Social Impact Assessments
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 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
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 – Blog and News • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
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.
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A New Way to Talk About Small Business: The Time Has Come for a Common Language
There is a steady call for policies and programs to help small business lead the charge in hiring more workers and helping to restore prosperity to areas that have been hurt by the recession. To be successful, however, it is time for academics, policymakers, investors, community leaders, and business owners to have a more fruitful […]
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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 […]
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Creating Economic Opportunity in 2008 – PCV Social Return Summary
In 2008, PCV worked with 105 companies in California. Ten of these companies have received a financial capital investment. Nineteen of these companies are members of Business ADVANCE, PCV’s year-long program that delivers strategic advice and practical business education to entrepreneurs building businesses that contribute to the development of California’s economically underserved areas. The remaining […]
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Social Return on Investment Executive Summary 2007
PCV focuses on increasing the number and quality of jobs provided to residents of California’s low- to moderate-income (LMI) communities. PCV measures progress against this goal by assessing the number and quality of jobs provided to hourly workers in its portfolio. Job quality is an indicator of the economic advancement opportunities PCV portfolio companies are […]
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CalPERS CA Initiative – Impacting California’s Underserved Communities 2007
California Initiative portfolio companies operate facilities—and employ Californians—across the state. The tables below showcase the distribution of company headquarters, facilities and employees across California. The maps on pages 8 and 9 provide a pictorial representation of all of the locations where California Initiative companies conduct business—and where portfolio company employees live—in the state.
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Social Return on Investment Executive Summary 2006
PCV seeks both financial and social returns on its investments. Ongoing measurement is critical to articulating the outcomes of PCV’s work. Since the spring of 2000, PCV has worked with BTW-informing change (BTW), an independent research and strategic consulting firm, to design and implement an approach for social return measurement and interpretation. Data for measuring […]