Impact Investing

Social sector organizations are increasingly turning to impact investments as an additional funding source to supplement the funds raised through traditional fundraising and grant methods. Impact investors provide capital in return for expectations of financial returns from businesses whose primary focus is on generating positive social change. LawForChange has compiled some resources to help social sector organizations better understand the types of impact investments available and the legal implications for organizations seeking and receiving these investments.

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Getting Started

Impact Investments: An Emerging Asset Class (Overview) (JP Morgan Access)
 

Guides to Impact Investing

Grant Makers in Health: Guide to Impact Investing (PDF)

Dos and Don'ts for Social Entrepreneurs Seeking Impact Funding (GOOD)

Social Investment Manual: An Introduction for Social Entrepreneurs (Schwab Foundation)
 

Impact Investing Performance and Ratings Systems

Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS)

Global Impact Investing Ratings System (GIIRS)
 

What People Are Talking About

Social Finance: Invest for Impact (Blog)

Ventureneer (Blog)

Introducing GIIRS (Socent Law)

Impact Investing: Getting Financial Returns While Building a Better World (Fast Company)

Impact Investing as Transformation (Social Edge)

Jigar Shah: Impact Investing Defined (Huff Post Green)

Happy Returns: The Birth of a Virtuous New Asset Class (The Economist)

Impact Investing Requires New Legal Forms (MarketWatch)

A Better Way to Do Well by Doing Good (Daily Finance)

Investing in Social Impact Video (The Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Greed Has Gone Good (Forbes)

Impact Investing and Social Entrepreneurs: A Way Forward (Forbes)

Jed Emerson on Impact Investing (Tactical Philanthropy)

Impact Investing Goes Small-Time (SecondAct)
 

Other Resources

Global Impact Investing Network

Investing for Impact: Case Studies Across Asset Classes (Bridges Ventures and The Parthenon Group) (PDF)

Take Action! Impact Investing Conference Series (Correlation)

CASE i3: The CASE Initiative on Impact Investing (CASE)
 

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