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The Guide to Crypto Impact Investing
Foundation: Nathan Cummings Foundation

A billionaire's foundation is investing all of its assets in companies that have a " measurable and beneficial social or environmental impact," the New York Times reports. Nathan Cummings, a...more

5 Percent of U.S. Foundations Invest for Impact
Foundation: Skoll Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Russell Family Foundation, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

A study of 65 of the country's largest philanthropic foundations has found that just 5% invest their assets in something called impact investing, the Wall Street Journal reports. That's worth an...more

Cross-Border Impact Ventures: $90 Million Closed Of Women'S And Children'S Health Tech Fund
Foundation: Hamilton Community Foundation, Skoll Foundation, Johnson Foundation, McConnell Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation

Johnson & Johnson is putting its money where its mouth is, investing $100 million in a fund that aims to make a difference in the lives of women, children, and adolescents around the world, the New...more

The Lilly Awards Foundation Announces The Launch Of The Lorraine Hansberry Initiative
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation

"We know that graduate school is the primary gateway to a career as a dramatic writer," said Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn...more

Lewis Milford Retires from Clean Energy Group, Mullendore to Take over
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Oak Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Surdna Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York Community Trust

One of the nation's top clean-energy advocates is stepping down from his post at the end of the year, the Washington Post reports. Lew Milford, who started the Clean Energy Group in 1993, is...more

Collaborating for Social Change in Pop Culture Content
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy, Unbound Philanthropy

This lack of cohesion inspired philanthropic organizations the Nathan Cummings Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy, the Ford Foundation, and...more

A Call For Solidarity and Collective Action: Asian American Philanthropy Letter of Intention
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Blue Shield of California Foundation, Boston Foundation, California Community Foundation, Central Indiana Community Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Essex County Community Foundation, Initiative Foundation, Jacobs Family Foundation, Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation, Maine Community Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Nellie Mae Education Foundation, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Northwest Area Foundation, Omaha Community Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Rose Community Foundation, Sierra Health Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Southwest Initiative Foundation, Stanislaus Community Foundation, Surdna Foundation, California Endowment, Chicago Community Trust, Cleveland Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, Kentucky Foundation for Women, Minneapolis Foundation, Missouri Foundation for Health, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, San Diego Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Vermont Community Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, William Penn Foundation, Washington Women's Foundation, Whatcom Community Foundation, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, William T. Grant Foundation, Yakima Valley Community Foundation, Irvine Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Open Society Foundations, California Wellness Foundation, Simons Foundation, Central Valley Community Foundation

The New York Women's Foundation, the U.S.Grant Foundation and the Sierra Health Foundation are just a few of the organizations in the list.The United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley is...more

The Week in impact investing: Science
Foundation: California Community Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation

Stephanie Maier, ex- of HSBC Global Asset Management, joins GAM Investments as global head of sustainable and impact investment…...more

The Week in impact investing: Scenarios
Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Russell Family Foundation

... of tech innovation and impact investing. (Stripe this week acquired Nigerian payments company Paystack, a portfolio company of impact...more



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