If you follow us on LinkedIn, you may have seen some major developments unfold in the past few weeks:
- We crossed $100 million in our top key metrics: Assets Under Administration, Assets Under Management, and Assets Into Community, just ahead of celebrating our 8th birthday!
- With San Diego Foundation, we shared the successful repayment of the $5.2 million COVID-19 nonprofit loan program.
- The Prebys Foundation announced their $1 million Program-Related Investment into Care Access Real Estate (CARE), kickstarting their place-based impact investing.
- We unveiled our new Indigenous Futures Fund…at The White House!
It is incredible to engage with people from very different ecosystems on such different topics and intended impacts.
Across these projects, our goal remains the same: Getting capital into the hands of social impact-minded businesses, nonprofits, and initiatives that don’t usually qualify for conventional capital. In other words—flowing capital where it doesn’t, but should.
We would love to explore different ways of closing capital gaps to close opportunity gaps at SOCAP24. This year, we’re honored to have seven cool session ideas with our friends and collaborators open for community voting by Sunday, April 14. Please help your favorite topics make the cut:
- Expanding capital pathways for emerging fund managers
Innovation happens when investors can identify promising new ideas and invest in high-potential entrepreneurs. Learn about new capital pathways for underrepresented fund managers facing headwinds going to market.
- Challenging and innovating notions RISK & RETURN
In this social impact landscape, we must challenge our paradigms and redefine success metrics beyond mere financial gains.
- Exploring solutions that are winning in the current anti-ESG environment
Learn strategies with proven track records and join a frank chat about challenges in today’s anti-ESG, anti-woke, and anti-DEI environment.
- Challenging and innovating notions RISK & RETURN
In this social impact landscape, we must challenge our paradigms and redefine success metrics beyond mere financial gains.
- Exploring solutions that are winning in the current anti-ESG environment
Learn strategies with proven track records and join a frank chat about challenges in today’s anti-ESG, anti-woke, and anti-DEI environment.
- Capital Quest: Navigating the secret passageways of impact funding
One hears success stories of raising millions for impact-first funds and projects, but not often about how much time and energy it took. In this workshop, choose your own adventure to experience the hurdles, pitfalls, and occasional joys of raising impact capital.
- Empowering Tribal Nations: Expanding access to capital through strategic partnerships
DYK the federal government and private-philanthropic leaders are driving capital to Indian Country? Hear about two public-private initiatives recently announced at The White House.
- Bringing a blended capital stack to life with Care Access Real Estate (CARE), a PBC REIT
Blended finance can attract investors, but getting beyond fund models can prove tricky. Hear from investors supporting a real estate strategy to address the broken child care system and how they found the best way to participate from their respective portfolios.
- Funding the runway: Addressing cash flow challenges for emerging investment fund managers
Emerging and underrepresented investment fund managers need cash flow. This panel features practitioners describing their approaches and sharing actionable steps that you can take to contribute.
A few from other friends (there are too many to list!) that caught our eyes:
- Ownership economy outlook 2024 + beyond
- The Perpetual Purpose Trust: A just and innovative ownership model for impact businesses
- Leveraging the legacy of resistance to reimagining
- Child care is a business. It’s time we treat it that way.
Be well and take care of one another,
Lauren Grattan
Co-founder & Chief Community Officer
