Fully Leveraging Philanthropic Capital for Environmental Change

In addition to grant-making, foundations can employ endowment capital to advance philanthropic goals. Many foundations have begun mobilizing financing through program-related investments, as well as developing creative, more fully leveraged philanthropic strategies, from investing in “double-bottom-line” enterprises to actively voting proxies in companies they own to joining with other shareholders in investor coalitions and networks of mutual concern. This report outlines the growth in the fields of mission- and program-related investing, and discusses new opportunities and avenues for engagement.  

Topics
climate change, endowments, ESG, mission-related investing, philanthrophy, program-related investing, shareholder advocacy