The Rise Fund – and impact investing – tries to move beyond scandal
Foundation: San Francisco Foundation
ImpactAlpha, March 21 — Managers of TPG Growth's $2 billion impact fund fanned out to touch base with limited partners, prospects and...more

NESsT raises $3 million toward an impact loan fund for Latin America
Foundation: San Francisco Foundation
“Our aim is to push the boundaries of impact investing,” NESsT's Loic Comolli told ImpactAlpha. “How do we make it reach areas outside of...more

In an institutional shift, Grupo Bimbo anchors an impact fund of funds in Latin America
Foundation: San Francisco Foundation
It took seven years of effort, but Grupo Bimbo, the global bakery giant, is making its first impact investment. Mexico City-based Bimbo, which...more

Kresge seeds two Opportunity Zone funds, with impact strings attached
Foundation: San Francisco Foundation
The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance and Georgetown University's Beeck Center have developed a reporting framework that stress principles...more

San Francisco Foundation commits $50 million to mission-aligned investing
Foundation: San Francisco Foundation
ImpactAlpha, March 18 – The Bay Area-based community foundation is moving $50 million into investments that are aligned with its mission...more

HOMEY grand reopening in Mission as group seeks to reach new levels
Foundation: Akonadi Foundation, Google.org, San Francisco Foundation, Latino Community Foundation
In 2017, HOMEY received a $15,000 grant from the Latino Community Foundation to take part in the foundation's first ever non-profit accelerator...more

New coalition plans to invest $540 million for Bay Area affordable housing
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
... Permanente, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the Silicon Valley Community...more

Bay Area housing gets $500 million boost from local tech, foundations
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, San Francisco Foundation
... including $40 million from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, $5 million from Genentech and $1 million from the Silicon Valley Community...more

Partnership raising $540 million to preserve, develop Bay Area affordable housing
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
... the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Morgan Stanley, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the Silicon Valley Community...more

Bay Area Philanthropy, Business, and Community Advocates Unite to Launch Landmark Regional ...
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
Bay Area community and faith leaders, housing advocates, business leaders, and philanthropists launched a regional public-private housing partnership.The Partnership has already secured initial...more