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Avi Scher
Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Fall Conference Roundup: Emory MBAs Recap Social Impact Events

December 5, 2019  By: Sydney Maier, Carolyn Bero, Avi Scher  Emory University’s Goizueta Business School recently sent several students across the U.S. to attend conferences on social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and socially…
December 5, 2019
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Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Misconceptions of Money & Value

By: Davion Ziere December 2, 2019 For at least 3,000 years, money (including but not limited to coin, shell, paper and digital currency) has dominated how mainstream society measures value. It was originally developed as a tool to simplify…
November 26, 2019
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Emory Impact Investing Group
Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Atlanta Entrepreneurs Discuss the Benefits of Impact Investing at Emory University

By: Aayush Gupta (22C) November 26, 2019 “Most people think of entrepreneurs as risk-takers. I was taught that you have gifts, you have talent, so you invest in those,” said Kevin Rodgers, founder of SHWAXX Laboratories.   On…
November 26, 2019
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Center for Civic Innovation
Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

VOTE NOTE: Civic Impact Awards

The Civic Impact Awards is an awards ceremony hosted by the Center for Civic Innovation to celebrate leaders and organizations who love Atlanta and are fighting for better policies, stronger civic engagement, and an Atlanta that is built for…
October 21, 2019
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Intentionally Good Project
Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Relationships Matter for Diverse-Led Startups & Social Impact Startups

This post originally appeared on LinkedIn. Relationships Matter for Diverse-Led Startups & Social Impact Startups: What We Learned By Spinning Up The Intentionally Good Project in 90 Days October 14, 2019 On May 31st, we received notification…
October 16, 2019
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GSIC
Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Leveraging CDFIs for Mission

Foundations and community lenders scaling outcomes through capital October 9, 2019 Last week, the Georgia Social Impact Collaborative (GSIC) hosted leaders from nearly 40 GA-based foundations and 15 community development financial institutions…
October 9, 2019
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Valor Ventures
Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Smart Investors Use “Inclusion Premium” Thinking, and Here’s Why

By: Lisa Calhoun September 30, 2019 If you’ve ever thought about spending your money with one brand instead of another because one of them had a better reputation, you’re an impact investor. Investors who want to scale their impact…
September 30, 2019
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Invest Atlanta/Center for Civic Innovation
Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Atlanta Emerging Markets Inc., Spanx by Sara Blakely Foundation, and the Center for Civic Innovation Continue Support of Civic Problem-Solvers

Originally posted on Invest Atlanta September 24, 2019 Four Atlanta social ventures have been awarded a total of $200,000 by the Spanx by Sara Blakely Foundation and Atlanta Emerging Markets, Inc. (AEMI) through the Civic Impact Loan Fund.…
September 26, 2019
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Forbes
Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

This VP Proves Impact Investments Yield Big Returns For Investors And Communities

Originally posted on Forbes.com September 17, 2019 The U.S. is struggling with mounting social issues, such as the growing wealth gap and an increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness. To combat these problems, foundation…
September 24, 2019
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Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Pavan Iyer of Backyard ATL

August 29, 2019 By: Pavan Iyer, founder of eightvillage and Backyard ATL Backyard ATL is an affordable housing initiative that provides Atlanta homeowners with backyard space a platform to earn additional income with their property. We…
August 29, 2019
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Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Jack Griffin of FoodFinder

Profile Summary: Entrepreneur Name: Jack Griffin Venture Name: FoodFinder Impact Focus Area(s): Food Insecurity Business Stage (Ideation, Startup, Early, Later, Mature): Early Year Venture Established: 2014 Business Type: Nonprofit The…
July 23, 2019
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Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Nedra Deadwyler of Civil Bikes

Profile Summary: Entrepreneur Name: Nedra Deadwyler Venture Name: Civil Bikes Impact Focus Area(s): Historic Preservation, Community Identity, Culture Work Business Stage (Ideation, Startup, Early, Later, Mature): Early Year Venture…
July 16, 2019
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

The Evolution of Sustainable Business in the Southeast

June 27, 2019 By: Scott Sadler, Founder and President, Boardwalk Capital Management   Today’s companies echo the refrain that “sustainable business is good business” (or something like that.)  But eight or nine years ago,…
June 27, 2019
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Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Erin Croom of Small Bites Adventure Club

Profile Summary: Entrepreneur Name: Erin Croom Venture Name: Small Bites Adventure Club Impact Focus Area(s): Health & Wellness, Food Business Stage (Ideation, Startup, Early, Later, Mature): Startup Year Venture Established:…
June 4, 2019
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Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Terri-Nichelle Bradley of Brown Toy Box

