Uncovering foundations’ impact investing sphere

With the direct impact investing market in Europe estimated at €80 billion, there seems to be an opportunity to achieve more impact, and there was huge interest at the forum in the launch of a joint programme by Philea and Impact Europe to help philanthropic organisations incorporate impact investing approaches into their grantmaking. In this session in particular, we heard from experienced foundations on how they allocate their endowments, use their resources and explored the commonly held beliefs around impact investing and mission-related investing.