GOV2218. Impact Investing, PRIs, MRIs and Social Enterprises

With more and more nonprofits and social enterprises seeking to find innovative solutions to many of society's most pressing needs, organizations are becoming more creative in utilizing a wide range of tools and strategies to raise and deploy capital.  This session will focus on specific strategies and tools nonprofits are utilizing both to raise funding, as well as deploying capital to achieve their mission.  After a high level discussion of some key terms and definitions, this session will focus on a series of case studies to demonstrate how these strategies and tools have been implemented.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the different tools available to nonprofits interested in engaging in venture philanthropy.
• Analyze how the various venture philanthropy tools have been utilized in real world situations.