Impact Investing
Impact Measurement and Creating Jobs Through Mission Investing
Impact measurement is central to the practice of mission investing, allowing mission investors to understand if their investments are meeting their goals and furthering their mission. The Northwest Area Foundation (NWAF) has worked with PCV InSight for eight years to evaluate and understand the impact of its mission-related investment, Invest Northwest. In our newly-released white […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
What’s New In Impact Investing? End-Of-The-Year Roundup
Impact investing is about a very simple, progressive idea: markets and money for good. Every month, PCV will give you a roundup of what’s new in the field, what conversations are taking place, and how you can get involved. Here are some highlights from November and early December: Big News In Impact Investing Policy The […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Investing •
This Thursday: Forbes’ Magazine Google Hangout With IIPC Report Authors
Join Devin Thorpe (Forbes Magazine contributor) — along with PCV — for in-depth discussion with the authors of our IIPC project’s latest report. The Google Hangout is happening Thursday, December 11th at 4pm ET (1pm PT). Head to forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe on Thursday to join in! The following authors are scheduled to be part of the conversation: […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Investing •
What’s New In Impact Investing? October Roundup
Impact investing is about a very simple, progressive idea: markets and money for good. Impact investing is built on the belief that financial tools can play a powerful role in solving the massive global challenges of our day, and that capital markets should work for good as well as profit. This vision is realized through […]
Jul 20, 2015 – Impact Investing •
PCV Selected For The ImpactAssets 50
Great news! PCV’s investment fund has been selected for the ImpactAssets 50 2014 (IA 50), a free, online resource for impact investors and their advisors. The IA 50, now in its fourth year, is the first publically available database of private debt and equity impact investment fund managers. This impact investing showcase features fund managers […]
Jul 20, 2015 – Impact Investing • PCV News •
Impact Investing 101: Faith-Based Organizations and Impact Investing
Original post on PacificCommunityVentures.org By Jane Ren, Pacific Community Ventures Faith-Based Organizations Are Long-Time Socially Responsible Investors As some of the oldest institutions in the world, faith-based organizations (“FBOs”) have long invested their capital with consideration to social causes. Over 200 years ago, Quaker and Methodist immigrants to the U.S. avoided investing in businesses tied […]
Jul 20, 2015 – Impact Investing •
Impact Investing 101: Impact Measurement
By Jane Ren, Lisa Ruskin, and Brenna McCallick, Pacific Community Ventures Impact investing practitioners and advocates constantly strive to find the most effective ways of deploying capital for good. The struggles inherent to this process are many: finding attractive investible opportunities, structuring investments appropriately for their recipients (while not compromising returns), using the existing policy environment advantageously―the […]
Jul 20, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Impact Investing 101: Investing With A Gender Lens
By Brenna McCallick, Research Associate, Pacific Community Ventures In the first two editions of Impact Investing 101, we brought you some of the best resources for getting acquainted with the field, and for zeroing in on the all-important issue of public policy. This month, in honor of International Women’s Day, we’re thrilled to present you […]
Jul 20, 2015 – Impact Investing •
Impact Investing 101: Public Policy
By Brenna McCallick, Research Associate, Pacific Community Ventures Unless you’ve completely ignored impact investing news over the past three months, you’re probably aware that public policy is a hot topic in the field these days. The landmark reports produced by the Social Impact Investment Taskforce and National Advisory Boards, and more recently, the IIPC’s global […]
Jul 20, 2015 – Impact Investing •
Introducing “Impact Investing 101”: Resources for Newcomers
By Brenna McCallick, Research Associate, Pacific Community Ventures This week, the Social Impact Investment Taskforce convened by the G8 has released reports assessing the policy infrastructure that undergirds impact investing markets around the world. This surge of new information will be at the forefront of discussions about impact investing for some time to come – and with […]
Jul 20, 2015 – Impact Investing •
New Case Studies: Pioneers in Philanthropic Impact Investing
Our latest report, Impact Investing 2.0: The Way Forward – Insight from 12 Outstanding Funds, has become an amazing resource for individuals and organizations that are involved with, or wish to be involved with, the world of impact investing. The newest case studies that have been released as part of this report focus on two […]
Jul 20, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Capitalism At It’s Best
This blog was written by Heidi Krauel Patel, President, New Island Capital, and panelist at PCV’s 2014 Annual Luncheon. At the Pacific Community Ventures annual conference on impact investing this past Tuesday, Executive Director Beth Sirull pointed to the leverage that PCV creates with its donations: $3,300 in grants helps create one quality job – […]