News and Press Releases

2013

• 4.29.12 Financial Advisor Magazine
  Circle of Empowerment 
• 4.10.2013 What Works for America's Communities - Ideas Blog
  Ensuring a Resilient Financial Future 
• 3.22.2013 Financial Advisor Magazine
  Investments of Note 
• 1.16.2013 Calvert Foundation Press Release
  Incapital Announces $175 Million Reached in Distribution of Calvert Foundation's Community Investment Notes

2012

• 12.21.2012 Press Release
  Groundbreaking Initiative to Catalyze Investment in African Health Care Receives $10.6 Million in Public-Private Financing
• 12.17.2012 Skoll World Forum
  Calvert Foundation: Democratizing Impact Investing
• 12.5.2012 NextBillion.net
  Calvert Foundation's 'Accessible, Reliable' Road for Impact Investing: CEO Lisa Hall discusses options for engaging investors
• 11.20.2012 Nightly Business Report
  Video: Community Investment Notes Help Finance Social Impact Programs
• 11.20.2012 AIO Financial Blog
  Socially Responsible Investing pt. II - Calvert Foundation
• 11.19.2012 Nightly Business Report
  Video: Social Impact Bonds for Community & Investment Goals
• 10.15.2012 Huffington Post
  Impact Investing Could Transition to Common Good Investing
• 10.03.2012 Financial Planning
  Ranking the Industry's Most Socially Responsible Fund Managers
• 09.17.2012 GreenMoney Journal
  The Next 20 Years of Impact Investing
• 09.17.2012 Chicago Sun Times
  Cubs owner Ricketts a conduit for social investing
• 09.10.2012 NextBillion
  NexThought Monday: Can a Checkbox Change the World?
• 08.23.2012 AdvisorOne
  Incapital's Tom Ricketts on Sustainable Investing
• 08.22.2012 Women in the World Foundation
  Calvert Foundation CEO Lisa Hall featured as "Woman of the Week"
• 08.15.2012 Business Insider
  Financial planner shares how to invest and save the world at the same time
• 08.09.2012 Reuters/MSNBC
  Social impact investing catches on in the U.S.
• 08.08.2012 Calvert Foundation Press Release
  Calvert Foundation receives $1.45 million from U.S. Treasury's CDFI Fund
• 07.25.2012 Forbes
  Smart Money Says Invest in Women
• 07.17.2012 CNBC
  Impact Investing a Great Alternative: Incapital's Ricketts
• 07.17.2012 The Business of Giving
  Interview with Calvert Foundation CEO Lisa Hall
• 07.16.2012 The Washington Post
  What will be the impact of 'impact investing'?
• 06.18.2012 AdvisorOne
  Advisors See Growth Opportunity in Sustainable Investments
• 06.15.2012 Motley Fool
  Make Your Investing Really Matter
• 06.12.2012 FA Green
  A $650 Billion Proposition
• 06.11.2012 Nonprofit Times
  Sustainable Investing Could Be Worth $650 Billion
• 06.07.2012 On Wall Street
  Interest in Socially Responsible Investing Rises
• 06.07.2012 Calvert Foundation Press Release
  New research shows $650 billion market for sustainable and impact investing
  
• 06.05.2012 Soapbox Cincinnati
  New loan funding helps property owners increase energy efficiency
• 06.2012 Smart CEO magazine
  Pay it forward: How Washington's CEOs are helping to mold the next generation of leaders
• 5.30.2012 Fast Company
  Increased Support For Small And Growing Businesses Helps Advance Emerging-Market Prosperity
• 5.23.2012 The Houston Chronicle
  Investors can Support Women, Earn Returns 
• 5.4.2012 Sustainable Business Forum
  Microfinance’s Odd Couple 
• 5.4.2012 Clinton Global Initiative Press Release
  President Clinton Announces the Program for the 2012 CGI America Meeting 
• 4.11.2012 YES! Magazine
  8 Ways to De-Corporatize Your Money 
• 4.3.2012 Good
  Women Funding Women Opens the Door to Responsible Investing 
• 4.2.2012 Justmeans
  A Win-Win for Women: New Calvert Foundation Impact Investment Initiative Gets $1 Million Citi Grant 
• 3.21.2012 Calvert Foundation Press Release
  Calvert Foundation Provides $500k in Financing to East Meets West
• 3.9.2012 News24
  UN Leaders Call for Conference on Women
• 3.8.2012 nextbillion
  On International Women's Day, Highlighting Ideas and Action
• 3.8.2012 Calvert Foundation and Citi - Joint Press Release
  Calvert Foundation, in Collaboration with Citi Foundation, Announce the Women INvesting in Women INitiative (WIN-WIN)
• 3.7.2012 NCB Capital Impact Press Release
  California FreshWorks Fund Awards First Grant to Help Bring First Full-Service Grocery Store to West Oakland Community 
• 2.22.2012 Huffington Post
  Leadership: It's a Female Thing 
• 2.12.2012 The Baltimore Sun
  The Future of Giving
• 1.12.2012 Dow Jones Adviser
  Wealthy Interested in Impact Investing
• 1.5.2012 The Giving Show
  CEO Lisa Hall was on "The Giving Show" with Michael Chatman on Thursday, January 5, at 11:30 am EST. Listen here!

