The Social Impact Investment Taskforce have document here several simple, inexpensive and practical steps that should quickly open up $1 trillion of new investment to tackle social problems innovatively and effectively

This guide provides a flexible framework and a simple taxonomy to help people understand impact investing. The guide also contains several profiles of impact ventures, funds and investors.

The IRS provides an explanation of how foundations can make mission-related investments without paying an additional excise tax.

A brief description of each of the loans that have been made by Living Cities' Catalyst Fund.

This resource from Arabella Advisors provides a brief overview of the role mission investments can play in supporting the development of low-income communities.

Kresge Community Finance is a $30 million program-related investment finance offering to certified CDFIs and quasi-public or private DFAs. The foundation will select applications through a competitive Request-for-Proposals (RFP).

In this report, the Greater Cincinnati Foundation explores the potential benefits of using impact investments to finance community development.

This report contains a discussion of six major dynamics within the field of impact investing, which underpins a deeper understanding of the best practices required to deliver blended financial and social returns successfully.

Researchers Matt Bannick and Paula Goldman lay out the case for a sector based approach to impact investing in this six-part blog series.

The Packard Foundation, with help from the Redstone Strategy Group, document the lessons that have emerged after 35 years and $750 million in impact investments.

This 10th brief from Impact Assets explores the potential for greater coordination between impact investments and grants, with a focus on how grants may be structured to attract investment capital

This report provides a detailed analysis of the major steps and players involved in the East Baltimore Revitalization Initiative.

This field guide addresses the legal, structural, programmatic, and investment decisions associated with place-based impact investing by community foundations.

The focus of this work is on potential sources of capital for community investment that have yet to be fully engaged.

This report highlights in great detail 12 impact investment funds that have shown exceptional performance. Through an analysis of these funds, the authors discuss what they believe to be essential components of successful impact investments.

This report highlights strategies for how the government can partner with impact investors to unleash new capital, talent, and energy for social, economic and environmental good.

This report is intended for the investment community, and aims to help investors understand impact investment through usage of case studies.

Arabella Advisors have compiled a brief that describes examples of impact investing in Chicago. The sectors involved include the environment, education and community development.

Arabella Advisors have compiled a brief that describes previous uses of impact investments in New York. The sectors involved include community development, health, the environment and education.

Arabella Advisors composed a brief describing various uses of impact investing in the San Francisco area. The sectors involved include health, community development and the environment.

Arabella Advisors composed a brief that describes several examples of impact investing that have occurred in the Washington DC area. The sectors involved include education, the environment, community development and health.

The guidebook provides readers with a basic overview of social metrics for impact investing, an outline of the issues and challenges associated with impact investing, and a summary of existing social impact measurement tools.

This one hour informational webinar will explain to viewers how to properly complete the CDFA/IRI survey on development finance agencies and mission investing.

This article explores the growing field of mission investing among foundations in the United States, understood as a relatively new tool in the philanthropic toolbox

Anna Hochstadter and Barbara Scheck give a holistic definition of impact investing based on a review of all impact investing literature before June 2013.

During this CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast, explore how blended capital through impact investing can advance economic development finance.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, learn about a new research initiative at CDFA and hear our expert panel discuss how partnerships can be developed to create guarantees, credit enhancements, or...

Mission Investors Exchange demystifies the process of designing and implementing an effective impact investing strategy, offering advice, tools, and real-world examples of impact investing by foundations with few or no staff.

Incentive zoning is a planning tool that local governments use to entice developers to provide a public good by offering incentives. The incentives seek to offset the cost to developers of the public goods. In this issue brief the authors describe...

The Partnership for Active Transportation is a unique collaboration of organizations working across the fields of transportation, public health, economic development, community leadership, equity and livability.

Toby Rittner presents on CDFA and the role foundations can play in development finance.

This OECD report provides a framework for assessing the social impact investment market and focuses on the need to build the evidence base. The report highlights the importance of further international collaborations in developing global standards...

The third installment of the CDFA-Stifel Rural Community Development Finance Solutions Webcast Series focused on how food systems investments can be used to drive other markets, benefitting the economy of small and rural towns throughout America.

Matthew Rossman of Case Western Reserve University School of Law argues that a new wave of nonprofits he terms “regional economic development organizations” (REDOs) are actually charitable and should be tax exempt under IRS doctrine.

Patrick Kirby with West Virginia University presents at the Ohio Brownfields 2014 Conference on how to use and leverage foundation funding for brownfield redevelopment.

This case study, compiled by Lancaster Pollard, looks into the financing sought by the Cesar Chavez Foundation in developing an affordable housing renovation project.

The Clean Energy + Bond Finance Initiative created this recommended financing model factsheet for clean energy development. The Qualified 501(c)(3) model achieves low-cost capital for renewable energy installations at nonprofit facilities.

If you’re part of a community garden group or civic organization in the U.S. or Canada, simply apply to the grant program by December 31. Your organization could receive $5,000 in cash and garden tools to help you reach your goals of community...

The Ethyl Grant Program provides matching grants up to $2,500 for projects that improve rural schools and communities.