Cathy Clark
Collaborative Capitalism and the Rise of Impact Investing
This ebook puts a lens on the underlying practices that bridge impact investing and risk mitigation finance, and outlines the transformations taking place in finance itself, driven by more cross-sector, transparent relationships in the service of creating long-term value for multiple stakeholders, not just shareholders. This ebook is Chapter 1 of the book The Impact […]
RSF Social Finance’s Social Enterprise Lending Program
By Cathy Clark and Jorge Soriano RSF Social Finance (RSF) is an innovative public benefit financial services organization dedicated to transforming the way the world works with money. RSF offers investing, lending, and giving services to individuals and enterprises committed to improving society and the environment. Since 1984, RSF has given out more than $285 million […]
Essential Steps to Building a University Impact Investing Programme: The Case of Duke University
By Cathy Clark and Grace Webster The World Economic Forum asked CASE i3 to write an article about the role that universities can play in building the impact investing field to contribute to the WEF report entitled From Ideas to Practice, Pilots to Strategy II: Practical Solutions and Actionable Insights on How to Do Impact […]
Accelerating Impact Enterprises: How to Lock, Stock and Anchor Impact Enterprises for Maximum Impact
By Cathy Clark, Matthew H. Allen, Bonny Moellenbrock and Chinwe Onyeagoro As a potential extension of its pioneering work on impact investing, the Rockefeller Foundation commissioned us to be part of a global research consortium aiming to understand the needs of impact enterprises around the globe. One of the foundation’s initial questions was, if impact […]
Environmental Impact Bonds
By David Nicola and Cathy Clark This paper serves as the environmental response to a McKinsey & Company paper on Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) issued in May 2012. SIBs are the “hot topic” in the world of impact investing, yet few are discussing the possibility of applying the SIB model to environmental causes. This paper […]
Toniic E-Guide: Early-Stage Global Impact Investing
The goal of this e- guide is to help those with an interest in investing in early-stage impact enterprises learn how this work is being done by their peers from wherever they are in the world. Using “The 7-Step Framework”, this guide aims to help investors, especially those exploring how impact investing compares to their […]
Elevar Equity: Unitus Equity Fund and Elevar Equity Fund II
Elevar Equity is a thesis based investor focused on generating outstanding investment returns by delivering essential services to disconnected communities underserved by global networks. We back entrepreneurs who deliver innovative market-based solutions that provide valued services to millions of customers. Our entrepreneurs have clear vision, deep customer knowledge and know how to harness market forces […]
Impact Investing 2.0: The Way Forward – Insight from 12 Outstanding Funds
This report, released on November 7, 2013, was created in partnership with InSight at Pacific Community Ventures and Impact Assets, and identifies twelve high-performing funds that have seen both financial and social returns on their investments, making an evidence-based case for a new 2.0 era of impact investing. Pacific Community Ventures, Impact Assets, The Fuqua […]
Accelerating Impact Enterprises (Presentation)
Goal: Understand better the evolution, potential, and needs of domestic impact enterprises and to identify philanthropic, private, and public investment opportunities to increase the likelihood of success among impact enterprises and the emerging “impact economy” in the US. By Cathy Clark, Matthew Allen, Bonny Moellenbrock and Chinwe Onyeagoro 2013 Presentation_Clark_AcceleratingImpactEntrepreneurs_2013
A New World of Metrics: Trends in Monitoring Social Return
By Cathy Clark and Jed Emerson Chapter in “Investing for Impact: How Social Entrepreneurship is Redefining the Meaning of Return.” How do impact investors know when they are truly creating impact? This practical guide explores cutting edge trends in impact assessment and oversight: the challenges in proving real impact, increased transparency and data aggregation, and […]