June 11, 2009

INVESTOR BRIEFING CALL June 16th:
"Persevering in Difficult Times"

Join us next Tuesday for a private briefing call to discuss how your investments and donations continue to help families around the world.

Lisa Hall, Calvert Foundation’s Chief Credit Officer, will present a review of our portfolio and take questions from callers. Lisa, a Harvard MBA who has worked in finance and government (including the Clinton administration), has grown our portfolio to $170 million from $88 million since joining in 2004. She will address how we are managing risk, while still getting much-needed capital to underserved communities.

“Persevering in Difficult Times”
June 16, 2009 2:30 pm EDT / 11:30 am PDT
To RSVP, sign up online, call us at 800.248.0337, or email Elizabeth Sessler.

Market-minded Development Expert from Acumen Featured in The Economist

"We have the opportunity for "a moment of great innovation," said Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of Acumen Fund, a social venture capital organization she started in 2001. "The financial system is broken, yes, but so too is the aid system." This is what motivates Jacqueline to transform the world’s attitude toward charity, development, and investment.

Recently featured in The Economist and a repeat speaker at TED (a conference on Technology, Entertainment, and Design) Jacqueline is spreading Acumen Fund’s message of patient capital - a view consistent with Calvert Foundation's lending and investing philosophy.

Calvert Foundation's 100% socially responsible donor-advised fund, the Calvert Giving Fund, allows philanthropists to invest donated assets in the Global Impact Ventures (GIV) platform, a constantly evolving slate of investments on the cutting edge of social, environmental, and financial impact. Acumen is one of the first GIV funds offered to Giving Fund account holders. And this is just the beginning. We will add more funds with a wide range of mission areas and financial returns to meet the philanthropic goals of our account holders.

Click below to watch a recent speech Jacqueline gave at TED in February.

Get Dad an Enlightening Gift This Year!

Invest as little as $20 with MicroPlace this week, and they will send a solar-powered flashlight to your Dad for Father's Day. MicroPlace makes it possible for you to invest in microfinance, which gives entrepreneurs in developing countries the capital necessary to start and grow small businesses.

Honor your father today! Here's how it works:

1) Go to www.microplace.com and enter your Dad's name.

2) Find an investment that meets your social interests (Example: Invest in a small business owner in South America).

3) Invest as little as $20 using your bank account or PayPal and MicroPlace will send a solar-powered flashlight to your Dad with a note stating that you are honoring him by investing in the hardworking poor.

To ensure that your investment benefits from the extensive measures we have taken to protect our investors, look for listings labeled "brought to you by Calvert Foundation."