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Social Finance’s Tracy Palandjian Explains the Career Impact Bond
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Social Finance’s Tracy Palandjian Explains the Career Impact Bond

On Aug. 20, Blue Meridian Partners, General Assembly, and Social Finance hosted a webinar on the Career Impact Bond (CIB), an impact-first income-share agreement (ISA) that helps people who are underemployed or unemployed access career…

Tracy Palandjian

Three Key Lessons about Pay for Success in Career and Tech Ed
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Three Key Lessons about Pay for Success in Career and Tech Ed

During the first round of the Catalyzing Career and Technical Education competition in 2017, Social Finance and JFF selected four sites based on the strength of their program offerings, partnerships, and capacity to scale. We…

Sarah Pajouh

Aggregating Capital to Accelerate Impact
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Aggregating Capital to Accelerate Impact

This white paper was produced in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The result of a collaborative effort between Social Finance, members of the Gates Postsecondary Team, and others at the foundation, "Aggregating…

Jake Segal, Sharvani Srivastava, and Andrew Babbitt

Making Entry-Level Talent Stick
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Making Entry-Level Talent Stick

Turnover is costly, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses, and employers often struggle to articulate the cost of turnover rates. In partnership with Seedco and The Rockefeller Foundation, Social Finance explored the real cost of…

Jake Segal and Andrew Babbitt