Connecting Capital
to Impact
Practice Areas
We accelerate the integration of impact across sectors in three ways:
- Connecting capital to impact as expert practitioners in the field.
- Expanding the market for impact investing through innovation, research, and thought leadership.
- Equipping the next generation of impact leaders through experiential learning and academic programming.
Impact Definition
Assess the current impact measurement process rooted in performance to date. Clarify theory of change and define associated key performance indicators.
Impact Investing
“Venture capital with vision.” We empower organizations, investors, and students to drive sustainable change, create positive outcomes and train the next generation of impact leaders.
Impact Measurement and Management
grow their impact.
Impact Finance
We connect public and private capital to social and environmental impact. We help build the market by training future impact finance leaders.
Our Mission
Our mission is to expand the market for impact investing and to equip the next generation of impact leaders, forging a future where impact is seamlessly integrated across sectors worldwide.
Our Partners Include
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Business Consortium Fund, Inc.
- Pew Research Center
- Phillips Foundation
- MacArthur Foundation
- J.B. & M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation
- Fast Company
- Forbes
- Impact Evaluation Lab
- National Bankers Association Foundation
- Raven Indigenous Impact Foundation
"I like working with the Sorenson Impact Institute because they bring a research and data-oriented focus, but are willing to tackle real-world problems with practical solutions."
Art Seavy,
Gates Foundation
Impact Events
As part of our mission to amplify, inform, and collaborate on impact, the Institute facilitates world-class convenings on the multiple sectors that influence the space and our outcomes.
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