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Our goal, over the next five years, is to dramatically increase the scale and acceptance of mission investing.
In order to achieve this objective, we are undertaking several initiatives:
- Clarify Legal Issues Surrounding Mission Investing. With funding from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Meyer Memorial Trust, FSG has launched a study of the legal issues involved in mission investing by U.S. foundations, in association with prominent legal scholars and practitioners around the country. Our goal is to produce a readily accessible report, suitable for foundation trustees, executives, and their investment and legal advisers that lays out the current legal landscape relating to mission investing. We will also identify ways in which the laws might be updated to keep pace with the evolving practice of mission investing by U.S. foundations.
- Help foundations to better understand and access mission investment intermediaries. With funding from the Surdna Foundation, FSG studied how to help foundations better access and utilize investment intermediaries in order to make mission investing more efficient and effective. See Aggregating Impact: A Funder's Guide to Mission Investment Intermediaries for further detail.
- Determine current and historical mission activity of U.S. foundations. With funding from the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, FSG researched the mission investing practices of nearly 100 U.S. foundations, finding growth and increasing variety. See Compounding Impact: Mission Investing by U.S. Foundations for further detail.
For more information, please contact Adeeb Mahmud.
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