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With the support of Social Finance, the Commonwealth was able to quickly design and establish the Fund, launching its first cohort of learners in the summer of 2025. Since then, the program has continued to…
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Demystifying Program-Related Investing: Lessons from Recent Adopters is produced through a partnership between the Social Finance Institute, Wharton Impact at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, and the Center for High Impact Philanthropy…
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We conducted a representative survey of 1,129 Texas child care program directors to understand the experiences of child care workers in the state and what can be done to improve the profession.
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The Social Finance Impact First Fund is pleased to share our Q4 2025 quarterly report, which covers Fund activity through December 31, 2025. The Impact First Fund is built to deliver flexible, risk-tolerant capital to innovative…
