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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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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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