Impact investors and foundations: strategy

Explore impact investors and foundations: strategy through 10 in-depth articles with examples, FAQs, documentation and decision criteria.

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Impact investors and foundations: strategy

An Impact Investment Thesis: Selecting Projects, Testing Evidence and Protecting Beneficiaries

Build an impact thesis, assess additionality and evidence, protect beneficiaries, and distinguish donations from investments seeking financial returns.

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Capital Allocation and Loss Capacity for Impact Investors

Assess loss capacity, additionality and beneficiary protection when funding impact businesses and nonprofit projects in the Brazilian context.

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Ticket Sizes and Project Exposure: Sizing Capital to Support Impact

How to size funding for impact projects, assess additionality, protect beneficiaries, and negotiate commitments with transparent costs and risks.

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Diversifying by Sources of Risk: Structuring an Impact Portfolio Without Confusing Contracts, Causes and Protection

Learn to diversify impact investments by underlying risks, assess additionality and protect beneficiaries while separating returns, donations and cash commitments.

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Sourcing and Comparing Opportunities for Impact Investors

Learn to compare impact opportunities using additionality, beneficiary protection, evidence, financial risk, funding structures and expected outcomes.

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Instruments and Economic Rights for Impact Investors: Connecting Capital, Returns and Beneficiary Protection

Learn how to choose impact investment instruments, negotiate economic rights and assess results while distinguishing donations, loans and equity.

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Reserves for Follow-on Funding and Contingencies in Impact Investing

How to plan reserves for impact projects, assess follow-on funding, manage contingencies, protect beneficiaries, and track commitments and cash.

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Impact investors and foundations: strategy

Governance, Decision Rights and Conflicts of Interest for Impact Investors

How impact investors can define decision rights, manage conflicts and protect participants while assessing financial risks, social outcomes and evidence.

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Impact investors and foundations: strategy

Time Horizons, Liquidity and Exit Paths for Impact Investors

How to assess time horizons, liquidity and exits in impact projects while balancing financial return, additionality, beneficiary protection and loss risk.

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