This report evaluates the changes in community food access as a result of the California FreshWorks program, a $273 million healthy food financing initiative launched in July 2011 by a broad coalition of public and private partners led by the California Endowment. The report examines three …
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The Social and Economic Impacts of California FreshWorks
This report examines the social and economic impacts of the California FreshWorks program, a $273 million healthy food financing initiative launched in July 2011 by a broad coalition of public and private partners led by the California Endowment. The evaluation of social and economic impacts focuses …
Aligning Capital With Mission
We are pleased to share with you our latest report, Aligning Capital with Mission: Lessons from the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Social Investment Program. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, a private foundation dedicated to improving the lives of America’s children and families, engaged InSight at …
AI3 Brief: Unleashing The Power Of Pensions
Enterprise Community Partners and Insight at Pacific Community Ventures — co-sponsors of the Accelerating Impact Investing Initiative (AI3) — have released a new issue brief on impact investments by U.S. pension funds. The brief highlights public and private pension funds that have pursued …
Financing Social Innovation: Analyzing Domestic Impact Investing Policy in the United States
The convening partners on the Accelerating Impact Investing Initiative (AI3) project are pleased to present a new discussion paper, “Financing Social Innovation: Analyzing Domestic Impact Investing Policy in the United States.” The AI3 project is a collaborative effort between Enterprise …
2014 Impact Investing Global Policy Report
This report builds on the work of the IIPC over the last five years, to provide information and analysis on policy innovation as a critical tool to grow impact investing markets globally. This first-of-its-kind report broadens the conversation from what public policy could enable, to what public …
Impact Investing 2.0: The Way Forward – Insight from 12 Outstanding Funds
“Impact Investing 2.0: The Way Forward – Insight from 12 Outstanding Funds”, 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 on …
Breaking the Binary: Policy Guide to Scaling Social Innovation
Breaking the Binary: Policy Guide to Scaling Social Innovation is intended to add a perspective to the global conversation already under way about how we move beyond binary choices in crafting responses to social, economic, and environmental challenges. Fundamentally, it is about leveraging private …
Capital Markets for Impact at Scale
On October 1, 2012, The Rockefeller Foundation and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco co-hosted Capital Markets for Impact at Scale, an event curated by InSight at Pacific Community Ventures and Equilibrium Capital. The event gathered leaders in impact investing - including many active …