There are different types of finance mechanisms that lead to positive social impact, including:. Everyone struggles with data, but to be able to finance around outcomes, it is necessary to have data that demonstrates that your action will produce the outcome that you are expecting.
You must be able to prove that your actions save or make someone money or delivers the outcomes you work toward. Nonprofits often have a long history of messy outcomes. It is tough to cut through some of the mess. But, lately there has been a movement of defining common outcomes that can help.
Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater , explains it best in his book Principles. Be very rigorous in what you collect and get others with an element of objectivity to give feedback. Use outside research to prove why something that has never been done before can work. Sometimes that requires you to incorporate research that has already been done and apply it to the system you want to impact.
In other words, find evidence that already exists about the area you want to impact and use that information to your advantage. The challenge was that hungry children were not able to learn at school. Although the efforts to address this issue began in the 19 th century, it slowed down during World War II. Two foundation-funded reports drove the demand again by proving that child hunger still remained a problem.
These reports, in addition to localized efforts in Philadelphia and Boston, helped spur action and make it a priority across the nation. Investments made into companies, organizations, or funds with the intention to generate a financial return alongside a social, environmental, governance, faith-based, or other non-financial return.
Impact investments can be made across asset classes in both emerging and developed markets, and target a range of returns from below market to market rate, depending on investors' strategic goals. For a slightly longer introduction, check out this blog post. They produce a wide range of in-depth research on the industry, provide resources and tools for stakeholders, convene events and training programs, and help bring order to this fast-growing marketplace.
Toniic Institute is the global action community for impact investors. A great source for news, updates, trends, and cutting-edge information on impact investing. Research on the financial performance of impact investments GIIN. A report on the importance of responsible exits from equity impact investments GIIN. Marginalized Returns. A short booklet exploring the socially responsible and impact investing marketplace through a Christian lens, with specific examples and practitioners. Impact Base.
A searchable database of impact companies, investors, deals, services, and people. ImpactAssets An annually updated, searchable database of 50 top impact funds and fund managers, able to be searched along a range of filters to fit your investment profile.
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