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The Philadelphia Foundation and Reinvestment Fund Launch PhilaImpact Fund

Monday, April 30, 2018
... fund PHILADELPHIA, PA (4/27/2018) - The Philadelphia Foundation and Reinvestment Fund announced the launch of  ... housing stability for low-income families, better health outcomes, higher educational attainment, greater ... financed the construction of the Grays Ferry Education and Wellness Center in South Philadelphia. This transformed a ...

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 Greater Philadelphia area. Although PKFF’s grant-making reach is considerable, ... Investments For Laura, everything changed 17 years ago when she heard Luther Ragin, Jr., then of the  ...
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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.

Pushing Impact Investing Forward: 4 Themes for 2021

Impact Investing blog post
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
... the fallout revealed systemic shortcomings that may take years to rectify. While 99% of respondents to the  Global ... in May sparked widespread outrage, prompting  between 15 million and 26 million people  across the United States ... harm minority communities  and  threaten their health . Community investment funds  have gained prominence ...
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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 Foundation, Kopelman Foundation, Brook ... Foundation, and the William Penn Foundation. With seven years of impact, GreenLight welcomes six new investors to ...

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

Friday, March 16, 2018
... tonight is an example of that, whereas I think for many years,” he said, “philanthropy stayed with philanthropy, ... 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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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 ... police brutality took place in the 1800s. “Twenty-five years ago people wouldn’t set foot in the West Loop,” ... erased, and Dozier sees Chicago Beyond’s move into the area as “literally and figuratively” holding space for ...

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

Evolving ideas
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
... cohort and learning journey. Background Over the last few years, there has been a growing interest within philanthropy ... in 2017 from Laura Kind Mckenna, Patricia Kind Family Foundation , and Elizabeth Killough, and the Untours Foundation . The working group meets several times a year to ...
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, ...

Sidney Hargro named to Generocity's 2018 Leaders List

Wednesday, September 5, 2018
... Network of Greater Philadelphia , said that in recent years, the philanthropic sector has seen a push toward using ... not necessarily grants,” he said — think the Barra Foundation’s  investment  in New Day Chester, ... Network in  Summer 2017  from the Community Foundation of South Jersey, “but the reality is, if we ...
27Mar2020

Mission-Aligned Investors COVID-19 Response Meeting

Friday, March 27, 2020
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Video Conference
We are all trying to figure out how we can help nonprofits and social enterprises during this difficult time. We realize mission-aligned investing is just one avenue funders are exploring. On Friday, March 27th from 2:00 - 3:00 PM Philanthropy Network and our Mission-Aligned Investing Working Group will host our first funder video call on how to respond to COVID-19 using mission-aligned investing.
 
29Jan2019

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

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

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