Comments on: Social Impact Finance

By: Nell Edgington

Nell Edgington — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:49:50 +0000

Tom, I am hopeful that traditional financial institutions will start to realize that social impact finance is emerging and start attempting more experiments in that realm, but I think the tipping point there is probably far off. Traditional financial institutions still very much subscribe to the binary notion of investing on one side and “charity” donations on the other and never the two shall meet. To talk to those people about social impact finance is to be called a heretic. But if you’ve read Nathaniel Whittemore’s fantastic blog post about how new ideas get adopted by society called “Crazy, Crazy, Obvious” you might think that traditional financial institutions might very well follow that pattern and are probably in the first “Crazy” right now. Perhaps the “Obvious” is right around the corner?

By: Tom Mansel

Tom Mansel — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:11:03 +0000

Agreed, Nell – especially in the realm of funding from individuals; i’m hearing ‘crowdfunding’ more and more from all angles. What’s your view on the more ‘traditional’ financial institutions? Given their minuscule contributions to date, do you think they will wake up and smell the Fairtrade coffee?

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Philanthropy Daily Digest | Tactical Philanthropy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:01:13 +0000

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