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Impact Investing

Double your impact with strategic donations that can prioritize investing in projects that do good. When you donate money or non-cash assets to a Giving Fund, you choose if you want to immediately grant your funds to charities, or invest some or all of your funds to grant in the future. Impact investments are long-term commitments with a greater focus on social impact rather than financial gain.

Invest from your Giving Fund in difference-making causes

You can select more traditional growth-oriented portfolios, or place a portion of your funds in impact investments.

What’s an impact investment?

In addition to traditional financial analysis, impact investment decisions are made considering entities and causes that the following values.

Social impact

Make a difference for people and communities with financial need

Equality

Value their employees, customers, and clients across socioeconomic classes

Strategy

Have established, growing earnings but untapped market opportunities

Economic growth

Encourage locals to flourish in their economic status and career development

Contribution to society

Are “net contributors” to society, rather than “net extractors”

Reliability

Have reliable, recurring revenue streams that result in job stability for employees and reduced performance risk for clients and customers

Working with CNCF Impact Investments has been transformational.
They helped us structure values-aligned financing from foundations and private donors who wanted to do more than just give—they wanted to see a bigger return on their generosity. CNCF's structure has opened doors to capital that would have otherwise been out of reach. Quite frankly, we wouldn’t be where we are without them. They’ve been a trusted ally and a catalytic partner in our journey.

-Jeff Golby, CEO & Co-Founder, WellFunded

Seize the opportunity to leverage your philanthropic capital and see real social impact over time.