https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/home daily 0.75 2021-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb0b54755be25d5d92bfb3/1559252192300-EOFOIYL5NBLA7IDHGDZR/image-asset.jpeg Home - Materials for Learning Many educational materials in local languages are often out of date. We work with school leaders and publishers to ensure that students have access to current textbooks that are age appropriate and written in their primary language. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb0b54755be25d5d92bfb3/1559252207571-LZCNVW6ZFPOBOLJS7EC4/image-asset.jpeg Home - Continuing Education for Teachers We create bespoke continuing education programs to address the needs of teachers and their student communities. From training on the latest technology to new pedagogical methods, we help teachers make their classrooms engaging and successful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb0b54755be25d5d92bfb3/1559252223994-JBQZAKD1RF7FDJMOVVJV/image-asset.jpeg Home - Support for Communities Education happens within the context of a larger community. Our approach extends beyond the school to help ensure students have the necessary support to do their best learning. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/home-1 daily 1.0 2024-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/80246721-ffc7-4962-bd6b-ebcfa1279507/Screen+Shot+2024-03-14+at+4.39.33+PM.png Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/4eb5d0be-68c3-489e-98b0-f93b423d60f4/_Z1E2838_sharp.jpg Home - Knowledge We conduct timely research and strategic evaluation with expert analysis to create meaningful case studies. One example is our Make Money Matter: Expanding Impact Investing for Sustainable Oceans, Fisheries, and Livelihoods case study. This work is now being taken a step forward with our current collaboration with the GIIN to develop standardized metrics for IRIS+ on the Marine Resources Conservation and Management theme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/9dc9f01b-5440-4716-9789-9ce011f84a4d/Screen+Shot+2023-01-16+at+1.59.58+PM.png Home - Strategy We use our knowledge and experience to customize strategies for investors and advisors to maximize their social finance impact. View our Democracy Collaborative: Community Wealth Building and Regenerative Economics case study, which exemplifies a combination of all of our expertise to to take on wicked problems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/37da12c0-f5ea-4134-aa3d-ecdf74725403/Screen+Shot+2022-05-18+at+10.27.56+PM.jpg Home - Leadership As evident in our case study study Impact Investing at Lumina Foundation: Potential, Pitfalls, and Progress, we equip executives to address problems with integrity at home and globally. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/our-vision daily 0.75 2024-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/7ea83cfd-8a73-4184-afdb-0d14eed18a70/Thomson+Reuters.jpg Our Vision pfc helps people and organizations use money, time, passion, and purpose to build a more just world. Doing good is not easy these days. Social investors must navigate an alphabet sea of ESG, SDG, PRI, SRI, DAF, SIB, DIB, MRI to make sure their money has a positive impact. pfc works to make the path forward clearer. We believe that creative solutions can be found in complex times. pfc believes that the world’s most wicked problems are the challenges most worth solving. They are the issues that keep everyone around the world up at night—poverty and income disparity, food and water scarcity, climate change and energy shortages. They are also the systemic issues that are borne most heavily by the most vulnerable populations—women, children, and their families. Whether Detroit or Delhi, LA or Lagos, Mexico City or Moscow. We work with partners to take on-the-ground experiences and lessons and translate them into cutting edge solutions. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/team-2 daily 0.75 2024-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/8ebc1f80-69c4-4afe-b10b-6f84815847d8/PFC_HAFA_Farm0395+%281%29.jpg Our Team - Better, together We are committed to our clients and partners. For us to be successful, we must do good within our organization, and for communities we serve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/d9778c32-90ee-4adf-adc6-f2c6b0cfd149/image001.jpg Our Team - Make it stand out Gayle Peterson Senior Managing Director. Entrepreneur. Educator. ESG Coach. Impact Investor. Truth Teller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/1636418843649-EQWUTXN8O9Q3L21I37KW/968e52_3a49fd72d9c941f8a5233c824815c946%7Emv2.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/1636418939060-VH4MUE7MAKHQS9392RZ1/Sombo%2BChunda%2B.