LISC Invests $1M in SustainVC Impact Investing Fund
The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) has committed to invest $1 million in SustainVC Impact Fund II, a $25 million fund supporting early-stage companies focused on social and...more

How Nonprofits Can Help Donor Advised Fund Philanthropists Listen and Learn
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
In an article, which is a part of a series that was produced for Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) by Milway Media with the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, addresses the...more

Philanthropic Venture Fund Celebrates Alumni Success
IU Philanthropic Venture Fund has recently announced its first successful exit from the fund's investment portfolio with the acquisition of Doxly. Doxly is an Indianapolis-based company led by...more

TechSoup Gets $2.5 Million From VMware to help Nonprofits Scale Their Impact
TechSoup has recently received a $2.5 million grant from VMware Foundation to support initiatives to significantly expand its offerings and nearly double the number of nonprofit organizations it...more

Global Social Investment Trends
The report, Global Social Investment Business Market Size, Trends, Applications, Status, Analysis And Forecast Reports 2019 To 2025, reviews the Social Investment Business Market size by players,...more

Scottish Social Enterprises Vie for Funding Worth 3.3 million Pounds
Investment programmes, Step Up and Scale Up Challenges, are being launched to support all social enterprises across Scotland. Social Investment Scotland (SIS) created the two funding challenges...more

Impact investing glossary
PitchBook is a financial data and software company headquartered in Seattle has put together a short glossary of terms with which anyone interested in impact investing should be familiar. Including...more

Charities Focus on Social Investment as a Finance Tool
Charity organizations in the UK have been using the social investment market to raise funds in the past few years. This is part of a larger trend in UK charities, which are moving away from...more

Free Guides to Help Trustees and Boards Understand Social Investment
The Get Informed campaign organized by Big Society Capital is an effort to to help boards understand the risks and opportunities of social investment. A key aspect of the campaign is a set of free...more

Mission-Aligned and Impact Investment Strategy for Rockefeller Brothers
Foundation: Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Rockefeller Brothers Fund prioritizes investment policies that enable the foundation to achieve long-term financial objectives. They have an allocation target of 20 percent for impact investments...more