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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Mark Crosswell of GoATL Fund

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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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