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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 Pacific Community Ventures — with research support from The Center […]

May 05, 2016 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •

Our 2015 Social Impact

While our economy is thriving on paper, most of us know that isn’t the whole story. Since the end of the Great Recession, almost 12 million jobs have been created. But, average wages working Americans have dropped 23 percent. The strongest job growth these past few years has all been in low-wage work, at places […]

Apr 21, 2016 – Blog and News •

California Initiative 2014 Report

The tenth annual report examining CalPERS’ California Initiative, a $1 billion private equity, economically targeted investment (ETI). The California Initiative seeks to invest in companies located in traditionally underserved markets, primarily, but not exclusively, located in California. The California Initiative’s primary objective is to generate attractive financial returns, meeting or exceeding private equity benchmarks. As […]

Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •

CalPERS For California 2014 Report

The fifth annual report documenting the California Public Employees Retirement System’s $25.7 billion of investments in California as of June 30, 2014. The report provides an examination of the broad ancillary benefits of all CalPERS investments in California across the asset classes of public equity, fixed income, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure. CalPERS is […]

Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •

Invest Northwest: Eight-Year Social Performance Review

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. In our white paper on Invest Northwest (a private equity investment established by Northwest Area Foundation in 2004), PCV’s InSight practice looks at eight years of social and financial […]

Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •

CalPERS California Initiative 2013: Creating Opportunities in California’s Underserved Markets

The California Initiative has committed over $1 billion to companies located in traditionally underserved markets, primarily, but not exclusively, located in California. The Initiative has sought to discover and invest in opportunities that may have been bypassed or not reviewed by other sources of investment capital. The California Initiative’s primary objective is to generate attractive financial returns, meeting or exceeding private equity […]

Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •

CalPERS for California 2013

The fourth annual report documenting the California Public Employees Retirement System’s $20.8 billion of investments in California as of June 30, 2013. The report provides an examination of the broad ancillary benefits of all CalPERS investments in California across asset classes.    

Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •

CalPERS for California 2012

The third annual report documenting the California Public Employees Retirement System’s $20.7 billion of investments in California as of June 30, 2012. The report provides an examination of the broad ancillary benefits of all CalPERS investments in California across asset classes.  

Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •

CalPERS California Initiative 2012 – Creating Opportunities in California’s Underserved Markets

The California Initiative is a $1 billion economically targeted private equity investment strategy that seeks to generate attractive financial returns. As an ancillary benefit, the California Initiative was designed to create jobs and promote economic opportunity in California. To determine the extent of the ancillary benefits, CalPERS measures the impact of the California Initiative by […]

Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •

CalPERS for California 2011

A first of its kind report highlighting the California Public Employees Retirement System’s $19 billion of investments in California as of June 30, 2011. The report provides an examination of the broad ancillary benefits of all CalPERS investments in California across asset classes.  

Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •

CalPERS California Initiative 2011 – Creating Opportunities in California’s Underserved Markets

The objective of the California Initiative is to generate attractive financial returns. As an ancillary benefit, the California Initiative was designed to create jobs and promote economic opportunity in California. To determine the extent of the ancillary benefits, CalPERS measures the impact of the California Initiative by examining portfolio companies that: Traditionally have had limited access to institutional […]

Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •

Market for Social Impact Investing by Private Equity Funds Stands at $4 Billion in the United States

In one of the first efforts to characterize the landscape of social impact investing through private equity in the United States, PCV InSight valued total assets managed by U.S. private equity managers with the goal of achieving both financial returns and intentional social benefits at approximately $4 billion. The market includes 69 General Partners (GPs) that meet stringent qualifications […]

Jul 28, 2015 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •

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