Impact Investing

Impact Invest­ing

Through a new impact invest­ing mod­el, the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion will invest funds and put exist­ing funds to work help­ing our community.

Next Steps

As part of our ongo­ing com­mit­ment to enhanc­ing the sup­port we pro­vide to our non­prof­it com­mu­ni­ty, the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion of Jack­son Hole has ini­ti­at­ed a learn­ing jour­ney aimed at iden­ti­fy­ing new ways to offer low-cost cap­i­tal to non­prof­its with­in our com­mu­ni­ty. To achieve this, we have part­nered with Impact Finance Cen­ter to explore Impact Invest­ing and Finan­cial Inno­va­tion, with the goal of bring­ing addi­tion­al resources to the impor­tant pro­grams of our non­prof­it community.

What is the goal? 

Cre­ate a pro­gram that makes invest­ments in our com­mu­ni­ty with the intent to gen­er­ate pos­i­tive, mea­sur­able com­mu­ni­ty Impact. Impact Invest­ments pro­vide a new avenue of sup­port for our com­mu­ni­ty non­prof­its and a new phil­an­thropic vehi­cle for our donors. 

    What is the process? 

    • Hire a Con­sul­tant (Impact Finance Cen­ter) to lead Edu­ca­tion­al Process 
    • Edu­cate our Staff, Board and Work­ing Group Members 
    • Com­plete Scans: Com­mu­ni­ty Scan of Non­prof­its to Assess Need; Inter­me­di­ary Scan with Banks to Iden­ti­fy Partners 
    • Match Oppor­tu­ni­ties with Inter­me­di­ary Sup­port to struc­ture First Investment 
    • Pro­vide Investor Edu­ca­tion for Fund­hold­ers, Pri­vate Foun­da­tions, and Individuals. 
    • Aggre­gate Cap­i­tal and oth­er Invest­ment Tools with a Finan­cial Insti­tu­tion Partner(s) to stream­line the receipt, review and orig­i­na­tion of Invest­ment Oppor­tu­ni­ties on a rolling basis. 

    What is the com­mu­ni­ty need?

    In the sum­mer of 2024, the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion sur­veyed local non­prof­its to bet­ter under­stand their finan­cial needs and how Impact Invest­ing may ben­e­fit their organizations. 

    24 respon­dents said they would uti­lize a recov­er­able grant to hire fundrais­ing staff.

    17 respon­dents said they would uti­lize funds to upgrade exist­ing assets.

    7 respon­dents said they would uti­lize a ​‘pay as you save’ loan program.

    5 respon­dents said they would uti­lize funds to refi­nance out­stand­ing debt.

    8 respon­dents pro­vid­ed addi­tion­al invest­ment ideas.

    Con­tact Erin Lusins, Chief Finance Offi­cer, with ques­tions at elusins@​cfjacksonhole.​org.


    Webi­nar on Impact Invest­ing for Nonprofits

    On Sep­tem­ber 30th, the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion of Jack­son Hole and Impact Finance Cen­ter co-host­ed a webi­nar for non­prof­its to dis­cuss the work we are under­tak­ing and to answer any ques­tions. A record­ing of the webi­nar is avail­able here. Please note that you will need to cre­ate a login to access the recording.

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