Profile Summary: Entrepreneur Name: Terri-Nichelle Bradley Venture Name: Brown Toy Box Impact Focus Area(s): Education, Black Children, STE(A)M, Cultural Representation Business Stage (Ideation, Startup, Early, Later, Mature):…
May 29, 2019
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

SOCAP, Conscious Company Media, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Announce Inaugural SPECTRUM Conference

This post originally appeared on the website of PRNewswire.    ATLANTA, May 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SOCAP (Social Capital Markets) and Conscious Company Media (CCM) will host the inaugural SPECTRUM conference on June…
May 24, 2019
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UGA Office of Sustainability
Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Campus Sustainability Grants: Building Better Businesses through the B Corp Framework

This post originally appeared on the website of the University of Georgia's Office of Sustainability. University of Georgia MBA student Zack Godfrey is challenging business owners in Georgia to rethink their practices and consider using…
May 20, 2019
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Atlanta Lands Largest Impact Investing Conference for Foundations

Atlanta Lands Largest Impact Investing Conference for Foundations Mission Investors Exchange (MIE) takes biannual conference south in 2020 On May 16, 2019, Mission Investors Exchange (MIE) officially announced to its members that Atlanta…
May 17, 2019
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Urging the Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee to Vote In-Favor of HB230, the Georgia Benefit Corporation Act

May 17, 2019 By: Jeff Woodward, Steering Committee, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative   The Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee disappointed the social impact community in failing to vote in favor of HB230, the Georgia…
May 17, 2019
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

The Triple Bottom Line Approach

May 7, 2019 By: John Lanier, Executive Director of The Ray C. Anderson Foundation   I wonder how linguists feel when they hear frequently misused words and idioms. Is it like nails on a chalkboard, or do they find this vernacular…
May 7, 2019
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City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management
Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Atlanta’s Creative Financing for Green Projects

April 26, 2019 Funded in part by a grant through the Rockefeller Foundation’s Innovative Financing program, Atlanta’s Department of Watershed Management (DWM) recently raised $14M to provide storm water improvements in the Proctor…
April 26, 2019
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Chubb Foundation's Inaugural Pitch Night Makes Impact

April 24, 2019 By: Brandon Chubb, Chubb Foundation   What better way to spend an evening than to hear elementary school kids pitch innovative products and ideas that they've created all on their own? Well, that's exactly…
April 23, 2019
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

ONCE by WildArk: Linking Ecosystem Protection to Consumer Behavior

April 22, 2019 By: Sydney Hulebak, ONCE by WildArk Human activity around the globe is causing the sixth mass extinction. In the last 50 years alone, 50% of the world’s individual species, 58% of the world’s biodiversity and 45% of…
April 22, 2019
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Selling Pecans to Feed Those in Need

April 10, 2019 By: Andrea Jaron, Chief Development Officer, Meals on Wheels Atlanta Meals on Wheels Atlanta is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving our metro area’s seniors in need. In exploring ways to diversify funding sources…
April 10, 2019
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Georgia Tech Hosted Eastern Regional Global Social Venture Competition Finals

Originally published on Scheller News on March 25, 2019 The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) empowers the next generation of social entrepreneurs by providing them with mentoring, exposure, and over $80,000 in prizes to transform…
April 9, 2019
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

What If We Only Paid for Success?

How can nonprofits create sustainable programming? How can impact investors ensure scalability? How can governments spread dollars furthers to actually fix social issues? Pay for Success answers all three questions at once. Pay For Success…
March 29, 2019
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

With Social Impact Investing Support, Place-Based Model Moves to the Suburbs

March 26, 2019 By: Ashani C. O'Mard, Senior Director of Capital Development at the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership Atlanta is home to several inspiring placed-based models of community revitalization - from the transformative…
March 26, 2019
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Funding U
Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Take Risk and Get Paid Handsomely: One Entrepreneur’s Challenge to Start Ups and Impact Investors

March 23, 2019 By: Jeannie Tarkenton, Founder/CEO, Funding University Being part of the impact investment “ecosystem” these days means you likely have a mash up of issues on your mind because – thankfully – the movement has matured…
March 21, 2019
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Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Mark Crosswell of GoATL Fund

Profile Summary: Entrepreneur Name: Mark Crosswell, Managing Director Venture Name: GoATL Fund, an initiative of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Impact Focus Area(s): Arts, Community Development, Education, Nonprofit…
March 4, 2019
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Impact Investing and Building the Next Economy

February 19, 2019 By: Nikishka Iyengar, Founder and CEO, The Guild   This article originally appeared in Green Money Journal. Growing up in Mumbai, India’s financial hub, it was hard to escape the pervasive Slumdog Millionaire-esque…
February 19, 2019
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Measuring Social Impact on Technology Investments

