Much has been written about a perceived shortage of return-oriented capital available for impact investments. These articles (including the recent “Closing the Pioneer Gap”) generally lament that ...

Impact investment is capturing the growing attention of mainstream investors, and everyone is increasingly hearing and talking about it. During the past 12 months, I have listened to people talk about ...

For more than 30 years, Robert Brown has been recognized as a leading economist and Wall Street investor. In recent years, he has taken his extensive experience in macro research to advance the impact ...

This fall, Harvard Business School launched its first Impact Investment Fund Course after a successful pilot in the Spring of 2021. The fund expands access to affordable, flexible financing for Black, ...

This year, HBS piloted its first student-run Impact Investing Fund, focused on investing in BIPOC-led and owned small businesses in the Massachusetts area. Since launching, the fund has raised $200k, ...

In August 2019, 181 corporate executives of the Business Roundtable made headlines by redefining a corporation’s purpose, extending it beyond maximizing shareholder value to include a “fundamental ...

First Impact members make an impact! Mentors and mentees engage in civically focused actions which promote members’ awareness of how their actions positively affect communities, the individuals in ...