This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our vision is a world where all investors and enterprises collect useful information about their material effects on people and planet and therefore improve performance. The act of measurement —…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It has become the go-to policy argument for many liberals and the media: People will die. Repeal Obamacare … and people will die. Cut any social-welfare program by so much…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, the World Wildlife Fund faced a strange promotional paradox: On March 25th from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Eastern time, the group honored Earth Hour Day, a campaign…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Suppose you wanted to sabotage Obamacare and could not get Congress to help. Short of repeal legislation, the next best strategy would be to cut off funds to health insurers—in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a second generation family member, former entrepreneur, and the professional head of our family’s philanthropic umbrella, I oversee both our established portfolio of grants as well as our growing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mission-related investing (MRI), sometimes referred to as “impact investing for foundation endowments,” can help foundations invest their for-profit financial assets in a manner that aligns with their charitable mission. Like…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There have been many themes emerging throughout the Institute. One of the most popular among newcomers and seasoned investors alike is measurement. How do you measure impact, both social and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The time is now. The impact investing field has grown leaps and bounds since the Global Impact Investment Network first started tracking the growth of the field in 2010. Networks…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When an NAACP task force released a report Wednesday calling for new restrictions on charter schools, one of the panel’s members took up the mic to refute accusations that the process…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Transitioning Impact Aid into a system of education savings accounts (ESAs) beginning with children attending school in heavily impacted districts and those living on tribal lands represents the bulk of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With a net worth of $86 billion, Jeff Bezos certainly has enough money to change the world. What he’s lacked, apparently, was some direction for how to spend it. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How can we play effective defense to conserve as many sound environmental policies as possible from the past 50 years? The community is now spending much of its time and…