February 15, 2019 By: Sean Williams, Performance Measurement, TechBridge   How do you measure the social impact of technology investment? It’s a big question TechBridge has been working to answer for nearly 25 years. In 2001, TechBridge…
February 15, 2019
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Learning How to Leverage Impact Investing Firsthand at SOCAP18 in San Francisco

December 7, 2018 By: Ted Kietzman 19MBA and Janvi Pamnani 21BBA, Emory University's Goizueta Business School Impact investing is a growing trend in the world of social impact and entrepreneurship. Traditionally, social enterprises were formalized…
December 7, 2018
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Be Wary of Opportunity Zones in Georgia

December 5, 2018 By: Deborah Kasemeyer, Northern Trust Opportunity Zones (OZs) could lead to greater infusions of capital into historically underinvested neighborhoods. And with over 250 OZs in Georgia, only 27 of which are in Atlanta, much…
December 5, 2018
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Rutu Chaudhari of The Dharma Project on SOCAP

SAN FRANCISCO- October 2018- I am the owner of a yoga studio called All Life is Yoga, and the Founder and Executive Director of the Dharma Project, an Atlanta-based non-profit that brings mindfulness and yoga to communities and organizations…
November 30, 2018
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Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Emory Impact Investing Group

Profile Summary: Venture Name: Emory Impact Investing Group (EIIG) Impact Focus Area(s): Business Lending, Consulting, Workforce Development, Job Creation Business Stage (Ideation, Startup, Early, Later, Mature): Startup Year Venture…
November 28, 2018
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Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Greg Block of First Step Staffing

Profile Summary: Entrepreneur Name: Greg Block, Founder and Chairman Venture Name: First Step Staffing Impact Focus Area(s): Homeless, Workforce Development, Disability Services Business Stage (Ideation, Startup, Early, Later,…
November 28, 2018
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Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Brian Cayce of Gray Ghost Ventures

Profile Summary: Entrepreneur Name: Brian Cayce, Vice President, Investments Venture Name: Gray Ghost Ventures (GGV) Impact Focus Area(s): International Development, Technology, Financial Services Business Stage (Ideation, Startup,…
November 28, 2018
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Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Grace Fricks of Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs

Profile Summary: Entrepreneur Name: Grace Fricks, President & CEO Venture Name: Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) Impact Focus Area(s): Small Business Capital with Coaching and Connections, Job Creation, Asset/Wealth Building,…
November 28, 2018
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Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Workshop on Impact Capital for Nonprofits & Social Enterprise

ATLANTA – October 4, 2018 – I attended and thoroughly enjoyed the October 4th Georgia Social Impact Collaborative workshop on Impact Capital for Nonprofits & Social Enterprise: Aligning Creative Capital with Mission. Not only did I learn…
November 5, 2018
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Judith Winfrey of PeachDish
Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Judith Winfrey of PeachDish

Profile Summary: Entrepreneur Name: Judith Winfrey Venture Name: PeachDish Impact Focus Area(s): Agriculture; Environment; Food Products/Organics; Green Consumer Products Business Stage (Ideation, Startup, Early, Later, Mature):…
October 8, 2018
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Press Release

Georgia’s Social Impact Map Goes Live

ATLANTA – October 4, 2018 – Nearly two years after hatching the idea, a collaborative of community leaders announces the launch of the Georgia Social Impact Map, an interactive platform designed to connect and educate stakeholders interested…
October 5, 2018
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Jason Martin of Community Guilds
Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Jason Martin of Community Guilds

Profile Summary: Entrepreneur Name: Jason Martin Venture Name: Community Guilds [STE(A)M Truck Program] Impact Focus Area(s): Education, Community Development, Work force development, Professional Development, Capacity Building …
October 2, 2018
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Jasmine Crowe of Goodr
Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Jasmine Crowe of Goodr

Profile Summary: Entrepreneur Name: Jasmine Crowe Venture Name: Goodr Impact Focus Area(s): Sustainability, Waste Reduction, Hunger Prevention Business Stage (Ideation, Startup, Early, Later, Mature): Early Year Venture Established:…
October 2, 2018
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Jeffrey Martin
Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Jeffrey Martin of honorCode

Profile Summary: Entrepreneur Name: Jeffrey Martin Venture Name: honorCode Impact Focus Area(s): Education, Employment Generation Business Stage (Ideation, Startup, Early, Later, Mature): Early Year Venture Established: 2015 …
October 1, 2018
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Andrew Eck
Featured Enterprise, Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Andrew Eck of Georgia Artisan Furnishings

