#52 | Ford Foundation Impact Investing Initiative Generating 28% Compound Annual Return (As of Dec 2021)
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English - February 01, 2023 10:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsInvesting Business Entrepreneurship impact investing investing sustainability Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In 2017, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker embarked on an ambitious proposal to invest 8% of its then $12.5bn endowment – or roughly $1 billion – into impact investing and hired Roy Swan to run the effort. What could one of the most well-known foundations in the world do with the “other 95%” of their assets? The Foundation recently released a report on their efforts – highlighting a 28% compound annual return. Listen as head of Mission Investments Roy Swan describes the journey.