The Relationship Between Money & Mission: Understanding ROI in Philanthropy & Social Investment (Part 4)

Winter 2016

The Relationship Between Money & Mission: Understanding ROI in Philanthropy & Social Investment (Part 4)

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This is the fourth and final magazine issue in our four-part series focusing on the return on investment and measuring impact. 

The Arcus Foundation is pleased to be partnering with Philanthropy Impact and to be sponsoring this edition of the magazine. Achieving and measuring impact is an essential element of any philanthropy. To read more about the Arcus Foundation please visit www.arcusfoundation.com

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The Arcus Foundation is a proud sponsor of this month’s issue focused on social investment, social investment and impact. For funders like Arcus who centre their philanthropy on emerging and...
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Download this article as a PDF. The UK has a long-term housing problem which every government has promised to address – and every government has failed. About five million people...
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Download this article as a PDF. As investors increasingly seek to use their wealth to deliver positive social outcomes, as well as financial ones, the need to understand how emotions...
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Download this article as a PDF. There are profound differences in how today’s young wealthy individuals and entrepreneurial figures approach their wealth management, with many of them showing a keenness...
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Download this article as a PDF. These are uncertain times for the charitable sector. Charities are scanning the skies for the long-term effects of Brexit, and of the change in...
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Measurement and metrics are an integral part of business. No company would get far without sales goals, progress reports, projections and spreadsheets. The old business maxim still rings true: if...
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It is now becoming apparent that there is a disconnect between the types of social investment available, and the financial requirements of third sector organisations. This mis-match is creating an...
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In early 2013, EY established Enterprise Growth Services (EGS) – a global programme which sends EY consultants overseas to help promising social impact businesses overcome obstacles and accelerate to their...
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Impact investing has come of age. Total assets in impact investments were estimated to be $60 billion at the end of 2014, with growth of 16 per cent expected in...
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The social impact bond (SIB) is a promising new funding mechanism within the impact-investing sector but how does it work? Private investors provide the upfront capital to fund a social...
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A company mission can act as an important motivational driver, provided there is alignment with the values endorsed by its employees. It would be a mistake, however, to leverage only...
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An uncharitable view of the charitable sector is that it is unprofessional and ineffective. According to this perspective, if charities only acted like businesses, they would have a greater impact...
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This article describes how Access: the Foundation for Social Investment is approaching the challenge of supporting social organisations to take on repayable finance, and their place on the ‘philanthropic spectrum’...
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Eliminating global poverty has long eluded the international community, governments and development agencies. While social and economic empowerment are the intentions of povertyeradication efforts, often ‘we paper over the cracks...
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There has been a significant movement towards social impact investing by many philanthropic foundations over the last five years, for a number of reasons. First, there is a recognition by...
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Philanthropic foundations typically seek to deliver public good from private wealth over the long term, with many pursuing an investment strategy aimed at perpetuity and tailoring their grants programme to...

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  • Impact measurement
  • International giving
  • Next generation philanthropy
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  • Philanthropy stats & trends
  • Promoting philanthropy
  • Social investment
  • Strategy advice
  • Trusts & foundations
  • Understanding philanthropy