After the flurry of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, many of us are glad to see Giving Tuesday coming around the bend, offering a different focus for our pocketbooks. Created in New York in 2012 as a response to the commercialization and consumerism in the post-Thanksgiving season, Giving Tuesday presents us with an official opportunity to set aside consumerism and begin the holiday season thinking of others. We at Nia love this time of year and take this opportunity to honor our non-profit partners on the path to transform our financial system. As investors, we can accomplish a lot by infusing our capital into businesses creating the world we want to see. We know that our investment dollars,
With the generous support of Mission Throttle, and in partnership with Mission Investor Exchange, The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI) has conducted research on women’s participation and leadership in impact investing. As part of this scan, TPI interviewed leading practitioner Kristin Hull of Nia Community Investments and Nia Global Solutions on her views of women in the field of Impact Investing. Below is the final segment of our interview with Kristin (Part 1 is available here, and Part 2 here). TPI: What organizations are doing some of the most interesting work to engage women in impact investing? What are they doing? KH: Inspiring and assisting women to become more engaged in their inve