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/1636419018835-158C5HTPHZNO1RM9I57V/Screen+Shot+2019-05-16+at+2_04_45+PM.png Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/1636419159917-8QY3987HVYEMY327ASJF/968e52_734165689e8c4fedb05eb97b1f86fba7%257Emv2.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/1644953856804-RLKMNC75J6YG7GULPQQA/image006.png Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/1644954229082-X655CYYNWF6GYXLK4JFM/Screen%2BShot%2B2022-02-15%2Bat%2B1.42.40%2BPM.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/f79f95a2-c73b-44a8-bf30-1ac8edbd70fa/Adema+Sangale.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/078390c4-b327-466f-9ed8-5fd05d5905e3/Anne+Makena.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/da0df2be-984c-4966-b4f1-71a88acd9742/Jiayi.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/a1db0102-bd7d-4844-9c6f-93c27300965d/Aditi+Angiras.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/40f58e94-4fcc-4712-ab1e-23c13ae6e793/Jasmine+Dhingra.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/58729d91-0908-40d6-aa14-206482a3e55e/Kanika.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/ffe3f5e5-6e2a-4892-9b33-332fda20b2f6/Frank-Aswani.option+b.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/59e9a28e-344e-43f3-82ca-a65d09d91ad7/Phyllis+option+b.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/68bf7db6-47bd-4646-9aa8-0176ed529e32/Michaela+Capps.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/89f6e139-a0fa-4a1a-9ab3-507832a85d6f/thumbnail_6462-4418.jpg Our Team https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/ourwork daily 0.75 2024-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/83513f1d-4bb1-4705-ab6f-bfb624d88ee5/PFC_Brooklyn_0972+%281%29.jpg Our work - Our work Whether it’s the future of oceans and fisheries or controlling climate change—we know that simple formulas aren’t the answer. 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How does it build a learning organization, craft a mission, and leverage its strengths through communications? How does it recruit and retain partners globally to support its mission of women’s rights and social entrepreneurship? Brief: The case explores the rapid growth and evolution of the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s TrustLaw program, including how a small staff built partnerships with the world’s largest law firms and helped change the fate of domestic workers in the Philippines, battered women in China, micro-borrowers in the EU, and villages in India without reliable energy. It analyzes the program’s learning processes and how it identifies strengths and adjusts weaknesses. It derives lessons for social impact in working across borders and finds the impact of working with “more than money.” https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/8aedcdd2-ea97-4963-a7f4-92612ef5ed24/Screen+Shot+2021-11-08+at+4.46.09+PM.png Afram Plains - Afram Plains: Ethics & Impact Investing Questions: What ethical standards should guide social investors, especially when operating in a different country and culture? What role should international laws and conventions play in social investing? Brief: The Afram Plains case illustrates due diligence and the difficult ethical choices investors must make when impact investing across borders. This case is available for purchase through the Case Centre. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/3d0f6344-212d-46a0-9024-2ff9ef9aa2f6/Screen+Shot+2021-11-08+at+4.46.21+PM.png Mellon Capital - Mellon Capital & McKnight Foundation: Building a Carbon Efficiency Strategy Questions: How can philanthropy and the private sector collaborate to design new models for investing in social change? How are new products developed that yield social and environmental as well as economic returns? How can values be aligned with fiduciary responsibility to make such partnerships possible? Brief: The case explores how the McKnight Foundation, one of the largest US foundations, worked with its financial advisors and Mellon Capital, a boutique of BNY Mellon, to design an investment strategy aligned with its programmatic values. Their work together led both to revisit assumptions, contributed new models for CSR, and broke new ground for the emerging practice of impact investing and social finance. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-1-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/58d59e23-8c40-4b6e-838e-65c2e54cfa1f/CWF.jpg Hewlett Packard - Hewlett & Packard Foundations: Creating ClimateWorks Foundation Questions: What challenges arise when some of the world’s largest foundations collaborate to address one of today’s most complex issues—climate change? How can funders evolve their approach, learn, and recalibrate while meeting the pressing timetable of intergovernmental negotiations? How can widely different cultural and national attitudes be harmonized for effective action? Brief: The case investigates the complexity of building a startup organization while racing to create a strategy to address climate change on a global scale. It draws lessons for funders, or for any social change agent, seeking to work collaboratively in areas of policy, political, and programmatic complexity. