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Impact Economy Innovations Grant Fund

Dasra, Omidyar Network, and The Rockefeller Foundation are inviting proposals from organizations interested in receiving support to fuel initiatives aimed at fostering India’s impact economy, specifically by aiding the growth of the impact investing industry and social enterprise sector.

The Impact Economy Innovations Grant Fund (IEIF) will fund proposals geared towards projects that seek to enable earlier stage capital solutions, foster entrepreneurial ecosystems, produce research into policy development, promote impact investing industry infrastructure, establish industry infrastructure/market ecosystems sector by sector and form leadership and networking platforms for common actions.

The IEIF will support approximately 5-8 proposals; interested organizations may apply to the fund for grants up to 12 months with a maximum request of US$200,000, and may participate in more than one grant proposal.

Submit a proposal 

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In the News

• Impact Investing Newsbrief May 2013

  May 2013
  On March 14 and 15, The Rockefeller Foundation - in partnership with Asia Community Ventures, the University of Hong Kong and Monitor Deloitte - cohosted the East and Southeast Asia Impact Investing Forum. It was the third of four events designed to accelerate awareness and development of impact investing outside the United States and Europe. >

• Impact Investing in the News

  April 11, 2013
  An emerging innovative finance tool called social impact bonds could be the next big step for solving social problems. >

• Southeast Asia is the Next Hub for Impact Investing

  March 22, 2013
  Due to recent shifts in global wealth, The Rockefeller Foundation believes Southeast Asia is an untapped region for impact investing. Last week in Hong Kong, we hosted the third of four forums on impact investing in the global south aimed to address the opportunities and challenges for unlocking greater impact investment capital, expanding the sector’s talent pool, and fostering a more enabling market environment for investment. >

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Press Releases

• Rockefeller Foundation Announces support for RE.invest Initiative

  January 18, 2013
  Today, the Rockefeller Foundation announced its support for a new public-private program that will help cities across the country finance and build resilient and integrated urban storm water infrastructure systems in order to prevent damage during future severe weather events like Superstorm Sandy. The Rockefeller Foundation will provide up to $3 million in seed money for the RE.invest Initiative, which will align philanthropic and public resources to leverage private financing for sustainable urban storm and waste water systems in cities across the United States. >

• Support for state and local governments announced to develop innovative approach to social programs

  January 14, 2013
  The Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance Lab (SIB Lab) at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) announced today that, with funding from The Rockefeller Foundation, it will be offering pro bono technical assistance to support four more state and local governments in implementing a “pay-for-success” approach to social spending using social impact bonds. Over the past year, the SIB Lab has helped Massachusetts and New York State develop this approach. The four state and local governments will be chosen via a national competition >

• Global Impact Investing Network Expands Collaboration with Omidyar Network, USAID, and The Rockefeller Foundation to Support Growth of the Impact Investing Field

  October 03, 2012
  Omidyar Network, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the USAID announced a collaboration to promote impact investing. >