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Letters from Lauren: October 2024

Letters from Lauren: October 2024

Oct 30, 2024

Launching an investment fund is expensive and time-consuming; especially for first-time fund managers who don’t come from communities where wealth has historically been concentrated. Inspired by our experiences bringing new funds to market and supporting aspiring managers, we devised a solution called MDF Capital Partners, designed to alleviate common fundraising challenges that impact funds and projects face, particularly gaps in proof, size, and timing.

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Supporting diverse emerging fund managers

Supporting diverse emerging fund managers

Jan 26, 2024

Lauren Grattan spoke on an Impact Finance Center and Boston Impact Initiative panel on how backbone organizations like Common Future and Mission Driven Finance are driving diversity, equity, and inclusion in the world of emerging managers.

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Impact(ed) podcast: Foundations with Essma Bengabsia

Impact(ed) podcast: Foundations with Essma Bengabsia

Dec 5, 2023

Essma Bengabsia (The Annie E. Casey Foundation) talks about the untapped power and potential of philanthropy’s approach to investing, as well as how her community and identities have led her to be an impact investor at a $3 billion foundation.

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Letters from Lauren: November 2023

Letters from Lauren: November 2023

Nov 22, 2023

We’re leaning into radical imagination: ideating how to help route the flood of once-in-a-generation federal resources so that Indigenous and overlooked communities can flourish for years to come.

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Collaboration to Catalyze Impact

Collaboration to Catalyze Impact

Sep 7, 2023

Impact Charitable and Mission Driven Finance discussed how charitable capital can accelerate impact for community-rooted funds. See how this partnership can make capital more accessible.

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