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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. ... capital stack inclusive of impact investments and grants. Philanthropy Network members, please email Shira ...

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

Liz Dozier
Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Liz Dozier of Chicago Beyond has a few ideas about how we can do philanthropy more equitably, including showing up in solidarity rather than rooted in bias, compliance metrics or inauthentic things.

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.

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,  ... trained by an evidence-based model.” Here’s how the program works, according to a press release: “ The FSS program is designed to help residents build savings and ...
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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
... organizations that are working with Rebuild to realize the program’s impact. The discussion will use Rebuild projects ... a partner on Rebuild’s workforce development programs PROGRAM MATERIALS Rebuild Presentation Slidedeck (1.22.20) ...

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

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
... as a way to add value to our money, in addition to grants. It’s another way to do good and if the company ... the little things that work to increase our impact beyond grants.” Spreading the Word about Untapped Potential Laura ... approach to investing than applied to grant making. While grants are only given in the Greater Philadelphia area, for ...
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Mission-Aligned Investing: A model for maximizing philanthropic impact and equity

Evolving ideas
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
... Cohort The Mission-aligned investing cohort is a 12-month program to help foundations align their assets with their ... that range in size from $3M to $180M signed up to join the program.  There were a variety of reasons why they joined, ... action will also highlight another important aspect of the program.  (What is so exciting about this cohort is that it ...

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 ...