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Compounding Impact: Mission Investing by U.S. Foundations

By: Mark R. Kramer and Sarah E. Cooch
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  • | Language:English
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Abstract

If foundations are to achieve their lofty ambitions for social impact, they must find creative ways to use every resource they possess. Enter mission investing (now more popularly called impact investing), a practice of using financial investments as tools to achieve a foundation’s mission. In the past decade, this practice has grown significantly in foundations of all sizes and types. Written in 2007, Compounding Impact provides a study of the landscape of mission investing by U.S. foundations.

Keywords

Foundations; Mission Investing; Impact Investing; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Investment

Citation

Kramer, Mark R., and Sarah E. Cooch. "Compounding Impact: Mission Investing by U.S. Foundations." Report, FSG, March 2007.
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