Foundations are experienced mission-driven organizations; they’ve been investing in impact long before the term impact investing was coined. Because of their commitment to mission, foundations are focused on keeping impact at the heart of the impact investing movement. Foundations are often able to provide more flexible, risk-tolerant, and patient capital than other types of investors. This is known as “catalytic capital.”
To give social impact organization leaders the opportunity to explore these options in more depth, this year we are offering The Impact Growth Workshop, a half-day event focused on branding and design, marketing and communications, campaign analytics and reporting, and the ethical issues concerning big data and consumer privacy that are coming up around those topics.
1. SOCAP brings together the largest and most diverse community of social entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders working to grow the market for impact. We believe that lasting change can only…
This year, event education experts e180 will bring knowledge-sharing to SOCAP19 with Braindate, the unique peer learning platform and in-person conversation experience. A SOCAP guest post by e180 This is…
At the intersection of democracy, impact investing, and progressive media, you will find New Media Ventures (NMV). This organization is a nonprofit seed fund and angel network working to create positive change across America by investing in entrepreneurs and activists “wrestling with the biggest challenges facing our democracy.” By investing solely to maximize impact, whether into nonprofits or for-profits, NMV is working to address fundamental challenges to democracy and to correct systemic power imbalances. In this episode, Lindsay Smalling sits down with Julie Menter, Managing Director of New Media Ventures.