foundations & endowments

The William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund integrates impact analysis into its investment process to ensure its endowment is aligned with its mission, says Sheena Strawter-Anthony.

The single family office founder advocated for a fairer tax system on stage at the GIIN Impact Forum in Amsterdam.

More foundations and endowments are aligning more of their portfolios with impact themes - with some taking a total-portfolio approach to impact.

The Omidyar Network, investing the wealth of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, is 'aggressively adversarial towards big tech', says Aniyia Williams, a principal on OM's responsible technology team.

Most foundations separate their investment portfolios from their philanthropy and impact work - leaving $1.14trn of impact potential 'on the table', according to Capricorn Investment Group.

Nearly one-third are unlikely to allocate capital to a manager that does not have a net-zero commitment, according to research from Bfinance.

Investors in the first close for Yosemite's debut fund include Emerson Collective, The Rockefeller University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and venture capitalist John Doerr.