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More for Mission 3iG Mission Investing Presentation February 18, 2010 Lisa Hagerman,PhD Director, More for Mission

More for Mission 3iG Mission Investing Presentation February 18, 2010 Lisa Hagerman,PhD Director, More for Mission. Institutional Investors and Targeted Investing. Investors: Foundations, banks, public pension funds, insurance companies, faith-based organizations

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More for Mission 3iG Mission Investing Presentation February 18, 2010 Lisa Hagerman,PhD Director, More for Mission

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  1. More for Mission 3iG Mission Investing Presentation February 18, 2010 Lisa Hagerman,PhD Director, More for Mission

  2. Institutional Investors and Targeted Investing • Investors: Foundations, banks, public pension funds, insurance companies, faith-based organizations • Language: Economically targeted investments, emerging domestic markets, double/triple bottom line, responsible investing, impact investing, mission investing • Driven by investor intent, rationale based on purpose, mission and fiduciary duty of institutional investor

  3. What is Mission Investing? • Seeking opportunities to align a foundation’s financial investments with the mission of the organization, while maintaining long-term targeted financial returns. • Comes in various labels: • Program Related Investments (PRIs) - create specific program goals • Market-rate investments (MRIs) - broadly support program goals • Sustainable Screens on public equities • Shareholder Advocacy

  4. Mission investing from concept to execution • Board’s comfort level with the philosophy of aligning investments with the mission of the organization. • 2. Defining Goals: What counts as mission investing for your organization? Importance of an internal mission investing policy statement. • 3. Setting asset class parameters in line with strategic portfolio asset allocations. 4. Organization’s capacity to execute on a mission investing strategy.

  5. Integrated Approach: KL Felicitas Foundation (www.klfelicitasfoundation.org)

  6. MARY REYNOLDS BABCOCK FOUNDATION MISSION INVESTING CONTINUUM Below-Market Investments (PRIs) Private Equity Public Equity Fixed Income Cash Guarantees Cash Subordinated Loans Senior Loans Grant Support Equity Market-Rate Investments Meritus Ventures SJF MACED, MountainBizCapital, Natural Capital Investment Fund National Federation of CDCUs, Deposits in 1 bank and 5 credit unions Community Capital Management Latino Community Credit Union Adapted from F.B. Heron Foundation 4/09

  7. Barriers to Mission Investing • Board risk aversion, perception of fiduciary duty, no guiding mission investing policy • Traditional view that foundation seeks to outperform market with 95% and create high impact through grants • Generations may come to mission investing from different perspectives • Investment Officers and Program Officers working in silos • Gatekeepers unfamiliarity with investment intermediaries and concept of mission investing

  8. More Information • More for Mission: http://www.moreformission.org • Contact: lisa.hagerman@bc.edu

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