The Nonprofit Finance Fund, which has been doing the country an incredible service by conducting rigorous research and sharing information on the emerging Pay For Success (PFS) models in the United States, released its latest report yesterday. NFF describes each of these financing models as “accelerating the transition of the United States social sector from on output-driven funding model to an outcomes-driven funding model” and acknowledges that, as with any new model for anything, there are competing risk trade-offs for the various stakeholders.
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Lisa Heydlauff tells stories to inspire the children of Indian slums and villages to believe in their own possibilities; Paul Cheng works to improve the financial efficiency of charities and social enterprises out of London; Keely Stevenson in San Francisco invests in women due to the multiplier effect they have in support of long-term economic growth; And in Zurich, social entrepreneur, Roman Gaus, is developing a cost-efficient, sustainable and process-controlled way to grow food and roll out urban farms worldwide.
It is often remarked that good intentions are not enough. We all know about projects and visions animated by excellent intentions that either failed completely, or inadvertently created as many problems as solutions. The role of social finance in microfinance is just such a tale.
Why own when you can access? This question is becoming more and more prevalent among city dwellers thanks to the rise of the sharing economy, which is revolutionizing the way we think about ownership by increasing access, reducing waste, and generally making life better. Collaborative consumption, or peer-to-peer economy, is allowing us to take a broader, innovative perspective of our owned assets.
The most recent update of the Green Transition Scoreboard (GTS), released in February 2012, finds that over $3.3 trillion ($3,306,051,439,680 to be exact) have been invested in the green economy since 2007, putting global investors and countries on track to reach $10 trillion in investments by 2020.




