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-1-1-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/5e7add5d-cb8c-4162-b5a5-08a58cea254b/Screen+Shot+2021-11-08+at+4.46.38+PM.png WKKF - WKKF Mission Driven Investment Leadership in Impact Investing Question: How did the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) create a Mission Driven Investment program that aligned mission with social, financial, and learning returns on its investment? How did its leadership help shape the emergent field of impact investing? Brief: This case examines how WKKF conducted research, developed a strategy, and launched an impact investing program. It highlights early outcomes and lessons from investments in food security and healthy food access programs. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-1-1-1-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/e7f119f9-4570-4eba-9e70-fa646f4f0166/macarthur.jpg MacArthur - MacArthur Foundation: Unlocking Capital for Social Good Questions: How does one of the largest foundations in the world ensure it uses all of its financial resources for good? How does it learn from new developments in the field, while testing for outcomes that will best serve its unique approach to social change in the areas of housing, the arts, health, and the environment? How does a funder create tools and solve problems when confronted with "certain challenges grants are not suited to address?” Brief: The MacArthur case study considers the role of Program Related Investments in stimulating greater alignment between social enterprises and financial markets to achieve common objectives. It showcases five examples of the foundation going beyond grantmaking to develop investment strategies in diverse areas across two decades of evolving work. MacArthur’s investment program, nearly 30 years old, has made approximately $450 million in investments that push the envelope for innovative transformation around the world. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/2e9bfecb-f4a9-4875-9055-d6991e47316e/Screen+Shot+2021-11-08+at+4.46.48+PM.png Vladimir - Vladimir Potanin Foundation: Arts, Education, and Philanthropy Questions: How does a Russian foundation build a new generation of leaders who are critical thinkers, self-reflective, willing to challenge themselves, and committed to helping others? How does it expand knowledge and bring professionalism to the fields of arts and culture and education? How does it build a philanthropic community where charitable institutions have not been part of the culture for decades? Brief: The Vladimir Potanin Foundation case examines how the first private foundation in Russia blended its founder’s business savvy with the expertise of senior staff in grantmaking, partnership development, and the creative use of capital to shape a new model for philanthropy. This case study is available in English for purchase through the Case Centre. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/be188fb4-f42a-4b75-82af-bbd7755d57de/Vodafone+mother+and+daughter.png Vodafone - Vodafone India: Employee Engagement Questions: How does a country subsidiary of a global telecom redefine CSR and give employees a direct role, taking employee engagement to a new level? How do communities, employees, and the company benefit and learn from these actions? Brief: The Vodafone India Foundation launched its ambitious CSR program, World of Difference (WOD), to bring its employees’ business skills to strengthening organizations that serve India’s poorest. This case examines how partnerships evolved, programs were adjusted, and the corporation learned along with the NGOs. It dives into lessons from the WOD program, including how Vodafone learned, how it shared its lessons, and how the company reaped a triple-bottom-line return on its investment in social change. