Social impact expert previously held roles at Boston Consulting Group, Monitor Group, the Brookings Institution and the U.S. Department of State
October 6, 2020 --- The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing (“TPF”), a donor collaborative vehicle with a mission of scaling the field and practice of impact investing, today announced the appointment of Jessie Duncan as Program Officer. Duncan formally started on August 31 and will be based in New York City.
Duncan will serve as the TPF’s primary grantmaker, working with TPF staff and donors to refine and implement grantmaking strategies, engage with critical stakeholders and manage general TPF operations.
“The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing represents a unique approach to building the impact investing field, filling a critical market gap for solutions that are unlikely to arise from market activity alone,” said Duncan. “I’m excited to work and to learn alongside our partners as together we seek to strengthen and grow the impact investing field.”
“Jessie brings a rich set of experiences working across sectors to advance impact, public policy and international development,” said Fran Seegull, Project Director for the TPF and Executive Director of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance, a nonprofit organization that facilitated the co-design, establishment and fundraising for the TPF. “She brings a unique skillset that will allow her to engage with funders, grantees and other stakeholders to advance the TPF’s mission.”
Duncan has 15 years of experience building and managing teams and programs and working across the international development and social impact fields. Most recently she was an expert in Boston Consulting Group (BCG)’s healthcare and social impact practice areas where she advised companies, foundations, investors and governments.
Prior to BCG, Duncan worked as a Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of Strategy for Medtronic Labs, an Advisor to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, a Manager at the Monitor Group (now part of Deloitte) and a Research Assistant on foreign policy at the Brookings Institution. She earned her B.A., with Honors, from Stanford University and a joint MBA/MPA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
The TPF was launched in December 2019 with initial support from key funders including Blue Haven Initiative, Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation and Omidyar Network. As of September 2020, the TPF has raised over $14 million in funding from eleven donors and remains open to additional funders who wish to contribute to the work of building the impact investing field.
In July, the TPF announced its first round of policy-focused grant recipients by awarding $752,000 to eight organizations to help raise the voice of impact investors and encourage leaders in Washington D.C. to consider how U.S. federal policy can catalyze the flow of private capital towards urgent social, economic and environmental challenges.
In addition to public policy, the TPF will conduct grantmaking to support the development of impact investing market infrastructure in the areas of Data, Metrics & Measurement and Public Engagement.
About the Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing
The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing ("TPF") is a donor collaborative vehicle developed with the mission of creating and supporting public goods that are critical to the continued growth and fidelity of the impact investing market. The TPF was launched in December 2019 and now has over $14 million in philanthropic capital from eleven donors, which will be used to support the infrastructure needed to mobilize more private capital for impact. The TPF will build on existing field building efforts by prioritizing areas that are chronically underfunded, are best suited for collective action and require additional support beyond that provided by individual grantmaking. Learn more at www.tpfii.org.