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Foundation: Brookline Community Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas, Santa Barbara Foundation, Chicago Community Trust, Dayton Foundation, Fairfield Community Foundation, Greater New Orleans Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust will host a $500,000 and $200,000 challenge and operating grant that will come from the Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust to establish the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Fund.
The fund will support a wide-range of needs related to improving the quality of life of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and their families in Chicago.
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The concept of "impact investing" has taken off in recent years, with more than $1 trillion in assets under management. But a new study out of Harvard Business School suggests that while impact...more
Svx Launches Major Update to Impact Investing Opportunity Database
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"All investments are impact investments," says Adam Spence, CEO of SVX, a non-profit financial services firm that has just launched Canada's first index designed to measure the impact of investments...more
5 Ways to Guide Clients on Esg and Impact Investing
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Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing has gained popularity in recent years as clients seek to align their investments with their values and promote positive change in the...more
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Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, California Endowment
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Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, California Endowment
In 2024, Los Angeles will host the Mission Investors Exchange 2024 National Conference, an annual conference that brings together more than 750 philanthropy and impact investing leaders from across...more
Leading Impact Investors and Philanthropists Convene for Mission Investors Exchange 2024 ...
Foundation: California Community Foundation, California Endowment
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Foundation: California Community Foundation, California Endowment
Ava DuVernay financed her latest film with money from the Giving Pledgean initiative of the California Endowment, the largest US foundation to commit its entire $4 billion portfolio to social and...more
Leading Impact Investors and Philanthropists Convene for Mission Investors Exchange 2024
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In what may be a first for a major US city, Los Angeles has been chosen as the site of the 2024 Mission Investors Exchange National Conference, a conference that will focus on "investing in social...more
New Inclusive Creative Economy Strategy to Demonstrate That the U.S. Creative ...
Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Skoll Foundation, Target Foundation, Ford Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
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Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Skoll Foundation, Target Foundation, Ford Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
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Calgary Social Enterprise Offers High-Tech Services by People with Autism
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