2011

• 11.28.2011 Global Impact Investing Network
  Improving Livelihoods, Removing Barriers: Investing for Impact in Mtanga Farms 
• 11.11.2011 Pocono Record
  Make Some of Your Dollars Make a Difference 
• 11.10.2011 Calvert Foundation Video
  Investing in New Orleans
• 11.8.2011 Innovators in Action
  Lisa Hall: Ending Poverty Through Investment 
• 10.20.2011 Forbes.com
  Lisa Hall of the Calvert Foundation on Impact Investing: An In-depth Interview
• 09.20.2011 GIIRS Press Release
  Launch of GIIRS Ratings & Analytics
• 9.1.2011 Financial Planning
  Impact Investing 
• 08.30.2011 Huffington Post
  8 Virtuous Investment Options
• 08.19.2011 Rockefeller Grant Press Release
  Rockefeller Foundation Awards Strategic Planning Grant to Calvert Foundation
• 08.2011 Nomad Editions Sustainable Money
  Deep Impact Investing
• 07.28.2011 MarketWatch
  Citi & IFF Partner to Expand Healthcare Facilities
• 07.20.2011 California FreshWorks Press Release
  Introducing the California FreshWorks Fund
• 07.20.2011 Los Angeles Times
  Grocery store financing program to be announced
• 07.18.2011 Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
  US Treasury Awards $142.3 Million to CDFI's nationwide
• 07.18.2011 The Post and Courier
  LDC secures extra loan proceeds
• 07.13.2011 Calvert Foundation Press Release
  Vicki Betancourt of the World Bank joins Calvert Foundation Board of Directors
• 07.05.2011 IDB Press Release
  Syndicated loan to FOPEPRO to support smallholder farmers in Latin America
• 06.10.2011 MarketWatch
  MBAs want to make an impact
• 06.02.2011 Calvert Foundation Press Release
  Calvert Foundation advances organizational and industry growth through new organizations Community Investment Partners and ImpactAssets
• 05.12.2011 CSR Wire
  Sustainable Investing Conference to Put Attendees to Work in Community Development Projects in New Orleans
• 05.11.2011 Citi YouTube Channel
  Citi: Lisa Hall, President and CEO of Calvert Foundation on The Power of One in Three
• 05.2011 ABN Digital
  Nigerian Investment Vehicles and Philanthropy in Tanzania
• 04.27.2011 Next Billion
  Competing in the Inaugural International Impact Investment Challenge
• 04.2011 The Chronicle of Philanthropy
  How a Donor Mixes Investments and Grants
• 04.2011 World Stage
  Tony Elumelu Foundation in investment deal with Tanzania's Mtanga Farms
• 03.21.11 Pensions & Investments
  Prudential, Calvert honored for South Africa investments
• 03.15.11 Calvert Foundation Press Release
  Shared Interest Honors Leading U.S. Financial Institutions
• 03.10.11 Calvert Foundation Press Release
  Calvert Foundation Expands Board Insight by Adding Notable Affordable Housing Industry Expert
• 03.08.11 Marketwire
  An Open Letter in Support of Dr. Muhammad Yunus
• 03.07.11 Community Development Investment Review
  Catalyzing American Retail Investment in Community Development Finance: What Can We Learn from Other SRI Success Stories?
• 03.03.2011 Citi's Blog
  Transforming communities, improving lives through investment
• 03.2011 FA Green
  The New Candy
• 02.15.2011 IDB News Release
  IDB, Oikocredit, Incofin and Calvert Foundation back credit cooperative in Ecuador
• 02.03.2011 Social Funds
  PRI Launches Inclusive Finance Initiative
• 01.25.2011 Aspen Institute
  Impact Investing: A Framework for Policy Design and Analysis
• 01.24.2011 Washington Post
  New at the Top: Lisa Hall's job is her calling
• 01.23.2011 Investment News
  Africa pure plays emerging for retail audience
• 01.20.2011 Advisor One
  Impact Investing Gains Foothold in Philanthropy: J.P. Morgan, The Rockefeller Foundation
• 01.14.2011 The Gazette
  Business acumen, passion for justice infuse Hall's work
• 01.07.2011 Investment News
  Microfinance investment specialist names new boss
• 01.07.2011 Advisor One
  Calvert Foundation Appoints Lisa Hall President & CEO
• 01.06.2011 The Daily Record
  Hall named CEO of Bethesda-based Calvert Foundation
• 01.06.2011 Calvert Foundation Press Release
  Calvert Foundation appoints new CEO

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