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

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
... effects on society on par with or above market-rate financial returns. Through this work, PKFF has been able to ... They made a five-year loan to  Wash Cycle Laundry , which helps vulnerable adults reenter the workforce. Other loans ... Investments Helped the Patricia Kind Family Foundation Expand Its Reach ...
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Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments

Published: 
05/2019
... L. Eberhardt Summary:  Of the $69.1 trillion global financial assets under management across mutual funds, hedge ... performers. Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments ...

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

Friday, July 27, 2018
... to build credit so they can move to home ownership. Financial services nonprofit Clarifi will implement the CWC model locally, specifically to expand PHA’s  Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program , per ... to help residents build savings and achieve their personal financial goals. The program enables residents to capture a ...
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13Mar2019

Collective Impact Capital Opportunity Featuring First Step Staffing

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
11:45am - 2:00pm
Blank Rome
... company celebrated its first anniversary with impressive financial and impact results, employing over 750 formerly ... and prosperous for all. Collective Impact Capital Opportunity Featuring First Step Staffing ...

Investing in Women: A Gender-Lens Investing Conversation

Friday, March 1, 2019
... products, and expanding girls’ access to education. The Financial Benefits of Investing in Women Not only can helping ... investors may be able to meet both their social and their financial goals. Common Misconceptions LaRosa finds that a ... But that’s disproved by data on  gender diversity and financial performance . Educating folks about the financial ...
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5 Ways Impact Investors and Philanthropists can Innovate to Solve Philly’s Biggest Problem

Friday, March 16, 2018
... — but according to Hargro, we often miss “the great opportunity to rethink approaches” to lowering that rate. ... Philadelphia’s toughest problems, said he sees it as an opportunity that different sectors are discussing ways to ... going to look at this as a system, we have to have the opportunity to build relationships across those silos, and ...
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The Philadelphia Foundation and Reinvestment Fund Launch PhilaImpact Fund

Monday, April 30, 2018
... of  PhilaImpactFund , a new place-based impact investment opportunity targeted to the Greater Philadelphia region. The ... Fund’s  $30 million goal. PhilaImpact Fund  offers an opportunity for investors to channel their capital into ... The promissory note option is taxable but offers the opportunity to earn annual interest and the full return of ...

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

Evolving ideas
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
... investing, including culture, strategy, capacity and opportunity flow.  The cohort leverages peer exchange, ... formed, the Foundation joined, and it has been a wonderful opportunity to collaborate with and learn from other ... step and what did it look like to get there?  The cohort helps move us along, we have a year together to probe the ...
22May2019

Invest in Results Philadelphia

Wednesday, May 22, 2019
9:00am - 1:00pm
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

What does it take to measure and fund positive social change?

Please join the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Nonprofit Finance Fund, Wharton Social Impact Initiative, and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia to discuss how service providers, funders, and government are working together to achieve lasting outcomes for their communities, as well as practical strategies for reorienting around outcomes in your work.

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Placed-Based Impact Investing: Three Briefs for Practitioners

Published: 
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.

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
... would otherwise have a difficult time raising sufficient financial support. Jon Roesser is the General Manager of ...
22May2020

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

Friday, May 22, 2020
12:00pm - 1:45pm
Video Conference
Please join Philanthropy Network's Mission-Aligned Investing Working Group and Mission Investors Exchange for a joint meeting as part of MIE's Place-Based Investing Week, a program of their 2020 National Conference.
 
20May2019

Understanding the Landscape of Impact Investing in Greater Philadelphia

Monday, May 20, 2019
9:00am - 2:00pm
Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships
... fund focused on economic justice, which means investing in opportunity for all people—especially those most oppressed ...

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