ImpactAlpha: Preparing an impact investing policy agenda for the next administration

Eight small grants from the $14 million Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing suggest the outlines of a 2021 policy agenda, no matter who wins the November U.S. election.

New definitions of fiduciary duty. Standards for quality jobs. Expansion of capital for community development financial institutions, or CDFIs.

“Impact investing has appeal across the political spectrum,” says the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance’s Fran Seegull, who is managing the fund. “Government and investors need each other to get to the scale we need.”

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.

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.