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/60f93464-b440-45e2-b6c9-0848cc915a01/pBA27mWv1TXr_oMWhjffviMWuXWbc6z6AxTQFcHKsy4Am-TJceH1j_JtsWDLtQsvAs8rhr-wfrakY_fGl8-5LI.jpeg Walton - Walton Family Foundation: Protecting Freshwater The Brief: The Walton Family Foundation’s Freshwater Conservation Initiative has invested more than $80 million in the Colorado and Mississippi River Basins to protect the health and resilience of the people and the wildlife dependent on these resources. Along the Mississippi River, the Foundation wants to reduce and eliminate an anoxic “Dead Zone” in the Gulf of Mexico that is more than 5,500 square miles, or the size of the state of Connecticut. Caused by fertilizer and nutrient pollution from farm and urban run-off, and deadly to fish and wildlife, the Dead Zone also destroys economies such as fisheries that depend on natural systems. The Foundation wanted to know what impact its investments had had in helping farmers reduce their use of chemical fertilizers and in increasing private and federal restoration efforts. The Colorado River Basin represented another challenge. Water resources there were shared among multiple jurisdictions and urban and rural water users. Facing historic droughts and growing demand, the old rules were no longer working. The 36 million people who depend on the Colorado River for their water supply faced a new world of scarcity. The Walton Family Foundation invested over $17 million in efforts to help the two nations and seven states that rely on Colorado River water design a system that would work into the future. The Foundation wanted to know how its efforts were helping these decision-makers redefine and manage water rights and access. The Solution: pfc mplemented a multi-pronged developmental evaluation process to gather insights, lessons, and recommendations. We talked to farmers and ranchers, grantees, other stakeholders, and foundation staff to understand the results of the foundation’s investments. We recommended steps to develop leadership capacity among target communities, to increase partnership with other stakeholders partners, and to refine success metrics. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-2 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/0fb5b6dc-63cb-481a-9cea-658417249ed0/Screen+Shot+2022-02-21+at+3.03.37+PM.png Concern - Concern Worldwide as a Navigator for Social Finance and SDGs: Building Community Resilience in Fragile States This programme of study examines the practice of Concern Worldwide (Concern), a 50-year old international humanitarian organization working in 24 countries and its relevance as a private sector navigator in social change. Concern’s vision is“a world free from poverty, fear, and oppression. A world where everyone has access to the opportunities they need to live a long, healthy and creative life. A world where everyone is treated with dignity and respect,”. The case focuses on Concern’s effort and experiences to empower and build resilient communities in fragile states: Somalia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Kenya. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-3 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/625eecb1-a16d-4a70-9a04-9446ed3f4d3e/Screen+Shot+2021-11-08+at+4.47.14+PM.png Good Food - Good Food, Great Kids Initiative, with WKKF, National Farm to School Network, and BUILD Initiative Questions: What are we learning about the growing field of healthy food provision to children in their formative years? Are there ideas from on-the-ground practitioners in early childcare and education settings that we can leverage for nation-wide impact? What policy implications does this work hold, and how can we work with decision makers to ensure that healthy, quality food makes its way to our youngest children and their families? Brief: Partnering with National Farm to School Network and BUILD Initiative’s QRIS National Learning Network, pfc has developed a set of case studies that examine the growing movement to bring healthy and wholesome food to children ages 0 to five in settings that prepare them for school, highlighting best practices from service providers on the leading edge of this work. Cases will also consider how policy development and reform can be a great support to ensuring the health and early development of children in vulnerable and hard to reach communities. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-3-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/5b065ddd-d88b-43b5-bc9b-4b1f23248889/Screen+Shot+2021-11-08+at+4.47.21+PM.png Gender Lens - Gender Lens Investing Brief: The “female economy” is estimated to represent a growth market more than twice as big as the opportunity of China and India combined, yet the female consumer is widely considered underestimated, underserved, and "niche." Women will be proactive in wielding this influence: 75 percent of female wealth creators say they are the primary financial decision-makers. Women are more strategic in their charitable giving, with 78 percent creating an annual giving strategy compared to 72 percent of men. With this power, how will women and the younger generations shape the world economy? https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-3-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/96f429f6-b460-4421-99db-84205052529e/_MG_8880-Edit.jpg Slavery - Slavery and Impact Investing Brief: While counting a hidden population is difficult, the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that there are 21 million victims of slavery today; the Global Slavery Index places the number at 35.8 million. Despite efforts by NGOs and governments to abolish slavery in all its forms, it remains a Wicked Problem. This case study details the special roles private capital and impact investing can play in eradicating the worldwide issue. