Scaling Mission Investment

 


 

Maximizing Impact: An Integrated Strategy for Grantmaking and Mission Investing in Climate Change

The report provides examples, case studies, and a framework to help foundations think about how mission investments can create the greatest impact when combined with grants.

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A Guide to the Law on Mission Investing

New legal analysis concludes that U.S foundations have considerable freedom in making mission-related investments. Mark Kramer and Anne Stetson have produced two white papers on the topic.

    - Download the brief guide
    - Download the full report

Aggregating Impact: A Funder's Guide to Mission Investment Intermediaries

A guide to utilizing mission investment intermediaries to deliver social impact and financial returns, funded by The Surdna Foundation. 

     - Download the full report
     - Download listing of mission investment intermediaries studied
     - Download database of mission investment intermediaries for
      economic development, housing and environment

The Power of Strategic Mission Investing

Featured in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, this article by Mark Kramer and Sarah Cooch, looks at strategic mission investing as a complementary approach to a foundation’s grantmaking activities.

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Compounding Impact: Mission Investing by U.S. Foundations 

A comprehensive study of U.S. foundation mission investing activity over the past four decades funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

     - Download the Executive Summary
     - Download the full report

Investing for Impact - Managing and Measuring Proactive Social Investments

A study commissioned by the Shell Foundation researching how social investors measure their financial and social returns.

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Foundation Trustees Need a New Investment Approach

An article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy by Mark Kramer on fiduciary duties as they relate to mission investing.

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Maximizing Impact
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An Underappreciated Asset: Guarantees and Program-Related Investments
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A Guide to the Law on Mission Investing
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Aggregating Impact
A funder's guide to mission investment intermediaries

Compounding Impact
A study of mission investing by U.S. foundations

Investing for Impact
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