Advancing equitable recovery and building resilience

COVID-19 Response and Resources

Catalyzing economic mobility

Career Impact Bonds

The Veterans CARE Project

Helping Veterans with PTSD find and keep good jobs
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Impact Alpha's David Bank talks to Tracy Palandjian about Career Impact Bonds and achieving equitable COVID-19 recovery
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FastCompany selects the Career Impact Bond as a finalist for its World Changing Ideas Awards
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After the Pandemic: Addressing the Permanent Crisis with Pay for Success Programs
What is Pay for Success?

What is Pay for Success?

Pay for Success (PFS) is a set of innovative outcomes-based financing strategies that directly and measurably improve the lives of people in need by driving resources toward results. These strategies share five core principles: clearly defined outcomes, data-driven decision making,  cross-sector partnership, strong governance and accountability, and catalytic capital for impact. Social Finance brought the Social Impact Bond to the U.S. in 2013 and launched the first-ever Career Impact Bond in 2019.

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Our Focus Areas

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Economic Mobility
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Health
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Children and Families
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Criminal Justice
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Education
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Environment
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Government

Improve outcomes through innovative public-private partnerships.

Philanthropy

Help build the Pay for Success field through investments and programmatic support.

Service Providers

Access flexible, multi-year, growth capital to serve more people and improve lives.

Impact Investors

Catalyze impact through unique investments that scale effective programs.