Social impact gets falsely relegated to the sidelines of the global economy, setting it up for illegitimacy and optional buy-in, says Catherine Griffin in this guest post from ImpactPHL Perspectives.

Dozier will be the keynote speaker at Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia's Sparx Conference, taking place from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 31 at the Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing.

Research generally produces critical insight, which can inform both companies and investors on how to identify key performance indicators, and then manage, optimize, and monitor their impact, say Sherryl Kuhlman and Maoz Brown in their guest column.

“The context for why there are food access gaps is really different between rural Alaska and the west side of Chicago, but HFFI is a very flexible tool.” says program director Molly Hartman.

Michael Cosack and Jeremy Bach examine the reasons for the slow adoption of impact investing in this guest post from ImpactPHL Perspectives.

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Pedro Ramos and Don Hinkle-Brown say its achievements "make it clear that donors and investors in our region are committed to increasing the vitality of our region through community investment."