st Century Philadelphia ” discussion on Wednesday ... to really looking at all of the capital that’s available out there, and [finding] ways to creatively use it ...
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22May2019

Invest in Results Philadelphia

Wednesday, May 22, 2019
9:00am - 1:00pm
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
... are working together to achieve lasting outcomes for their communities, as well as practical strategies for reorienting around outcomes in your work. This event is ... overcome them? Breakfast and copies of the book will be available to our guests. The event will be followed by a ...
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Social Innovation

Investing in Women: A Gender-Lens Investing Conversation

Friday, March 1, 2019
... in women and promoting gender equality. That’s true for Laura LaRosa, the Director of Client Development at ... effect on women’s lives, such as a firm developing new breast cancer therapies. Some investors are beginning to ... spots and introduce innovative ideas that homogeneous organizations might miss. “Having different thought ...
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24Jun2021

Mission-Aligned Investing Working Group

Thursday, June 24, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... on June, 24th from 2:00 - 3:15 PM to learn more about community investment approaches and hear from some of your ... you and what you are doing. Please come ready to share. For those planning on attending, please keep your eye out for a survey to complete in advance. We look forward to ...
07Oct2020

Setting the Table: Reimagining Wealth & Capitalism

Wednesday, October 7, 2020
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Video Conference
We are pleased to introduce our new webinar series, Setting the Table , co-hosted by Sidney ... Greater Philadelphia and Marcus Walton , CEO, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations . Taking place every other month, this series ...

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