Webinar: It’s About Time: A Call to Advance Racial Equity in the Investment Industry
Save the date: On Sept. 10, at 12:30 PM ET, NCF’s Bob Bancroft joins W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Cynthia Muller to explore Confluence Philanthropy’s new report (buff.ly/2YvUr3G) and how foundations are using a racial equity lens in impact investing. Register now: https://buff.ly/2NrbFse
Foundations’ Votes Matter: Leveraging Ownership Rights to Further Your Mission
At a time when progress on critical issues like inequality, racial justice and climate change is both threatened and increasingly urgent, a growing number of investors are looking to use their investments to drive change on social and environmental issues while generating financial returns. At the Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF), for example, we strive to …
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Nathan Cummings Foundation’s Going ‘All In’ Was A Long Time In The Making
Just Desserts – Sara Lee Foundation to Invest All Assets into Social Change
With New pledge, Another Foundation Moves to Align Endowment with Mission
Cummings Fund Puts All of Its Assets Into Mission Investing, Making It Largest to Do So
Focused on the Future We Want
Dear Colleagues, The Nathan Cummings Foundation is focused on creating a more just, vibrant, sustainable and democratic society, and to finding solutions to the two most challenging problems of our time – the climate crisis and growing inequality. These intractable problems can’t be solved by grantmaking alone. Capital markets have to change to drive sustainable …
NCF Commits to 100 Percent
Nathan Cummings Foundation Announces Move to 100 Percent Mission-Aligned Investing Foundation will fully leverage nearly half-billion dollar endowment to further their mission New York, NY – Today the Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that they will align 100 percent of their nearly half-billion dollar endowment with their mission. The Nathan Cummings Foundation is focused on creating …
Two New Steps in Our Commitment to Impact Investing
Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to share two exciting updates that are contributing to the Nathan Cummings Foundation’s growing engagement in impact investing. In December 2016, we launched a national search for consultants to support the Board in a learning and decision-making process on impact investing. This builds on a long history of mission related …
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