Program Related Investments
Overview \
Support Organizations \ Models
& Best Practices
Research Resources \ Articles-Publications
RESEARCH RESOURCES
Brody•Weiser•Burns
www.brodyweiser.com
Brody-Weiser-Burns is a consulting firm that helps foundations and
corporations make social investments and program-related investments
in the form of loans, equity investments and recoverable grants
to nonprofits or social purpose businesses committed to social change.
The web site contains a number of publications on these themes.
Future
of Philanthropy
www.futureofphilanthropy.org
This website contains a number of reports on trends in the field,
including looking at different means of leveraging foundation effects
more effectively, including through the use of social investment
tools such as PRIs.
Institutional
Shareowner
www.institutionalshareowner.com
Institutional Shareowner is a website of SRI World Group, Inc.,
a financial information services and consulting company. The company
is a leading provider of news, data, and analysis to the sustainable
and responsible investing and corporate social responsibility markets.
The website contains a wide range of articles on community investing,
including PRIs.
National Committee
for Responsive Philanthropy
www.ncrp.org
Since 1976, NCRP has advocated for the philanthropic community to
work toward social and economic justice for disadvantaged and disenfranchised
populations and communities. The website contains a number of publications
on these issues.
Neighborhood Funders
Group
www.nfg.org
The Neighborhood Funders Group is a national network of foundations
and philanthropic groups that support community-based efforts that
improve economic and social conditions in low-income communities.
NFG maintains a number of working groups, including the PRI Makers
Network.
Nonprofit
Sector Research Fund (The Aspen Institute)
www.nonprofitresearch.org
Established in 1991, the Fund promotes the exploration of tough,
neglected questions regarding the nonprofit sector, including trends
in social investing. The website contains a wide range of publications
on foundations and nonprofits.
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.rwjf.org/files/publications/books/2002/chapter_10.html
This chapter on program-related investments, from a much longer
anthology, provides a thoughtful overview of the nature of PRIs
and how the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in particular has used
them to finance the construction of community health facilities.
Social
Funds.com
www.socialfunds.com
SocialFunds.com features over 10,000 pages of information on SRI
mutual funds, community investments, corporate research, shareowner
actions, and daily social investment news.
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