EcoGEOS > Mission Relating Investing as Solution to Falling Foundation Corpus?
[Gift Hub] If there is any light on the otherwise gloomy horizon, it might be that now is an opportunity to look at mission-related investing (MRI) - an investment strategy that aligns a foundation's investment policies with its spending policies through shareholder advocacy, proxy voting, community investment and socially responsible investment (SRI).
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[Foundation Center - New Acquisitions] Double duty: An overview of the ways in which mission-related investing (MRI) can advance foundations' double bottom line of mission and financial goals. Discusses the difference between mission-related investing and socially responsible investing, dispels myths concerning MRI, and offers details as to how a foundation can tailor its investment strategy in order to further its mission.
[EcoGEOS] Socially Responsible Mutual Funds: It may be easy enough to confuse, but market analysts are pointing out that there is a great difference between socially responsible investment (SRI) and morally responsible investment (MRI. ...
[Tactical Philanthropy] Mission Related Investing: For instance would an investment in a mutual fund that tracks the Domini 400 Social Index qualify (a leading “socially responsible investing” market index)? How about an investment in Microsoft, the largest holding of the Domini index?
[Infominder Change Feed] [Regionals] Philanthropy Northwest (2008/01/19 02:20 -0800): Please join us for a “how-to” session on mission related investing (MRI), a first-in-the-nation workshop with the authors of Philanthropy’s New Passing Gear. This program ”” intended for foundation leaders and trustees and their .
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