impact investing

Inside Philanthropy: A Fund Backing the Impact Investing Field Makes Its First Moves. Where’s the Money Going?

A coalition of major impact investors seeking to build out the field made its first round of grants, funding initiatives that focus on public policy and increasing the flow of private capital to urgent social problems.

Karma: Creating an impact investing policy agenda

Impact investors have yet to reach universal agreement on measurement standards, but in the U.S. there is increasing recognition that the policy infrastructure for incentivizing responsible investments needs an update. The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing, a $14 million donor collaborative led by the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance and funded by well-known philanthropies, issued grants to eight organizations to come up with the right mix of policy proposals — including tax breaks, fiduciary standards, and funding for CDFIs — to pursue, regardless of who wins in November.

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.

Mission Investors Exchange: The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing Aims to Protect Integrity in Impact Investing

A group of foundations has launched a fund meant to safeguard the “impact” in impact investing as the practice grows and more traditional investment firms enter the market.

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.

Barron's: Foundations and Family Offices Create a Fund to Support Impact Investing

Key investors and philanthropic supporters of impact investing have joined forces to announce a new grant-making vehicle intended to strengthen the integrity of investing practices for social and environmental good, and to scale the movement to reach a broader array of investors.