Social investment
Trusts and foundations are increasingly using social investment as they become more strategic with their grantmaking and more engaged with the organisations that they fund. (See expectations of evidence) Social or ‘mission-related’ investments are recoverable financial investments that involve giving loans or purchasing equity to further charitable objectives, or to produce income whilst creating social value. For most foundations, the process of investing their assets is completely separate from making charitable grants. Social investment allows foundations to use the entirety of their financial assets to create social, environmental and financial value.
What are the implications?
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Moving forward
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Want to know more?
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Recent discussion
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Louisa
I recently read this excellent article from Venturesome, ‘Financing civil society, a practitioner’s view of the UK social investment market’. It really simply outlines the capital needs in the sector, supply of capital and challenges for the future. These challenges, unsuprisingly, include a lack of understanding of financial needs amongst VCOs.