RESOURCES

Our research, consulting, collaboration, and convening outputs have many forms. Here you can find our publications and videos of many of our recent convenings.

  • All
  • Publications
  • Video
Climate SolutionsFrameworks & Data Analytics

WealthWorks Crowdfunding Action Learning Program

This paper summarizes Croatan Institute’s pilot crowdfunding action learning program; highlights key successes, challenges, and lessons learned; and provides recommendations for future work.

Read More
AccountabilityFrameworks & Data Analytics

Report on US Sustainable, Responsible, and Impact Investing Trends 2014

This report found that sustainable, responsible, and impact investing assets have expanded 76 percent in two years: from $3.74 trillion at the start of 2012 to $6.57 trillion at the start of 2014.

Read More
Climate SolutionsResilient Communities

Fossil-Free Investment for a Just Appalachian Transition

This paper addresses the effect that the growing movement for divestment from fossil fuels and investment in more sustainable opportunities has had on the Appalachian region

Read More
Resilient Communities

Barn Raising the New Economy

A blog post from New Economy Week on crowdfunding as a form of nontraditional investment in New Economy businesses.

Read More
Climate SolutionsResilient Communities

Lessons from Appalachia

This article focuses on how communities in Appalachia are grappling with the challenges of climate change through a “just transition” away from fossil fuels.

Read More
AccountabilityFrameworks & Data AnalyticsResilient Communities

Philanthropy and the New Economy

This report reviews existing traditional and innovative models of collaborative funding, proposing some new models which could fuel the growth of the New Economy movement.

Read More
Farm & Forestry

Civil Society Letter Concerning Harvard University Land and Natural Resources Investments

In a letter addressed to Harvard University President Drew Faust, 39 civil society organization leaders express concern about Harvard’s large-scale investments in farmland, plantation forests, and other natural resources across the developing world.

Read More
Frameworks & Data AnalyticsResilient Communities

Guide to Crowdfunding for WealthWorks Value Chains

A report on crowdfunding, and its potential applications in WealthWorks value chains.

Read More
Climate Solutions

Institutional Pathways to Fossil-Free Investing

An analysis of portfolio risk from fossil fuels and three pathways toward fossil-free investment opportunities.

Read More
Farm & Forestry

U.S. Investment in Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

This study provides an analysis of the substantial role US investors have played in this phenomenon over the past 10 years.

Read More
Equity & InclusionFarm & ForestryFood Systems

Worker Equity in Food and Agriculture

A review of the company practices and policies in worker equity at the 100 largest companies in the US-based food and agriculture industry.

Read More
Accountability

Public Investment in Private Higher Education

A new methodology for estimating the value of tax exemptions received by private, nonprofit higher-educational institutions.

Read More