Impact Consulting
Impact at Scale: Policy Innovation for Institutional Investment with Social & Environmental Benefit
We examine investments with the intent to create measurable social or environmental benefit in addition to financial return. Policymakers are drawn to this by the promise of leveraging private capital to support public purpose and the opportunity to make better use of scarce resources to support social benefits. Executive Summary Full Report
Jul 28, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • Publications •
Solidifying the Business Case for CDFI Nonfinancial Performance Measurement
In this article I contribute a number of additional questions and next steps to the conversation about measurement that started well over a decade ago—a conversation that led to the development of CARS, the Community Investment Impact System (CIIS) at the CDFI Fund, and the CDFI Data Project, among other innovations. Colby Dailey and I […]
Jul 28, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • Publications •
Building Scale in Community Impact Investing through Nonfinancial Performance Measurement
The measurement of nonfinancial performance is becoming increasingly important in the impact investing industry, where individuals and institutions actively deploy capital for intentional social and environmental benefit, including in low-income domestic markets. This paper, co-authored by InSight Director Ben Thornley, discusses the limited practice and future direction of nonfinancial performance measurement.
Jul 28, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • Publications •
Community Impact Report: Neighborhood National Bank
Measuring impact is becoming increasingly important for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in order to evaluate performance and to provide current and potential investors, customers, and other key stakeholders with vital information about their role in community and economic development. In 2011, InSight was commissioned by Neighborhood National Bank (NNB), a nationally recognized CDFI bank, […]
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CalPERS for California 2010: Supporting Economic Opportunity in California
This report uses the geographic characteristics of the companies, properties and projects in which CalPERS invests to describe the breadth of the System’s exposure to California.
Jul 28, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • Publications •
Impact Investing: A Framework for Policy Design and Analysis
The Rockefeller Foundation launched its program initiative on impact investing with an important premise in mind: that the resources of government and philanthropy alone are insufficient to address the world’s biggest problems. We have been supporting the development of networks, infrastructure, intermediaries and research designed to accelerate the maturation of an impact investing industry that […]
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Community Equity Capital: The Opportunities and Challenges of Growth
InSight was commissioned by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in 2010 to research and analyze the recent performance of the community development venture capital (CDVC) sector. Our work, which continues in 2011, has resulted in the publication of a report on the challenges of private equity investing in underserved markets and makes recommendations to advance […]
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CalPERS California Initiative 2009 – Creating Opportunities in California’s Underserved Markets
CalPERS and Hamilton Lane engaged Pacific Community Ventures (PCV), a leader in measuring and interpreting community outcomes of private equity investments, to collect, analyze and report on the California Initiative’s ancillary benefits. Beginning with Phase I in 2005, this marks the fifth year PCV has collected and analyzed data from California Initiative portfolio companies.
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CalPERS CA Initiative 2008 – Creating Opportunities in California’s Underserved Markets
A first of its kind report highlighting the California Public Employees Retirement System’s $17 billion of investments in California. Chapter I of this report provides an examination of the broad ancillary benefits of all CalPERS investments in California, including public equities, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income. Chapter II of the report provides […]