While mission investing is a trend that’s sweeping the field, families may face a variety of unexpected challenges when implementing a mission (or impact) investment strategy.
Your foundation’s grantmaking strategy is often inextricably linked to its investment strategy—but does your small foundation have an Investment Policy Statement (IPS) in place? Small foundations invest millions of dollars annually, but not all o
Join us for an interactive conversation on questions you may want to ask as a mission-aligned investor!
Impact investing – which seeks a specific environmental, social or governance return above and beyond a strictly financial return – can be a particularly valuable tool for foundations and donor advised funds that seek to align their investments with their grantmaking mission. This webinar will discuss this investing approach, and share perspectives and examples from families who have made this choice.
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.
Members of Philanthropy Network are cordially invited to attend the next episode of “Chat with an Expert,” an initiative of Walls Torres Group. In partnership with Philanthropy Network’s Equity in Philanthropy Cohort programming, this episode is now being made available to the full membership.
With many of our endowment holdings in companies that need upgrading or overhauls, we can use our shareholder power to push for changes that also help to fulfill our missions AND leave the world a better place.
