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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. 

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     - 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.

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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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Aggregating Impact
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Investing for Impact
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