Social Finance works with impact-focused public sector leaders to reorient contracts, procurements, and funding streams around outcomes. We do this by clarifying metrics that reflect critical community priorities, developing measurement plans and supporting data strategies to enable ongoing progress tracking, and building outcomes-based funding tools that directly link payment to outcomes. These include:
We pioneered the Social Impact Bond ecosystem in the U.S., designing unique public-private partnerships that scale effective social service programs. We continue to build innovative funding models that enable adaptive service delivery, experimentation, and improvement.
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Boosting Childhood Health in Connecticut
3,000
Caregivers in Connecticut receiving improved home visiting services
Outcomes-based contracting brings nonprofit, philanthropy and government together to allocate public funds to achieve long-term results. Thanks to Social Finance, we are using this model to help first-time mothers and children and build a healthier community.
Matt Meyer
County Executive, New Castle County, Delaware
[I was involved in a Social Impact Bond] that’s had astounding success: some $3,500 more in average income for folks who graduated from this program ... evaluated independently so no state funds were disbursed until goals were achieved.
Working with Social Finance has been a pleasure. Their ability to manage a complex project with multiple partners is second to none. They’ve helped us move our project from concept to implementation seamlessly and strategically.
Kirsten Olson
Chief Executive Officer, Children & Families First
Social Finance is an innovator in creating scaled financing solutions for big impact. Pay for Success helped us engage in systems change in a very significant way … There is no reason why 49 other states couldn't do this.
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