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Philanthropy or impact investing: What is the right path?
A few weeks ago, the Impact Minds 2024 event was held, organised by the network promoting Venture Philanthropy, Latimpacto. This edition, noted for its impeccable organisation and topic selection, allowed me to immerse for the first time in …
Diversity, transformation and catalytic philanthropy at Impact Minds 2024
From September 10 to 12th, 653 attendees (36% from Mexico, 22% from Colombia, and the rest from other countries), including social investors from 36 countries gathered at the third edition of the Latimpacto Conference in …
TikTok commits to investment for marginalised communities
Eleven businesses and organisations, including social media giant TikTok and the Philips Foundation, have publicly committed to supporting the social economy ahead of next year’s World Economic Forum. The commitment comes as they join 13 …
From the margins to mainstream: Learning from Dreilinden’s investment in global LGBT+ communities
Around the world, LGBT+ communities regularly face hostile living and working environments and are less likely to be successful when applying for investment, even though they represent anywhere from around ten to 25 percent of …
Biden commits $7.3 billion to renewable electricity for rural Americans
The Biden-Harris administration in the U.S has announced USD $7.3 Billion of funding for 16 rural electric cooperatives to provide electricity for five million people. The funding is aimed at providing green energy for 20 …
Alfanar’s Myrna Atalla on venture philanthropy in the Arab context
Alfanar, founded two decades ago, was the first venture philanthropy organisation in the Arab region. Myrna Atalla, who has been with the organisation as Executive Director since 2010, sat down with Alliance Regional Representative Heba …
Nuns’ commitment to social investment takes on big tech
A group of 80 nuns in Kansas has made headlines for their commitment to social investment and investment activism. According to news group Associated Press (AP), the Benedictine sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, based near …
Green and red flags for social investors
Increasingly, ‘social investment’ means more than just philanthropy, with investors seeking to promote social and environmental ends through their investment in companies. Paying a fair amount of tax is increasingly seen as a sign of …
Impact Minds: Beyond Frontiers 2024 taking place in Oaxaca, Mexico
Set to be held in Oaxaca, Mexico, between the September 9-12, Latimpacto’s annual conference will bring together capital providers from the global social and environmental impact ecosystem, with a special focus on Latin America and …
On the journey to equitable philanthropy
In the 1960s, ‘the Negro Problem’ was a key agenda topic for a board meeting at the Ford Foundation. This reminder by Darren Walker, the current President of the Ford Foundation, during a public event …
