Impact Investing
Catalyzing Social Impact With Opportunity Zones, An OZ Pitch Day Panel
How effective has the Opportunity Zone program been at driving private investment into low income communities? What potential improvements could make the program even more effective? Catherine Lyons, Director of Policy and Coalitions at the
Rural Community Impact In Opportunity Zones, With Jennifer Whitney
The vast majority of Opportunity Zone developments are urban. But there are also rural areas taking advantage of the Opportunity Zone tax incentive to raise equity for community projects. Jennifer Whitney, founder of River Queen Holdings, j
OZ Investing For Community Impact, With Allivate Impact Capital
How can the Opportunity Zone incentive catalyze community impact-oriented investing? Allivate Impact Capital's co-founders, Noelle St.Clair Lentz and Doug Schaeffer, join the show to discuss how investing for impact can catalyze positive co
Opportunity Zone Impact Investing Survey, With Reid Thomas
Impact investing is an investment strategy that strives to generate social or environmental benefits in addition to financial gains. It also spans diverse range of assets, including bonds, public equity, and private equity, such as opportun
Social Impact in L.A.'s Opportunity Zones, with Martin Muoto and Reid Thomas
Why is social impact crucial to the long-term success of the Opportunity Zone initiative? Hear from the top urban Opportunity Zone fund, as awarded by the Forbes OZ 20, and the positive story of the impact that they are delivering in South
Investing for Impact in Opportunity Zones, with Jim Sorenson & Patrick McKenna
Can Catalyst Opportunity Funds serve as both a counterexample to the wave of negative OZ publicity and a model for OZ fund investing? Impact investing pioneer Jim Sorenson and tech entrepreneur Patrick McKenna are co-founders of Catalyst. J
Measuring Impact in Opportunity Zones, with USIIA's OZ Framework
Should the Treasury Department impose a community impact reporting requirement on Opportunity Zone investing? And what would a reporting framework even look like? Earlier this year, the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance, in partnership with Ge
Creating Positive Social Impact in Opportunity Zones, with Gerry Reihsen
How do we prevent the Opportunity Zones program from becoming merely a subsidy for gentrification? How can we instead ensure that opportunity zone investments actually benefit the people who live in the designated zones so that they can par