• Program 2005-06

Follow the Money: Recent Innovations in Social Investing

Date: 

January 17, 2006

Venue: 

320 West 13th Street, New Visions for Public Schools

Philanthropists, For-Profit Corporations, and Private and Public Investors are working together in transactions that offer both financial and social returns. We will explore how these "strange bedfellows" are creating value through innovative social investment structures.

Moderator: 

Steve Godeke

Panelists: 

Peter Lewis, Partner, Developing World Markets (Microfinance Funds), Henry Lanier, Partner, Forsyth Street Advisors, (New York City Acquisition Fund that supports affordable housing developers); and Philipp Kauffmann, United Nations Development Program (Small to Medium-sized Enterprises in Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry and Eco-Tourism)