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Meet Pamela Dippel Choney, Chair of the Board at Social Finance

The Untapped Potential of “Impact-First” Investing
Social Finance gathered practitioners and thought leaders from philanthropy, impact investing, and wealth management and advisory at The Rockefeller Foundation to delve into the untapped market potential of impact-first investing. Rockefeller Senior Vice President for…

Social Finance in the Financial Times: A New Way to Put Donor-Advised Funds to Work
In July 2023, the Social Finance Impact First Fund was profiled in the Financial Times by Simon Mundy.

The Foundation Review: Donor-Advised Funds and Impact Investing—A Practitioner’s View
"Donor-Advised Funds and Impact Investing: A Practitioner’s View," an essay published in The Foundation Review by FJC CEO Sam Marks, explores the challenges and opportunities of impact investing with DAF capital. The essay takes a…

Impact Entrepreneur: The Ideal Role of Catalytic Capital in an Impact Economy
How can catalytic capital most effectively support early-stage impact ventures and the impact economy as a whole? In this virtual discussion, part of Impact Entrepreneur's Luminaries Webinar Series, Tracy Palandjian and other leaders in the…

Breaking Barriers: A Practical Guide to Unlocking Foundation Endowments for Missions and Returns
Social Finance partnered with Builders Initiative to conduct market research on the use of mission-related investments (MRIs), barriers to adoption, and promising strategies to unlock endowment assets for greater impact.

Understanding the Potential of Impact Capital with Social Finance’s Stephen Vicinelli and Catherine Dun Rappaport
Stephen Vicinelli and Catherine Dun Rappaport joined Social Finance in late 2022. Both devote their time to unlocking the change-making potential of passive charitable capital, or assets that are indirectly invested through donor-advised funds (DAFs)…

2022 in Review
For our team at Social Finance, 2022 has been a year of focus and execution. From California to Alaska to Florida, we expanded our portfolio of impact investments and advisory work.