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4 weeks ago

$2.5 million investment in SolarAPP Foundation

In Investments
4 weeks ago
21November

Realize Impact is pleased to announce its $2.5M investment in SolarAPP Foundation. Solar Automated Permitted Portal (SolarAPP+) is an online instant permitting software for eligible rooftop residential solar and storage projects, designed to help code authorities achieve safe, code compliant rooftop solar and storage installations. This platform will reduce wait times and lower installation costs...

3 months ago

$50 million+

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3 months ago
27September

We launched our philanthropic investment program in February 2020 and by the end of 2023 averaged over $1 million per month in donations. Since the launch, we’ve received more than $50 million in total, accounting for more than 800 transactions. Please help us continue this growth. Make a philanthropic investment today. In what? Check our our blog for our investments and check out The Liist...

3 months ago

Ownify enables first-time homebuying through incremental equity

In Investments, News
3 months ago
17September

Ownify is a fractional homeownership program for first-time homebuyers. Instead of using a mortgage to purchase a home, participants in Ownify (“Ownis”) purchase incremental equity with each monthly payment and grow their ownership stake in their home. Once an Owni has a 10% equity stake, they can qualify for a traditional mortgage. We love this approach because it improves access to home...

3 months ago

Matriark Foods is expanding access to healthy foods, increasing revenue for farmers, and reducing GHG emissions

In Investments
3 months ago
16September

Matriark Foods makes healthy vegetable pantry staples that eliminate food waste by upcycling farm surplus and fresh-cut remnants. Their products reduce greenhouse gasses, provide more revenue for farmers, and create greater access to healthy food. Anna Hammond, founder and CEO of Matriark Foods Thirty-seven percent of all food grown in the U.S. is wasted, a third of which is edible and fresh...

5 months ago

NOW RECRUITING: BOARD OF DIRECTORS + INVESTMENT COMMITTEE

In News
5 months ago
23July

Now recruiting for our Board of Directors and our Investment Committee! Interested in one or both of these roles with a dynamic, high-growth nonprofit in the impact investing arena? Learn more and apply here: Board of Directors Investment Committee Despite our audacious use of AI-generated imagery in this post, rest assured our Board and IC meetings are unlikely to include potted plants or take...

9 months ago

We’re hiring an Associate!

In Hiring
9 months ago
20March

Application deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, final deadline is April 19 Location: Remote, with preference for Seattle metro area Start Date: Q2 2024 Total compensation including benefits (see below for details): $66,850-$87,650 Benefits: Flexible PTO, 401k company match, Health Reimbursement Arrangement, Section 127 Qualified Educational Assistance Program (student loan...

11 months ago

$1+ million per month

In Investments, News
11 months ago
23January

Realize Impact launched the philanthropic investment grants service in February 2020 and by the end of 2023 averaged over $1 million per month in donations, more than $37 million in total since launch, processing more than 400 individual donations. Please help us continue this growth. Make a philanthropic investment today. In what? Check our our blog for our investments and check out The Liist...

12 months ago

TerraFund 2023/2024 is Africa Trees

In Investments
12 months ago
10January

Realize Impact partnered with WRI in 2022 to launch the TerraFund, investing in for-profit companies restoring land in Africa. In 2023, we’ve created Africa Trees Ltd. as a for-profit company to organize those investments. The initial cohort of investments have been made. Over a dozen companies based in Kenya, DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, and Ghana: Emfed Farms is an agribusiness that makes cocoa...

December 5, 2023

Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from your IRA

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December 5, 2023
05December

If you are over age 70½ (or know someone who is) you can reduce your taxes, even if you don’t itemize deductions on your tax return, by making a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from your IRA.  How does this work?These transfers, known as qualified charitable distributions or QCDs, offer eligible older Americans a great way to easily give to charity before the end of the year...

September 6, 2023

Fiscally Sponsoring: gDiapers

In Investments
September 6, 2023
06September

In 2002, pregnant with their first child, Jason & Kim Graham-Nye learned 300,000 disposable diapers are thrown away every minute around the world! Before they new it, dirty diapers; the waste they create; and how to fix them, became their life’s work. gDiapers launched the “hybrid diaper” in 2005 with the world’s first Cradle to Cradle Certified disposable insert that tucked inside soft...