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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 •
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 •
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 •
PCV Impact Evaluation: Measuring what matters
PCV has been evaluating social impact metrics for years and knows that producing positive social benefits alongside financial gains doesn’t mean sacrificing business competitiveness. We survey our small business network every year and reveal the social impact that these business owners might not even realize they are having. In 2012, our in-house impact evaluation team […]
Jul 16, 2015 – Impact Consulting •
The AI3: A Policy Platform for Impact Investing in the US
The AI3 is building a coalition of individuals from across sectors – investors, government agencies and philanthropic organizations – to develop a policy framework that supports impact investing in the United States, from conception to implementation. The AI3 will produce a policy platform that enables policymakers to more effectively set laws and regulations that foster […]
Jul 16, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
PCV helps launch the Global Learning Exchange!
Today, the IIPC, which PCV helps convene, launches the Global Learning Exhange on Social Impact Investing! Launched with the support of the UK Cabinet office, the Global Learning Exchange is a key outcome of the G8 meetings in London last summer. The Global Learning exchange is an online platform that connects people, ideas and resources […]
Jul 16, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
The Next Era of Impact Investing: InSight’s new report sheds light on balancing mission and margin
On the evening of Thursday, November 7th, at the New York City World Economic Forum offices, Paula Goldman of Omidyar Network raised a glass to the Impact Investor project. She invited the audience of over 75 fund managers, investors, philanthropists, and government representatives to toast with her, declaring it a moment of celebration for […]
Jul 16, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Opening the Curtain on the New 2.0 Era of Impact Investing
This blog was writted for the Huffington Post by Ben Thornley, Pacific Community Ventures, and Cathy Clark. CASE at Duke University, and co-authored by Jed Emerson, ImpactAssets. To see the original article click here. Impact investing has not been growing as quickly as many practitioners might have hoped. Knowledge of what does and does not […]
Jul 16, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Impact Investing 2.0 Launches!
Today marks the official launch of PCV InSight’s new report, “Impact Investing 2.0: The Way Forward – Insight from 12 Outstanding Funds”. This report, created in partnership with the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University and Impact Assets, identifies twelve high-performing funds that have seen both financial and social returns […]