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-3-1-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/fd5d3633-b158-42fb-a080-d2f246febc0a/16Aug02__DSF8548%5B8%5D.jpg Kresge - The Kresge Foundation: Building Sustainable Cities through Blended Capital Questions: How can social finance re-imagine cities in crisis? What are the tools and strategies philanthropy requires at its disposal to deploy the full spectrum of capital? Brief: "Building Sustainable Cities through Blended Capital" examines The Kresge Foundation's journey of integrating social investing into its grantmaking to expand opportunities in America's cities. The case study discusses the Foundation's evolving approach to risk in this transition; how to create buy-in on strategic shifts from board members, staff, investor partners, and community; and takes a deep dive into the blended capital stack behind the Woodward Corridor Investment Fund in Detroit. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-3-1-1-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/33e77b0f-3162-4966-b259-fb2e29ef2606/25_MG_2688.jpg UBS - UBS Optimus Foundation: From Giving to Investing Question: Aside from traditional grantmaking, what new and innovative finance tools are available for foundations to make effective and systemic changes for their beneficiaries? Brief: This case study examines how UBS Optimus Foundation is investing in new social finance tools such as Development Impact Bonds and Social Success Notes to prototype solutions to scale to improve the lives of children globally. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-3-1-1-1-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/2d41d6fb-abed-4a81-911e-55c2866a5158/Screen+Shot+2021-11-08+at+4.45.41+PM.png William - The Power of Feedback: Solving Wicked Problems through Listening and Learning Questions: Why is seeking community feedback both the "smart and right" thing to do in social finance? What are emerging promising practice worth replicating, and what are some cautionary tales? Brief: The "Power of Feedback" brief makes the case for social finance to listen and learn from community, raises challenges and barriers within the sector, and describes core elements of effective feedback loops based on research from the field. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-3-1-1-1-1-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/9c6e34b3-d235-4916-ad3d-34b949b9d866/Screen+Shot+2021-11-08+at+4.45.33+PM.png Ivey - Ivey, Suncor Energy, and McConnell Foundations: Social Finance Strategies for a Canadian Low-Carbon Economy Questions: Now that the US has withdrawn from the Paris Climate Accord, how must Canada's role expand as it accepts this new leadership mantle, and how must philanthropists and social investors support this new role? How can their resources trigger new blended capital models to leverage public and private sector resources to control and mitigate the devastating impacts of climate change? Brief: This case examines examples of how the provinces of Quebec and Alberta, as well as the federal government, are using social finance to build new relationships with mainstream finance, and are unlocking the financial tools to go to scale with the goal to cut CO2 emissions, and create a new low-carbon economy and jobs for the future. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/e74acc69-200e-4f3e-b42f-2af19a70ec82/Screen+Shot+2021-11-08+at+4.45.10+PM.png Humanity United - Launching the Working Capital Fund: A Case Study of Humanity United Question: How can foundations leverage their influence and networks to address the wicked problem of modern-day slavery? Brief: This case examines the start-up phase of Humanity United's Working Capital Investment Fund and shares perspectives of HU and its partners as to what they hope to achieve toward the goal of eradicating slavery in supply chains. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/4eaf9d43-747e-4d17-baa4-b53b10b96d0b/Screen+Shot+2021-11-08+at+4.45.19+PM.png Climate Action - Investing in Climate Action and Clean Energy Access: Views Through a Gender Lens Question: How can foundations, private companies, and civil society organizations be financially viable while also keeping their commitments to helping the world's most vulnerable and effected by climate change? Brief: This case study examines how Wallace Global Fund, a leader in the Divest-Invest movement, empowers its grantees to tackle climate change through a gender lens. