By Floyd Keene, President, The Triple EEE Foundation
Recently, I began thinking about major trends that will affect philanthropy in upcoming years. I concluded that the following five are likely to occur, and, if they do, they will change the face of American philanthropy forever. In fact, the fifth trend alone—the emergence of social issue-specific Super PACs—has the power to forever change the flow of philanthropic funds within America.
By Elaine Gast Fawcett on behalf of ASF
When investing and philanthropy come together, it can seem messy.
On the one hand, there’s investing, which focuses on financial return. Philanthropy, on the other, focuses on achieving social change, and tends to downplay financial returns.
Impact investing, a relatively newer term for mission investing, combines the goals of investing and philanthropy. It means investing money intentionally into companies, organizations, and funds to get a social return along with a financial one.
Sound like having your investment pie and eating it too?
