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

Liz Dozier
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
... SPARX Conference, taking place from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 31 at the Hilton Philadelphia ... of particular importance for the K-12 cohort the Gates Foundation serves. In fact, Dozier will be copresenting with the Foundation on the topic of the guidebook at an event next month. This year’s iteration of the SPARX ...

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  ... , a new place-based impact investment opportunity targeted to the Greater Philadelphia region. The Fund is believed to ... the construction of the Grays Ferry Education and Wellness Center in South Philadelphia. This transformed a vacant ...

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. ... in 2000, she worked with the rest of the board to move the Foundation’s endowment into mission-aligned investments, or ...
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Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments

Published: 
05/2019
... an online experiment with actual asset allocators to determine whether there are biases in their evaluations of ... so, how these biases manifest. We asked asset allocators to rate venture capital funds based on their evaluation of a ... people of color might paradoxically face the most barriers to advancement after they have established themselves as ...

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

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... GreenLight Philadelphia Fund III , a $3.5 million fund to scale solutions to systemic challenges identified by ... proven models: Year Up Greater Philadelphia, Single Stop, Center for Employment Opportunities, ParentChild+, and ... Fund III includes 10 returning individual, corporate, and foundation investors: Burke Family Foundation, Hess ...

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

Evolving ideas
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
... can’t walk, then crawl. But, whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. – Martin Luther King Jr. During this period of racial reawakening, philanthropy is grappling with a number of unavoidable ... in 2017 from Laura Kind Mckenna, Patricia Kind Family Foundation , and Elizabeth Killough, and the Untours ...

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

Friday, March 16, 2018
... impact investing  scene, which employs venture capital to support early-stage  social enterprises, or ... for-profits . But cross-sector funding innovation — philanthropy and impact investing alike — could spark the ... percent of foundations’ assets that remain after the foundation has granted out the mandatory  five percent ...
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21Sep2020

Getting to 100%: Our Journey to Mission Alignment

Monday, September 21, 2020
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Video Conference
Join Philanthropy Network's Mission Aligned Investing working ... Dr. Ruth Shaber , Founder and President of Tara Health Foundation . Tara Health Foundation has achieved an ... girls. Dr. Shaber will share how her foundation was able to achieve this and will workshop with attendees how to ...
20May2019

Understanding the Landscape of Impact Investing in Greater Philadelphia

Monday, May 20, 2019
9:00am - 2:00pm
Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia invites you to join us on Monday, May 20th  at The Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships (Ryan Hall, Room S109, ... investing and was appointed by the Council of Michigan Foundation as its first-ever Expert in Residence for Impact ...

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

Friday, July 27, 2018
... supports the expansion of nonprofits with proven results to the cities where the network’s sites are based, focusing ... following Parent-Child Home Program, Year Up, Center for Employment Opportunities and Single Stop USA; ... $600,000. Its funders are Josh Kopelman, Burke Family Foundation, Santander Bank, Lenfest Foundation, Marc and Leah ...
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13Mar2019

Collective Impact Capital Opportunity Featuring First Step Staffing

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
11:45am - 2:00pm
Blank Rome
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Social Venture Circle (SVC) is excited to invite you to a presentation from SVC's portfolio ... First Step Staffing in this  ImpactAlpha article . This event is only open to Philanthropy Network & Social Venture ...
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 ... Finance Fund , Wharton Social Impact Initiative , and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia to discuss how ... for reorienting around outcomes in your work. This event is the seventh in the Invest in Results campaign event ...
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Sidney Hargro named to Generocity's 2018 Leaders List

Wednesday, September 5, 2018
... from which Generocity selected the 2018 Leaders List. Philanthropy Network's executive director Sidney Hargro was ... His profile by Julie Zeglen is below.  CLICK HERE to view the full list . Sidney Hargro: Impact investing ... not necessarily grants,” he said — think the Barra Foundation’s  investment  in New Day Chester, ...
29Jan2019

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

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
9:00am - 11:00am
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia invites you to join ... different organizations. As a group, we will be encouraged to ask questions just as we would if we were going to be ...
19Jul2023

Turning Intent into Action: Aligning philanthropic capital with equitable intentions

Wednesday, July 19, 2023
10:00am - 12:00pm
Reparations Finance Lab, in partnership with Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, invites you to attend "Turning Intent into Action: Aligning philanthropic ... wealth, but what does it actually look like? From foundation sunsetting to mission-aligned investing, and ...
24Jun2021

Mission-Aligned Investing Working Group

Thursday, June 24, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... Working Group on June, 24th from 2:00 - 3:15 PM to learn more about community investment approaches and hear ... engaged in Mission-Aligned Investing. We also want to hear from you and what you are doing. Please come ready to ... PLEASE NOTE: Attendance at this meeting is reserved for Philanthropy Network members only. Mission-Aligned Investing ...

Investing in Women: A Gender-Lens Investing Conversation

Friday, March 1, 2019
... my life,” she said, “I think about how important it is to get behind the gender-focused investing concept.” Many ... women understand the unique value that women bring to the table. “When you start to speak about gender-lens ... women’s lives including automating household chores to free up time for other pursuits, increasing the availability ...
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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 ... CDFIs, private investors, and others are turning to collaboration. To support these efforts and facilitate lesson sharing, the ...

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