Summary
Organization name
Impact Finance Center
other names
IFC
2012
Tax id (EIN)
27-2808532
Category
Education
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
The Commons on Champa 1245 Champa St.Denver, CO 80204
Denver County, CO, US
Support for IFC will help us continue to empower investors to align their assets with their values, driving dollars to the "Main Street" social ventures that are vital to the economic and social health of Colorado's communities and helping to foster economic justice and shared prosperity for all.
Testimonials
"Watching Stephanie map an overview of the diverse strategies and creative possibilities for moving money towards positive impact was by far the best, most action packed, cogent, eye opening presentation and overview of the field that I have ever experienced."
- Joel Solomon, Author - Clean Money
"It's super rare to get world class portfolio advice from someone who doesn't have their hand in your pocket. It's rarer to get a whole new framework for thinking about donations and philanthropic work. Rarest of all is a combination of clear next steps and a challenge to take action. Stephanie Gripne and John O'Halloran of Impact Finance Center deliver a trifecta."
- Jon Kauffman
Mission
Impact Finance Center's mission is to identify, educate, and active impact investors by empowering investors to diversify their approach to both philanthropy and investing, so that they simultaneously achieve both financial return and social and environmental impact in their communities and beyond..
Background Statement
Thank you for the opportunity to better inform you about Impact Finance Center (IFC), CO Impact Days, Impact Investing Institute and our plans to scale, replicate, and create the National Impact Investing Marketplace. Just as Accelerators such as TechStars, Village Capital, or 500 Startups identify, educate, and invest in entrepreneurs, Impact Finance Center is an Accelerator for individuals and organizations who want to become impact investors, through a process of identification, education, and activation. IFC was founded in 2012 and is a nonprofit academic center that forms partnerships with academic institutions. Founded in 2015, IFC's flagship initiative, CO Impact Days and Impact Investing Institute, a three-year effort to catalyze $100M of investment in social ventures and is the first-ever statewide marketplace for impact investing and Phase 1 of the National Impact Investing Marketplace. Since inception, we completed over 170 presentations and courses to over 5,000 participants as part of CO Impact Institute and CO Impact Days 2016 and 2017 together showcased more than 150 social ventures, connecting them to mentors, partners, and impact investment capital. We are embarking on a formal evaluation of direct, indirect, and community successes from 2015-17. Early estimates indicate that 264 direct impact investments of $260 M have been completed in addition to upgrading the governance of several asset owners.
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Organization Data
Denver, CO 80204