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Submissions, commenting and voting for SOCAP Open is now closed. Featuring content created and produced by our community is key to SOCAP’s impact, relevance and meaning.Community Foundations as Leaders of Place-based Investing
Tyler Jackson, Invest with Values
Community foundations were created by community members to identify and support the issues that shape their local areas, yet the majority of their financial resources are invested outside of their communities. Concentrating investment capital on specific geographic regions has been proven to yield significant social and environmental impact alongside financial returns. This session will focus on the specific ways that community foundations can help to break down the barriers and take leadership roles in the place-based investing movement.
Community Investing, Endowment, Fiduciary, Foundations, Local Wealth Multiplier, Place-based Investing
Panel
Intermediate
Melanie Audette, Acting Managing Director, Mission Investors Exchange
Kathryn Merchant, ex President and CEO, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Stacy Caldwell, CEO, Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation
Don Schafer, President, RSF Social Finance
Michelle Long, Executive Director, BALLE
Craig Muska, CEO, Canopy
James P. Hawley, Editor, Cambridge Handbook of Institutional Investment and Fiduciary Duty
Dana Lanza, CEO, Confluence Philanthropy
Kelly Ryan, President, Incourage Community Foundation
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-long/to-find-real-prosperity-c_b_6457502.html,
https://bealocalist.org/community-foundation-circle,
https://www.missioninvestors.org/communityfoundationfieldguide,
http://www.cuttingedgecapital.com/wp-content/uploads/Creating-a-Community-Investment-Fund-A-Local-Food-Approach.pdf,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2013/04/03/investing-in-local-food-businesses-for-community-health-and-wealth/,
http://www.confluencephilanthropy.org/Special_Publication_PlaceBased,
https://www.missioninvestors.org/system/files/tools/ANewAnchorMission_FINAL.pdf
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