Profile Summary: Entrepreneur Name: Andrew Eck Venture Name: Georgia Artisan Furnishings Impact Focus Area(s): Sustainability, Workforce Development, Community Development Business Stage (Ideation, Startup, Early, Later, Mature):…
October 1, 2018
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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative

Final Report Issued

ATLANTA – June 12, 2018 – After an exhaustive, year-long study on the state of impact investing in Georgia, the Georgia Social Impact Collaborative (GSIC) has issued a final report on the initial stage of a network mapping project. The…
September 18, 2018
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News + Profiles

  • Fall Conference Roundup: Emory MBAs Recap Social Impact Events
  • Misconceptions of Money & Value
  • Atlanta Entrepreneurs Discuss the Benefits of Impact Investing at Emory University
  • VOTE NOTE: Civic Impact Awards
  • Relationships Matter for Diverse-Led Startups & Social Impact Startups
  • Leveraging CDFIs for Mission
  • Smart Investors Use “Inclusion Premium” Thinking, and Here’s Why
  • Atlanta Emerging Markets Inc., Spanx by Sara Blakely Foundation, and the Center for Civic Innovation Continue Support of Civic Problem-Solvers
  • This VP Proves Impact Investments Yield Big Returns For Investors And Communities
  • Pavan Iyer of Backyard ATL

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1 month ago

"This is the story of how we launched The Intentionally Good Project, a ground-breaking initiative, against impossible odds over the course of 90 days." Joey Womack

Read more about why relationships matter on GSIC's blog: https://gasocialimpact.com/relationships-matter/ ... See more

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1 month ago

Exciting to hear the update from Atlanta's own PadSplit at Techstars Atlanta Demo Day last evening. The tech-enabled affordable housing startup has opened its platform to ordinary property owners that want to monetize their extra space. This comes after the company grew 10x in the past year, with over 500 active units that collect more than $60,000 a week.

Learn more about PadSplit here: https://www.padsplit.com/
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2 months ago

Four Atlanta social ventures have been awarded a total of $200,000 by the SPANX by Sara Blakely Foundation and Atlanta Emerging Markets, Inc. (AEMI) through the Civic Impact Loan Fund. This loan fund is an effort created in partnership with the Center for Civic Innovation (CCI) to support early-stage civic entrepreneurs in scaling their businesses and expanding their community impact in Atlanta.

Read more on the GSIC blog: https://gasocialimpact.com/2019-civic-innovation-loan-fund/
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2 months ago

GSIC is committed to continuing to provide connections and learning opportunities to impact investors and social enterprises of all types throughout Georgia. So last week, we hosted leaders from nearly 40 GA-based foundations and 15 community development financial institutions (CDFIs) to gain insights on how to advance their common goals around social outcomes.

Read more about the conversations that emerged on the GSIC blog: https://gasocialimpact.com/leveraging-cdfis-for-mission/
... See more

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2 months ago

Forbes Nonprofit Council member Amelia Nickerson is Vice President of Development and Community Relations at First Step Staffing, an alternative staffing organization employing men and women experiencing homelessness.

Founded in Atlanta in 2007, First Step is one of the first workforce development organizations to use impact and mission-related investment dollars to support its growth. Nickerson attributes First Step’s success to those early lenders who were willing to assume some risk to support social good.

Read more on GSIC's blog here: https://gasocialimpact.com/forbes-first-step-vp-brings-returns/.
... See more

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2 months ago

Standing room only at the Land Bank-CLT panel hosted by
Center for Community Progress yesterday. Atlanta Land Trust and the Land Bank Authority did a great job representing the work being done here in City of Atlanta Government. ... See more

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2 months ago

Two great partnerships were honored at today's Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Annual Awards Luncheon: 1) JPMorgan Chase & Co. PRO Neighborhoods, ANDP Homes and Reinvestment Fund and 2) Village Micro Fund, Morehouse College and Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative. Congrats to all of the winners! ... See more

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2 months ago

Thanks to all who came to today's event on Leveraging #CDFIs for Mission. A very special thanks to our speakers: Courtney Smith from PNC, Sameera Fazili from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Sandra Mikush formerly of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation.

The #ImpInv ecosystem in Georgia is growing. The excitement in the room was overflowing. #GSIC
... See more

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2 months ago

Valor Ventures works under the assumption that inclusion is one of the risks controllable by investors and that it is also one of the few risks that, if well managed, has a strong positive outcome for the investment.

