Conservation leader Jeff Morgan says developing nations are being asked to protect the planet’s last environmental strongholds but need more help immediately.
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Adopting collective leadership can help your nonprofit create a more inclusive, efficient, and flexible organizational structure.
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According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, nearly one in five nonprofit employees who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or “queer” report that their sexual orientation has had at least a…
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“Executives in professional social justice institutions, grassroots activists in local movements, and fiery young radicals on protest lines are all advancing urgent concerns about the internal workings of progressive spaces,” said Maurice Mitchell for The Forge.
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Government departments have a rich source of data, which can be used to help organisations explore their social impact.
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…my initial honeymoon period, which boasted an abundance mindset and work-life balance, was really the cuffing of philanthropy’s golden handcuffs.
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It might be time to throw your preconceptions about recycling in the garbage. A decades-long effort to educate people about recycling has mostly backfired, according to new research. The study,…
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When it comes to sexual health, we think of pregnancies. Of STI testing and Pap smears. But rarely, menstrual health.
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Rhea Wong is an executive coach, podcaster, fundraiser, consultant, and author of Get That Money, Honey: The No-Bullsh*t Guide to Raising More Money for Your Nonprofit, a guide and workbook for executive directors and fundraisers.
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Why openness about fraud — and a plan to fix it — is key to more effective philanthropy.
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Women founders only got 1.9% of venture capital in 2022. Women are over 50% of the population yet are essentially blocked from venture capital. Here’s what Citi does.
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As the global champion for the impact investing industry, the GIIN has been advocating for the use of investment capital to contribute to improvements in people’s lives and the health of our planet since our founding in 2009. The amount and diversity of capital for impact investing has increased dramatically in the past ten years, with the current impact investing market estimated to be USD 1.164 trillion, marking the first time the GIINs widely-cited estimate has topped the USD 1 trillion mark. Yet, more capital is needed to address the pressing challenges of our time. This is why the GIIN has made scaling the market with integrity a key focus of our ambitions for the market. For impact investments to contribute effectively to positive social and environmental impacts and for the approach to remain credible, the financial markets need clarity on expected practice and the terms of participation in the impact investing market. As such, the GIIN has developed the Core Characteristics of Impact Investing, refined in partnership with leading impact investors, to define what constitutes credible impact investing. These Core Characteristics will help investors understand the essential elements of impact investing, define the credibility of their practices, and consider the quality of the practices of potential investment partners. Download the Core Characteristics of Impact Investing Four practices define impact investing. The set of Core Characteristics below aims to provide clear reference points and practical actions to establish the baseline expectations for impact investing. Impact investing is marked by an intentional desire to contribute to measurable social or environmental benefit. Impact investors aim to solve problems and address opportunities. This is at the heart of what differentiates impact investing from other investment approaches which may incorporate impact considerations. Investments cannot be designed on hunches, and impact investing needs to use evidence and data where available to drive intelligent investment design that will be useful in contributing to social and environmental benefits. Impact investing comes with a specific intention and necessitates that investments be managed towards that intention. This includes having feedback loops in place and communicating performance information to support others in the investment chain to manage towards impact. Investors with credible impact investing practices use shared industry terms, conventions, and indicators for describing their impact strategies, goals, and performance. They also share learnings where possible to enable others to learn from their experience as to what actually contributes to social and environmental benefit. These Core Characteristics of Impact Investing complement the GIIN’s existing definition of impact investments, which are investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.