Omidyar Network

Omidyar Network: Funding the Rails on Which We Ride: Why We Invested in Impact Investing’s Tipping Point Fund

At Omidyar Network, we’ve been engaged in field building for nearly a decade, and this experience has reinforced the importance of investing in public goods to build a market – they serve as the rails on which the rest of the industry rides.

Inside Philanthropy: As Impact Investing Reaches a Tipping Point, a Fund to Scale the Market with Integrity

A powerhouse coalition of impact investors hopes to build out the field through a donor collaborative launched last week with an initial $12.5 million in philanthropic capital.

Fund Intelligence: Family Office and Foundation Consortium Giving Out $12.5m in Grants to Develop Impact Investing Initiatives

A group of family offices and foundations has announced plans to provide $12.5m in funding to participants in the financial services industry who are looking to build new impact investing initiatives.

Forbes: $12.5 million Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing, A Coalition Of High-Profile Donors, Will Finance Impact Investing Infrastructure

Public advocacy and a shared system for measurement are critical to building a solid infrastructure for impact investing. But they haven’t received a lot of love from a lot of large funders.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy: New Group Aims to Boost Interest in and Efficacy of Impact Investing

A group of nine private and corporate foundations and family offices have pooled $12.5 million in a fund to draw more interest in impact investing and to ensure that investments made with the public good in mind truly make a difference.