Read more about "Inclusion Premium" thinking from Founding General Partner Lisa Calhoun on GSIC's blog: https://gasocialimpact.com/smart-investors-inclusion-premium/
... See more

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3 months ago
Photos from GSIC's post

"If Backyard ATL scales, we can help to keep thousands of low-middle income homeowners in place while accommodating Atlanta’s skyrocketing population growth. However, it can’t scale unless the social value of what we are bringing is not only accepted but also embraced by its investors. If we hope to provide market solutions that are actually solving social issues, we will need to find capital that is more conscience of the realities of the problems we are trying to solve."

Read more from Pavan Iyer of BackyardATL and eightvillage on the GSIC blog: https://gasocialimpact.com/pavan-iyer-backyard-atl/
... See more

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1 month ago

"This is the story of how we launched The Intentionally Good Project, a ground-breaking initiative, against impossible odds over the course of 90 days." Joey Womack

Read more about why relationships matter on GSIC's blog: https://gasocialimpact.com/relationships-matter/ ... See more

View on facebook
1 month ago

Exciting to hear the update from Atlanta's own PadSplit at Techstars Atlanta Demo Day last evening. The tech-enabled affordable housing startup has opened its platform to ordinary property owners that want to monetize their extra space. This comes after the company grew 10x in the past year, with over 500 active units that collect more than $60,000 a week.

Learn more about PadSplit here: https://www.padsplit.com/
... See more

View on facebook
2 months ago

Four Atlanta social ventures have been awarded a total of $200,000 by the SPANX by Sara Blakely Foundation and Atlanta Emerging Markets, Inc. (AEMI) through the Civic Impact Loan Fund. This loan fund is an effort created in partnership with the Center for Civic Innovation (CCI) to support early-stage civic entrepreneurs in scaling their businesses and expanding their community impact in Atlanta.

Read more on the GSIC blog: https://gasocialimpact.com/2019-civic-innovation-loan-fund/
... See more

View on facebook
2 months ago

GSIC is committed to continuing to provide connections and learning opportunities to impact investors and social enterprises of all types throughout Georgia. So last week, we hosted leaders from nearly 40 GA-based foundations and 15 community development financial institutions (CDFIs) to gain insights on how to advance their common goals around social outcomes.

Read more about the conversations that emerged on the GSIC blog: https://gasocialimpact.com/leveraging-cdfis-for-mission/
... See more

View on facebook
2 months ago

Forbes Nonprofit Council member Amelia Nickerson is Vice President of Development and Community Relations at First Step Staffing, an alternative staffing organization employing men and women experiencing homelessness.

Founded in Atlanta in 2007, First Step is one of the first workforce development organizations to use impact and mission-related investment dollars to support its growth. Nickerson attributes First Step’s success to those early lenders who were willing to assume some risk to support social good.

Read more on GSIC's blog here: https://gasocialimpact.com/forbes-first-step-vp-brings-returns/.
... See more

View on facebook
2 months ago

Standing room only at the Land Bank-CLT panel hosted by
Center for Community Progress yesterday. Atlanta Land Trust and the Land Bank Authority did a great job representing the work being done here in City of Atlanta Government. ... See more

View on facebook
2 months ago

Two great partnerships were honored at today's Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Annual Awards Luncheon: 1) JPMorgan Chase & Co. PRO Neighborhoods, ANDP Homes and Reinvestment Fund and 2) Village Micro Fund, Morehouse College and Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative. Congrats to all of the winners! ... See more

View on facebook
2 months ago

Thanks to all who came to today's event on Leveraging #CDFIs for Mission. A very special thanks to our speakers: Courtney Smith from PNC, Sameera Fazili from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Sandra Mikush formerly of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation.

The #ImpInv ecosystem in Georgia is growing. The excitement in the room was overflowing. #GSIC
... See more

View on facebook
2 months ago

Valor Ventures works under the assumption that inclusion is one of the risks controllable by investors and that it is also one of the few risks that, if well managed, has a strong positive outcome for the investment.

Read more about "Inclusion Premium" thinking from Founding General Partner Lisa Calhoun on GSIC's blog: https://gasocialimpact.com/smart-investors-inclusion-premium/
... See more

View on facebook
3 months ago
Photos from GSIC's post

"If Backyard ATL scales, we can help to keep thousands of low-middle income homeowners in place while accommodating Atlanta’s skyrocketing population growth. However, it can’t scale unless the social value of what we are bringing is not only accepted but also embraced by its investors. If we hope to provide market solutions that are actually solving social issues, we will need to find capital that is more conscience of the realities of the problems we are trying to solve."

Read more from Pavan Iyer of BackyardATL and eightvillage on the GSIC blog: https://gasocialimpact.com/pavan-iyer-backyard-atl/
... See more

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