Investing

IRIS is an initiative of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing. Impact investments are investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. The GIIN recognizes impact measurement as a core character…   READ MORE

Our mission is to learn how to give as effectively as we can and share our findings openly so that anyone can build on our work.   READ MORE

Vision of Community Fellowship (VOCF) helps people, leaders, and communities experience transformation through on-line training, small group interaction, and a clearing house that connects donors directly with projects around the world. VOCF takes 0% overhead from donations for projects.   READ MORE

The Global Impact Investing Network is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing. Impact investments are investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. They can be made in both emerging and developed markets, and target a range of returns f…   READ MORE

The Skoll Foundation drives large scale change by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs and the innovators who help them solve the world’s most pressing problems.   READ MORE

GiveWell is a nonprofit dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities and publishing the full details of our analysis to help donors decide where to give. Unlike charity evaluators that focus solely on financials, assessing administrative or fundraising costs, we conduct in-depth research aiming to determine how much good a given program accomplishes (in terms of lives saved, lives improv…   READ MORE

Excellence in Giving is a full-service philanthropic advisory firm designed to increase the joy of high-capacity donors through a personalized process of discovery, evaluation, participation, and celebration. Through the Excellence in Giving process, philanthropists are able to give confidently and maximize the impact of their philanthropy.   READ MORE

We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share our commitment to fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.   READ MORE

The purpose of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners is to support philanthropy by fostering the development and growth of gift planning. The Association creates awareness, provides education and is an advocate of charitable giving.   READ MORE

Foundation Source is the nation’s leading provider of support services for private foundations. Nearly 1000 foundations rely upon Foundation Source for their back office, technology and philanthropic advisory needs. We are “virtual staff” to active donors and their families who wish to make their philanthropy more effective, more creative and more rewarding.   READ MORE