{"id":320023,"date":"2026-08-13T02:42:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320023\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T02:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:42:29","slug":"impact-first-investing-matching-capital-to-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320023\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact-First Investing: Matching Capital to Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/impact-first-investing-matching-capital-to-purpose-920x576.jpeg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, September 14, 2026, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will  host a hybrid event, in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/socialfinance.org\/institute\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Social  Finance Institute<\/a>, on impact-first investing.<\/p>\n<p> Impact-first investments seek the highest possible social impact, while aiming  to preserve capital and deliver a modest financial return. Speakers will  discuss the considerations involved when matching the means of investment to a  particular challenge. The program will also feature a demonstration of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/ifitool.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tool<\/a> to measure the potential impact and financial  implications of incorporating impact-first investments into charitable giving  strategies. <\/p>\n<p> The event will be of interest to investors, academics, and leaders in  the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Event Details<\/p>\n<p>\nDate &amp; Time<\/p>\n<p>September 14, 2026\u00a0<br \/>3:30pm-5:00pm<br \/>(Coffee  and networking preceding\u00a0event; reception\u00a0to\u00a0follow.)\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\nLocation<\/p>\n<p>Federal  Reserve Bank of New York\u00a0<br \/>33 Liberty Street\u00a0<br \/>New York, NY\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nAudience<\/p>\n<p>This event is  open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\nMedia<\/p>\n<p>This event\u00a0will be\u00a0open to the media.  All remarks\u00a0are\u00a0on the record, with the recording to be made  available afterwards. Media who wish to attend must register by contacting  Ellen Simon at\u202f\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkfed.org\/newsevents\/events\/regional_outreach\/2026\/mailto:Ellen.Simon@ny.frb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ellen.Simon@ny.frb.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Agenda<\/p>\n<p>Agenda<\/p>\n<p>          3:30pm-3:40pm\u00a0<br \/>\n          Welcome <\/p>\n<p>Otho Kerr, Director of Community Impact Investing, Federal Reserve Bank of New York <\/p>\n<p>          3:40pm-3:55pm\u00a0<br \/>\n          Introduction: Impact-First Investing Explained <\/p>\n<p>Kirstin Hill, President &amp; COO, Social Finance<\/p>\n<p>          3:55pm-4:35pm\u00a0<br \/>\n          Panel Discussion on Impact First Investing <\/p>\n<p>Moderator: Otho Kerr, Director of Community Impact Investing, Federal Reserve Bank of New York <\/p>\n<p>Amon Anderson, Co-Managing Partner, Acumen America<\/p>\n<p>Pia Desai, Executive Director, Samvid Ventures<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Ramirez, Chief Financial Officer, Grameen America<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Vicinelli, Managing Director, Impact Investments, Social Finance<\/p>\n<p>          4:35pm-4:55pm\u00a0<br \/>\n          Live Interactive Demonstration of the Impact First Investment Tool  <\/p>\n<p>Karen Anderson, Managing Director, The Social Finance Institute<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Buckman, Research Fellow, Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation, University of Chicago Booth School of Business <\/p>\n<p>David Socolow, Head of Policy, The Social Finance Institute\n<\/p>\n<p>          4:55pm-5:00pm\u00a0<br \/>\n          Closing Remarks<\/p>\n<p>Otho Kerr, Director of Community Impact Investing, Federal Reserve Bank of New York <\/p>\n<p>Speakers<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Amon-Anderson-180x180.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Co-Managing Partner<\/p>\n<p> Acumen America<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Karen-Anderson-180x180.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Managing Director<\/p>\n<p>The Social Finance Institute<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Daniel-Buckman-180x180.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Research Fellow, Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation<\/p>\n<p>University of Chicago Booth School of Business<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Pia-Desai-Samvid-Ventures-180x180.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Executive Director<\/p>\n<p>Samvid Ventures<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kristin-Hill-180x180.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> President &amp; COO<\/p>\n<p>Social Finance<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/otho-kerr.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Director of Community Impact Investing\n<\/p>\n<p> Federal Reserve Bank of New York<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lucas-Ramirez-180x180.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Chief Financial Officer<\/p>\n<p>Grameen America<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/David-Socolow-180x180.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Head of Policy<\/p>\n<p>The Social Finance Institute<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Stephen-Vicinelli-180x180.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Managing Director, Impact Investments<\/p>\n<p>Social Finance<\/p>\n<p>The contents on this page-including third-party resources, hyperlinks and documents-are provided for informational purposes only and do not necessarily represent the views of the New York Fed or the Federal Reserve System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Monday, September 14, 2026, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will host a hybrid event, in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-320023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}