CHAPTER 4

Organizing for Impact Investment

In this chapter we consider various issues and actions to be taken in relation to designing and implementing an organizational framework for engaging in impact investing. As we have seen, there is a wide range of impact investors and each of them has their own unique set of investment and impact goals. In addition, institutions and other organizational forms which assume responsibility for investing the assets of others, such as foundations, endowments, and investment funds, have legal responsibilities as fiduciaries of the ultimate owners of the assets that are being invested. Each asset owner must address the fundamental questions raised in this chapter and establish a sufficient level of internal ...

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