Foundations engaged in social investment frequently provide risk capital to charities and social enterprises that are starting or scaling up or that need working capital. Although social investments typically can deliver below market returns and/or involve venture capital style risks, those who make them feel they are justified because of the social return
Thinking about... core funding draws on learning from their own and others' research and interviews ...
Given the values-driven nature of the mission of most charities, it might be expected that investmen...
This report highlights the estimated £100bn combined cost impact of some of the most difficult socia...
On 14 May 2012, NPC and The Clothworkers' Company held a seminar for trustees who wanted to understa...
This report into the governance and financial management of endowed charitable foundations -- charit...
Social investment offers the opportunity for socially-minded investors to increase the impact of the...
The Government of the United Kingdom (UK Government) believes that the third sector and in particula...
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New research reveals that a sizeable number of large, U.S.-based private foundations report engaging...
This survey analyses charities in the UK and their approaches towards managing their investment asse...
This 2006 study, commissioned by the Shell Foundation, and prepared by FSG, sees strong growth and o...
This report presents an original research conducted by THE SMART Company, exploring the prevalence, ...
Social investors are supplying increasing amounts of finance to enterprises combining social and com...
Trust in charities is critical in terms of the health of the sector, and also in relation to the est...
The fourth Family Foundation Giving Trends report is published in a climate of continued economic un...
Thinking about... core funding draws on learning from their own and others' research and interviews ...
Given the values-driven nature of the mission of most charities, it might be expected that investmen...
This report highlights the estimated £100bn combined cost impact of some of the most difficult socia...
On 14 May 2012, NPC and The Clothworkers' Company held a seminar for trustees who wanted to understa...
This report into the governance and financial management of endowed charitable foundations -- charit...
Social investment offers the opportunity for socially-minded investors to increase the impact of the...
The Government of the United Kingdom (UK Government) believes that the third sector and in particula...
Investment: The Pillars of Stronger Foundation Practice is the fifth report emerging from ACF's Stro...
New research reveals that a sizeable number of large, U.S.-based private foundations report engaging...
This survey analyses charities in the UK and their approaches towards managing their investment asse...
This 2006 study, commissioned by the Shell Foundation, and prepared by FSG, sees strong growth and o...
This report presents an original research conducted by THE SMART Company, exploring the prevalence, ...
Social investors are supplying increasing amounts of finance to enterprises combining social and com...
Trust in charities is critical in terms of the health of the sector, and also in relation to the est...
The fourth Family Foundation Giving Trends report is published in a climate of continued economic un...
Thinking about... core funding draws on learning from their own and others' research and interviews ...
Given the values-driven nature of the mission of most charities, it might be expected that investmen...
This report highlights the estimated £100bn combined cost impact of some of the most difficult socia...