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Philadelphia Impact Investment Landscape Scan

Philadelphia Impact Investment Scan Exec Summary
Published: 
05/2019
In July 2018, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia ... a grant from The Barra Foundation to assess the impact investing ecosystem in the Philadelphia area. Through a ... region who are involved (or want to be involved) in impact investing in order to better understand their priorities, ...

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action

Published: 
12/2019
... learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States and U.S. Territories describe their ... well-being of existing Black social change infrastructure in this country. The second was to use this information to ... with Black-led organizations (BLOs) and Black communities. In late 2015, BSCFN was birthed from a partnership between ...

Racial Equity and Philanthropy: Disparities in Funding for Leaders of Color Leave Impact on the Table

Racial Equity & Philanthropy
Published: 
06/2020
... teamed up to research the depth of racial inequities in philanthropic funding. Their work revealed two of the ... efforts to help advance social change are rooted in race. One is understanding the role of race in the problems philanthropists are trying to solve. The ...
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Report
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Equity and Social Justice

Pensions & Investments: It's racial bias, not merely an issue of access

Published: 
08/2019
By DANIELLE WALKER | New research pokes holes in the theory that the lack of diversity in asset management ... outreach to minority talent in the field, and that Black fund managers must overcome racial bias to win institutional ... The new research on racial bias in institutional investing was published in the scientific journal Proceedings ...
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Article
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Board/TrusteesConsultants/Advisors
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement

Published: 
03/2017
... targeted to the Black community. Calling investment in Black-led social change a “moral imperative,” they recommend at least a 25 percent increase in giving by the nation’s largest foundations over the next ... sustained, long-term investments to build infrastructure in seven key areas: Civic Engagement & Political Power ...

Placed-Based Impact Investing: Three Briefs for Practitioners

Published: 
06/2019
... briefs designed to focus on elements of place-based impact investing that have surfaced in research and conversations with practitioners as ... deploying capital on the ground together through impact investing collaborations. Each brief presents the concept, ...

Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking

Published: 
10/2018
In Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through ... Grantmaking , we look at why and how funders are engaging in participatory grantmaking and shifting decision-making ...

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA, Part 2: Framing the Impact

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA, Part 2: Framing the Impact
Published: 
11/2021
... program, Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA . Along with updates on the status of the Pennsylvania ... Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA, Part 2: Framing the Impact ...

"A Goal of Justice." Behind a Push for Racial Equity in Arts Funding

Published: 
12/2017
... for arts & culture, served on the board of Grantmakers in the Arts, and was the chair of its Thought Leader Forum on ... and build alternatives to systemic racism and capitalism, in the memory of our ancestors, for the benefit of black ... that are "building power by engaging community in planning and strategy," and works with primarily white-led ...
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Article
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Arts & CultureDiversitySocial Justice
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Equity and Social Justice

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy
Published: 
02/2020
... high quality, diversely-owned asset managers when investing its endowment. In response to frequent questions from a variety of ... endowment investments managed by investment firms based in the United States, amounting to $63.95 billion in invested ...

Anchored in Place: How Funders Are Helping Anchor Institutions Strengthen Local Economies

Anchor institutions can play a vital role in strengthening and connecting local economies, and can ... and refine their strategies for working with anchors. In each of the profiled communities—Albuquerque, Baltimore, ... roles to embrace their roles as conveners and leaders in their communities. Anchored in Place: How Funders Are ...
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ReportResearch

Building Impact: A Closer Look at Local Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education

Cross Sector Collaborations for Education
Published: 
01/2020
 (209 pages, PDF) While cross-sector collaborations in support of local education reform show promise, they also ... Foundation, examined eight collaborations, including three in depth — Say Yes Buffalo, Milwaukee Succeeds, and  All ... data management systems, to engaging marginalized groups in the decision-making process. Building Impact: A Closer ...
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Report
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Sector Collaboration
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Education

Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide

Published: 
11/2019
... activists first, and then of funders working on change in their institutions, to identify best practices for driving ... and solutions for advancing racial justice grantmaking in any philanthropic setting. Grantmaking with a Racial ...

Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments

Published: 
05/2019
... asset allocators to determine whether there are biases in their evaluations of funds led by people of color, and, if ... funds based on their evaluation of a 1-page summary of the fund’s performance his- tory, in which we manipulated the ... asset alloca- tors did not express a high likelihood of investing in these teams. These results suggest first that ...

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