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

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... Philadelphia, PA – GreenLight Fund, with support from over 25 families, corporate, and philanthropic investors and ... announced  GreenLight Philadelphia Fund III , a $3.5 million fund to scale solutions to systemic challenges ... communities. This latest Fund enables GreenLight to invest in Philadelphia’s post-COVID recovery with greater clarity ...

Pushing Impact Investing Forward: 4 Themes for 2021

Impact Investing blog post
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
... four themes that proved critical in the past year.   1. Impact Investors Respond to Climate Change as Potential ... who were people of color  has not changed  significantly over the past five years. The  fatal shootings by police ... in May sparked widespread outrage, prompting  between 15 million and 26 million people  across the United States to ...
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Sidney Hargro named to Generocity's 2018 Leaders List

Wednesday, September 5, 2018
... “ 12 people of color leading the social impact charge in Philadelphia .” It included short profiles of 12 ... in philanthropy, though, Hargro said. Another: equity over diversity and inclusion, with a more intentional focus ... people understand philanthropy.” Accordingly, this fall, Philanthropy Network will conduct a “field scan” ...

The Philadelphia Foundation and Reinvestment Fund Launch PhilaImpact Fund

Monday, April 30, 2018
... Reinvestment Fund. Each organization has committed $5 million toward  PhilaImpact Fund’s  $30 million goal. ... that support regional growth and local initiatives in the communities that need them the most. The Fund will ... by Family Support Services, early childhood education for over 100 children, and complementary parenting education ...

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

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
... Family Foundation  (PKFF) has worked to alleviate poverty in the Greater Philadelphia area. Although PKFF’s ... and product development, he added, innovations over the past few years have made it easier for foundations ... was fruitful. “We’re a foundation that has $35 million. We’ve done [mission-aligned investing] on a ...
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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
... initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in neighborhood parks, recreation centers, and libraries. Just over a year after the Rebuild’s first groundbreaking, ... programs PROGRAM MATERIALS Rebuild Presentation Slidedeck (1.22.20) Rebuild by the Numbers 2019 14 Rebuild Projects to ...

Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments

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05/2019
... Dodson IV, and Jennifer L. Eberhardt Summary:  Of the $69.1 trillion global financial assets under management across ... hedge funds, real estate, and private equity, fewer than 1.3% are managed by women and people of color. Why is this ... asset allocators to determine whether there are biases in their evaluations of funds led by people of color, and, if ...

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

Friday, March 16, 2018
... ranks 43rd  of the United States’ 50 biggest cities in charitable giving, with residents donating an average of ... when more people and institutions with wealth invest it. 1. Leaders of different sectors should talk to each other ... said, “philanthropy stayed with philanthropy, tech was over here, and the nonprofits were somewhere in the middle. ...
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22May2020

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

Friday, May 22, 2020
12:00pm - 1:45pm
Video Conference
... three entrepreneurs with local investment opportunities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Kimberly McGlonn, Grant Blvd Kersy Azocar & Daniel Betancourt, Community First ... Melissa Lamarre, The BLACtivate! Network We would like YOU in the conversation so please join with your webcam enabled. ...
13Mar2019

Collective Impact Capital Opportunity Featuring First Step Staffing

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
11:45am - 2:00pm
Blank Rome
... with impressive financial and impact results, employing over 750 formerly homeless or incarcerated people! The good ... at Blank Rome as we consider another investment in FSS. We will have a social lunch, and then from 1:15-2:00, we will have a roundtable discussion focused on ...

Investing in Women: A Gender-Lens Investing Conversation

Friday, March 1, 2019
... Sarah Brodsky Women who have been successful trailblazers in the workplace often see the value of investing in women and promoting gender equality. That’s true for ... about what outcomes a company has that will benefit women over time,” LaRosa said. Microfinance is another avenue ...
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Mission-Aligned Investing: A model for maximizing philanthropic impact and equity

Evolving ideas
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
... change using a racial equity lens. This post (the first in a series) will outline Philanthropy Network’s goal, cohort and learning journey. Background Over the last few years, there has been a growing interest ... adopted the Mission-Aligned Investing working group model in 2017 from Laura Kind Mckenna, Patricia Kind Family ...

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

Liz Dozier
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
... rate from 19% to 2% and prompt  double-digit increases in attendance and the school’s state graduation rate. Now, ... philanthropy,’ which is really grounded and rooted in the idea that if we really want to get to the answers and ... Chicago Beyond’s partner organizations that received a grant to serve 200 young people, but because of ...