We connect capital to social and environmental good.

Impact Finance

 

Traditional philanthropic and government organizations alone cannot adequately fund solutions to pressing community and global challenges, such as those the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seeks to address. Finding solutions requires innovation to align the interests and goals of the public, social and private sectors.

Our solution

The Impact Finance Team is a leading innovator in the impact capital markets. We work with public and private allocators and mission driven organizations to leverage impact capital to drive positive social and environmental outcomes.

Our multidisciplinary team has a diverse set of skills and experience which enable us to deliver across the following themes:

  • Innovative Financial Structures and Products
  • Impact Valuation & Financial modeling
  • Thought Leadership, Research and Analysis

Our Partners Include

Local, state, and federal governments

Health systems

Venture capital

Impact funds

Non-profits

Foundations

Financial institutions

How we help

We innovate
We develop new and effective financial models, structures, and products to connect public and private capital to social and environmental impact.
We innovate
We develop new and effective financial models, structures, and products to connect public and private capital to social and environmental impact.
We bridge the gap between traditional mainstream finance and impact in underserved communities.
We align mainstream financial players and, when appropriate, impact investors, committed to connecting the necessary capital to help solve social and environmental challenges.

We develop scalable high impact financeable projects and educate communities about the requirements and preferences of finance.

We develop data analytics to accurately measure risk and return of impact investments to scale.
We help drive systemic change through policy and thought leadership.

How we are different

As a university-based institution, we are an unbiased participant motivated by lasting and measurable impact as our north-star.

  • Our approach is rooted in the needs of underserved communities.
  • Our staff has expertise in the public and private sectors in finance, community development, strategic growth, research, data analysis, and policy.
  • We design human-centered tailored solutions for our partners.
  • We actively engage with all stakeholders.
  • We value relationships and approach our work with humility.
  • We dig in with extensive due diligence on interventions and programs. We understand how to interpret research and apply it to our work.
  • We bring policy expertise and impact finance together to help our clients achieve their impact vision.
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