impact investing Archives | Skees Family Foundation

Venture Philanthropy Creates the World’s First Global-Impact Bond

Categorized as: Africa, Girls & women, Job Creation, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories & Tagged as: Impact Assets, Impact investing, Innovations for Poverty Alleviation, Village Enterprise Fund on February 2, 2019. Related Grantees: African Entrepreneur Collective, Bean Voyage, Jibu, KadAfrica, Kiretono Resource Centre through AID Tanzania, BOMA Project, Upaya Social Ventures, Working Capital for Community Needs.

Cover photo: Village Enterprise students graduate out of poverty by completing their small-business training program. Editor’s note: How do you know if your impact investments are actually having impact? One way is how our newest partner, Village...Read more

Impact Investing: A Movement That’s Changing the Investment World

Categorized as: About us, Grantmaking strategy, Social-impact investments, Stories & Tagged as: Beneficial Returns, Impact investing, Risk, WCCN on October 21, 2017.

Photo courtesy of Micheile Henderson on Unsplash. Editor’s Note: Although our foundation had taken some steps toward impact investing in the past, as CFO and Director, I’ve recently had the opportunity to delve deeper into the field more deeply this year, as we...Read more

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