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/team-2-1 daily 0.75 2022-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/8ebc1f80-69c4-4afe-b10b-6f84815847d8/PFC_HAFA_Farm0395+%281%29.jpg Our Team (Copy) - Better, together. We are committed to our clients and partners. For us to be successful, we must do good within our organization, and for communities we serve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/d9778c32-90ee-4adf-adc6-f2c6b0cfd149/image001.jpg Our Team (Copy) - Make it stand out Gayle Peterson Senior Managing Director. Entrepreneur. Educator. ESG Coach. Impact Investor. 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Future-Fit Foundation specifically targets business as a change agent in the transformation to a new kind of system. They emphasize the theory that companies can deliver more than just shareholder value by concentrating on the social and environmental benefits of what they produce. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-1-2-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/abb6e0a0-2d1c-4e58-b540-45b58df76c1f/Screen+Shot+2022-02-24+at+1.02.45+PM.png Detroit - Supporting Detroit Area Arts Organizations through Creative Capital pfc researched whether new funds (philanthropic or impact investing) could be generated by financial advisors and their clients to support Detroit-area arts organizations. While the research is targeted, the findings have broader implications for arts organizations in the US and globally. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-1-2-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/669ce780-10f2-4bb3-9434-38f338684fad/25_Z1E4883Cfinal.jpg Flying Bird - Flying Blind—Hunting Down New Economic Theories in Times of Crisis This case study examines how new economic theories are being developed and promoted in an economic organization traditionally linked to neoliberal thinking. New Approaches to Economic Challenges (NAEC [pronounced “NY-ack”] is an initiative of the OECD. It seeks to reopen the debate about value and values in economic policymaking, thereby providing more nuanced and accurate tools to assess where we are and where we are going in terms of moving to a new economic environment. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/new-page-1-4 daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/4eb5d0be-68c3-489e-98b0-f93b423d60f4/_Z1E2838_sharp.jpg Making Money Matter - Make Money Matter: Expanding Impact Investing for Sustainable Oceans, Fisheries, and Livelihoods More than three billion people depend on the ocean for their livelihoods and for sustenance, the vast majority of whom live in emerging markets around the world. As the largest connected biosphere on Earth, the ocean is home to an estimated 50-80 percent of all life and plays a critical role in stabilizing our ever-changing climate. And yet, despite the profound impact on the lives and livelihoods, the ocean and fisheries are often overlooked when it comes to financing sustainable development. Recent studies have estimated a total annual funding gap of $150 billion for ocean conservation.[i] Among the United Nations’ seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), SDG14—“Life Below Water”—is among the least funded.[ii] How can we mobilize adequate financing to ensure the sustainability and prosperity of oceans, fisheries, and coastal communities around the world? This is the question at the heart of this report, which was supported by Walton Family Foundation (WFF or foundation) to better understand whether impact investing funds are helping sustain oceans, fisheries, and the communities who depend on them. The pfc team’s goals was to better understand challenges and ways to overcome barriers to leverage new resources for sustainable oceans and fisheries. 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In doing so, Make Money Matter will generate new capital to support market-driven solutions that advance equitable and sustainable livelihoods. https://www.pfcsocialimpact.org/pfctodayandtomorrow daily 0.75 2024-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/4eb5d0be-68c3-489e-98b0-f93b423d60f4/_Z1E2838_sharp.jpg pfc Today & Tomorrow - Doing More with Action Investing In an era where global crises are increasingly intertwined, a holistic response is essential. Our interconnected world demands solutions that transcend traditional boundaries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/3bf5d2b8-86b0-4d6f-b5ff-1342041e6ec6/BHU_cheriboymonk_3blur_sharpflat.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61845dd2f94ca2567818bede/76bcb5cb-89bc-40e5-b759-43ca8a731bb1/Screen+Shot+2024-03-19+at+1.50.47+PM.jpg