Wealth Inequality and the Fallacies of Impact Investing

If we’re truly motivated to deconstruct the wealth inequalities that have ravaged and extracted wealth from rural, indigenous, and majority people…

Do Good by Giving up More: A Vision of Restorative Investing

We live in an urgent time: duopolies and…

Who Pays for the ‘Social Impact’ in Impact Investing?

Mainstream impact investment models can…

From Rural-Urban Divide to Rural-Urban Solidarity

What we have in common and why we need each other.

By Laura Zabel

“Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, reveling in our differences; this is the process that brings us…

Missing the ‘Impact’ in Impact Investing?

If the goal is to disrupt social injustices, impact investing must not resemble the very same exclusionary systems it works to dismantle.

Good Intentions in Impact Investing Are Not Enough

As the old proverb says, “the road to hell is lined with good intentions,” and as impact investing moves into the mainstream, it faces four significant…

Five Things We Learned From the 2016 BALLE Fellows

The BALLE Fellowship team reflects on lessons learned to better serve our leaders and their development.

How Impact Investing Can Chart an Equitable Way Forward for All Americans

The predominant belief driving impact investing is that the market principles of capitalism should be applied to social change…

Philanthropy Will Not Save Us.

It’s been an incredible week at BALLE.