Are your philanthropic assets
maximizing their total impact?

Use the IFI Tool to see how—with plausible assumptions about return and impact—even modest allocations to impact-first investments may increase the total impact of your philanthropic assets over time.

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What are impact-first investments (IFIs) and how do they work?

There are increasingly innovative and sustainable market-based solutions that generate meaningful impact and some level of financial return—just not typically market-rate.
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Why are IFIs so important for philanthropic organizations to consider?

Tracy Palandjian, CEO & Co-Founder of Social Finance, discusses how impact-first investments work and how they can unlock additional impact for philanthropic organizations, family offices, and donor advised funds.

Examples of IFIs

Learn how impact-first investments work in practice through examples from the perspective of organizations receiving this capital. These examples highlight how flexible financing can help mission-driven work grow, adapt, and reach more people.
Example IFI

Increasing Homeownership in Underserved Neighborhoods

A nonprofit organization works to revitalize neighborhoods through property acquisitions and renovations, including the provision of below-market-rate loans to homeowners to purchase, refinance, and renovate homes.

About

The Impact First Investing Tool (IFI Tool) was developed by an expert working group from the Social Finance Institute and the Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, with generous support from Builders Vision.

About the Tool

An interactive tool to help reimagine the relationship between impact and returns through impact-first investing.
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Methodology

Learn more about what is happening "behind the scenes" of the IFI Tool from the academic team behind it.
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Meet the Team

Developed by a group of experts at the Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation at Chicago Booth and the Social Finance Institute.
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Contact Us

Stay in touch with the Social Finance Institute and the Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation at Chicago Booth.
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