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ImpactPHL Convenes 450 at Total Impact Summit ‘25 event

Jun. 10, 2025 9:27 am

ImpactPHL Convenes 450 at Total Impact Summit ‘25

Philadelphia is a place that knows how to play a role in bold moments of transformation. Amid shifting cultural and capital landscapes, policy shifts, increasing climate urgency, and more, 450 people from across the United States gathered at Convene in Philadelphia on May 14–15 to learn about aligning investments with values and to connect with […]
A New Loan Fund — Five Year Impact Return to Create and Preserve Affordable Homes method

Jun. 12, 2024 8:31 am

A New Loan Fund — Five Year Impact Return to Create and Preserve Affordable Homes

After years of declining population, Philadelphia has become a more desirable place to live. However, as market-rate development increases, the effects of gentrification are displacing long-term residents. Rising housing costs coupled with stagnant household incomes are straining low-income families’ ability to stay in their homes. The Women’s Community Revitalization Project (WCRP) is a group working […]
Seeds of Change: Cultivating a Thriving Impact Investing Ecosystem in Philadelphia reprint

Jun. 5, 2024 8:00 am

Seeds of Change: Cultivating a Thriving Impact Investing Ecosystem in Philadelphia

The devastating consequences of divestment, like deteriorating infrastructure, vacant lots, and vast expanses of food and green space deserts, are glaringly obvious in low-income areas of Philadelphia. These inequalities in resources and opportunities have created a vicious cycle of poverty and made upward mobility very difficult. For the Philadelphia region, relying solely on traditional philanthropic […]
A City of Neighborhoods and the Challenge of Affordable Housing long

Mar. 6, 2024 8:00 am

A City of Neighborhoods and the Challenge of Affordable Housing

We hear a lot about Philadelphia as a “city of neighborhoods.” The description certainly fits, as we have a wealth of distinctive communities offering all varieties of food, shopping, architecture, civic institutions, and other amenities that enhance our quality of life. But what makes Philadelphia uniquely neighborhood-centered? After all, Manhattan has neighborhoods, Boston has neighborhoods, […]
We need blended capital to address racial inequities in Philadelphia’s capital access landscape feature

Jul. 26, 2023 5:33 am

We need blended capital to address racial inequities in Philadelphia’s capital access landscape

Beyond the post facto marketing or compliance efforts as a means of impact measurement
Reset the Orientation of Impact Measurement feature

Jul. 19, 2023 9:50 am

Reset the Orientation of Impact Measurement

Beyond the post facto marketing or compliance efforts as a means of impact measurement
ESG and Impact – Why We Need Both for Meaningful Change feature

Jul. 12, 2023 7:36 am

ESG and Impact – Why We Need Both for Meaningful Change

How organizations can create positive community and organization value.