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Amplifying your Philanthropy through Impact Investing Feb 27, 2020 When TPI helped create and launch Invest for Better last year, one of our goals was to curate and share the best, most accessible resources about impact investing that have been created by our...

Circling Back: Invest For Better, One Year Later Jan 13, 2020 One year ago, we launched Invest for Better, a nonprofit campaign aimed at helping women demystify impact investing, take control of their capital, and mobilize their money for good. A year later, we...

Strategic Philanthropy in Action: Highlights from 2019 and Resources for 2020 Dec 19, 2019 Bold vision. A willingness to take risks and experiment. Close attention to results. These are some of the qualities of high-impact philanthropy that are captured in TPI’s 30 lessons learned in...

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TPI Launches Invest for Better: a new collaborative campaign focused on increasing women’s use of impact investing Jan 23, 2019 The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI) has engaged in several field-building initiatives aimed at elevating the philanthropic sector’s understanding of how and where to use impact investing. Today, we...

Amidst the Jugglers Nov 06, 2014 We just spent a few energizing days with over 1000 “master jugglers.”[1] These are individuals who are turning big audacious ideas for social good into real work on the ground through nimble,...

Launching a Guide, Growing a Field Sep 25, 2013 This is very cool. At the Council on Foundations Community Foundations conference three years ago, GPS Capital Partners and TPI invited interested community foundations to come together for a...

I'm An Impact Investor Aug 27, 2013 This blog, written by TPI Senior Fellow Tom Bird , originally appeared on the B Corp blog . Endeavoring to “do more” with my money and my life, I’ve been an impact investor for 15 years. Back in the...

What Business Do Community Foundations Have In Business? May 10, 2012 What business does a community foundation have hawking for-profit deals to its donors and other community members? How does it improve the quality of life in their community? How does it promote the...

Impact Investing – are we finally at the Next Frontier? Nov 01, 2011 Many foundations share the frustration that philanthropy’s impact is limited relative to the big dollar potential of the business and government sectors. When Wal-Mart decides to change to hybrid...