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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 mission-minded ... it as an opportunity that different sectors are discussing ways to tackle such big issues. “What you see up here ...
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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 ... those planning on attending, please keep your eye out for a survey to complete in advance. We look forward to learning ...

Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments

Published: 
05/2019
... Ashby Monk, Sid Radhakrishna, Radhika Shah, Norris A. “Daryn” Dodson IV, and Jennifer L. Eberhardt ... 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 ...

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 ... people in communities, we have to show up in different ways.” “We have to show up in an equitable way,” she ... with the Foundation on the topic of the guidebook at an event next month. This year’s iteration of the SPARX ...

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 ... and tools to address racial inequities and better support their community. Mission-aligned investing pools ... working group and the ecosystem scan identified several ways to address challenges and scale the effectiveness of ...

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

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
Omar_6ABC.jpg Philadelphia, PA – GreenLight Fund, with support from over 25 families, corporate, and philanthropic ... GreenLight Philadelphia Fund III , a $3.5 million fund to scale solutions to systemic challenges identified by ... Fund III fuels the next phase of GreenLight’s work in Philadelphia: partnering with communities to identify ...
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 ... We realize mission-aligned investing is just one avenue funders are exploring. On Friday, March 27th from 2:00 - 3:00 ... and identify areas of collaboration. Click below for a recording of video conference: Mission-Aligned Investors ...

Pushing Impact Investing Forward: 4 Themes for 2021

Impact Investing blog post
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
... fallout revealed systemic shortcomings that may take years to rectify. While 99% of respondents to the  Global Impact ... police reform. The Black Lives Matter movement  won new support , funding, and public recognition, particularly for ... Capital Good Fund to  provide loans  for the cost of immigration applications and of refurbishing homes for energy ...
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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 ... strategies 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
... the first version of the Leaders List, identifying “ 12 people of color leading the social impact ... His profile by Julie Zeglen is below.  CLICK HERE to view the full list . Sidney Hargro: Impact investing ... seen a push toward using their money in more innovative ways. Hargro uses impact investing as an umbrella term for ...
16Sep2025

Accelerating Mission-Aligned Investing: Insights from Philanthropy Network’s Cohort & Collective

Tuesday, September 16, 2025
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Hybrid (details TBA)
Plan to join us for an insightful discussion on the power and ... to drive deeper engagement and implementation, creating a space for funders to learn, collaborate, and take action. ... Click here to learn more about Philanthropy Network's work with mission-aligned investing.   In Partnership with ...
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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 us for a conversation on mission-aligned investing and the questions ... have a difficult time raising sufficient financial support. Jon Roesser is the General Manager of Weavers Way ...

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

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
... the  Patricia Kind Family Foundation  (PKFF) has worked to alleviate poverty in the Greater Philadelphia area. ... with or above market-rate financial returns. Through this work, PKFF has been able to directly impact the communities ... Today, led by Managing Trustee Christine Kind* and the support from the entire board, PKFF continues to push the ...
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GreenLight Fund is bringing a new model of financial empowerment to Philadelphia

Friday, July 27, 2018
... the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA). GreenLight is a national venture philanthropy network that supports the expansion of nonprofits with proven results to the cities where the network’s sites are based, focusing ... the first in the asset-building space. GreenLight’s support for this investment totals $600,000. Its funders ...
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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 ... Supports Women Gender-focused investing strategies aim to support women, but use different methods to do so. One way is ... but I want to reward the companies that do the best work.'” LaRosa made it clear that investing for women ...
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Placed-Based Impact Investing: Three Briefs for Practitioners

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06/2019
Seeking ways to maximize the social and economic returns of their ... investors, and others are turning to collaboration. To support these efforts and facilitate lesson sharing, the ... Institute and Mission Investors Exchange have produced a set of three practitioner briefs designed to focus on ...
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 ... or abandoned by our current economic system—to lead a dignified and productive life. The fund takes an integrated ... Expert in Residence for Impact Investing to lead continued support and development in Michigan.  Jennifer has ...
13Mar2019

Collective Impact Capital Opportunity Featuring First Step Staffing

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
11:45am - 2:00pm
Blank Rome
... Philadelphia and Social Venture Circle (SVC) is excited to invite you to a presentation from SVC's portfolio company,  First Step ... First Step Staffing in this  ImpactAlpha article . This event is only open to Philanthropy Network & Social Venture ...

The Philadelphia Foundation and Reinvestment Fund Launch PhilaImpact Fund

Monday, April 30, 2018
... Fund announced the launch of  PhilaImpactFund , a new place-based impact investment opportunity targeted to the Greater Philadelphia region. The Fund is believed to ... their capital into neighborhood development projects that support regional growth and local initiatives in the ...
19Jul2023

Turning Intent into Action: Aligning philanthropic capital with equitable intentions

Wednesday, July 19, 2023
10:00am - 12:00pm
... Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, invites you to attend "Turning Intent into Action: Aligning philanthropic ... land bequests, and reparation models there are many ways to move from extractive to regenerative practices that ... story through data); will use examples of models used in work in NY and applicability of tool/process to Philadelphia. ...

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