Starting point: Philanthropic and investment objectives often at odds

Organizing strategy: Bring together investors with social and environmental priorities through a fund that respects both return and impact

Tools: Create a new class of investments that promote entrepreneurship that includes social and environmental impact

Outcomes: Encouragement of targeted investments

Resource: http://www.impactassets.org

ImpactAssets promotes a world where all capital is invested for optimal social, environmental and financial impact.

Mission: To catalyze the impact investing ecosystem by providing products and thought leadership that enable philanthropists, other asset owners and their wealth advisors to make investments with positive social, environmental and financial returns.

ImpactAssets enables philanthropist and individual investors to engage in impact investing by providing: impact investment products, including a donor advised fund and impact investing notes and educational resources to support individuals and advisors looking to engage in impact investing and to help build the field of impact investing.