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The Social Finance Impact First Fund is pleased to share our Q1 2026 quarterly report, which covers Fund activity through March 31, 2026. The Impact First Fund is built to deliver flexible, risk-tolerant capital to…
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This paper, to be released on April 20, 2026, is a partnership between Harry Holzer, John LaFarge Jr. SJ Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy, and the Social Finance…
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Conventional agriculture remains a leading source of pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and biodiversity loss, yet farmers seeking to transition to regenerative practices face significant capital gaps and inflexible financing. This webinar explored how impact investing…
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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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Tracy Palandjian joined the Stone Social Impact Forum for a conversation with David Rubenstein at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate on the role of finance in expanding economic opportunity and…
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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.
