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The U.S. philanthropic sector pays out about $47 billion per year in grants (Foundation Center Data, 2011). Most foundations are only granting 5% of their total assets. What about the remaining 95%? Foundations invest 19 times more dollars in investments than in grants. This begs the question: how are foundations investing? Do foundation investments reflect their mission and values?

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These days, you’ve probably heard the term Impact Investing in the field of philanthropy. Have you ever wondered what it means? Have you wanted to become better acquainted with how philanthropy and social justice work plays a role? Join EPIP DC on Tuesday, September 11th to hear from Cynthia Muller, an expert in the field of Impact Investing. She leads Arabella Advisors’ impact investing practice and draws on her extensive background in social enterprise and mission investing to help our individual and institutional clients use impact investing to accomplish their social and environmental goals. Please register here. Read more