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Back in May, at the start of the pandemic, the U.S. SBA rolled out the Paycheck Protection Program (a.k.a. the PPP). It was big news. What we also learned then was that most of this money wasn’t going into the hands of the small, Main Street businesses due to a host of systemic issues. One unspoken issue was that lenders could only lend the money they had in their reserves. The government...

Realize Impact launched its Philanthropic Investment Grant service in the last few days of February, 2020. The purpose was to make it easy for anyone with a donor advised fund, private foundation, or any donor to turn philanthropic giving into impact investments. $1,100,000+ Donors love that simplicity. In its first three months, over $1,100,000 of new impact investments have been made, into five...

Realize Impact makes impact investing simple, at least when done with philanthropic dollars. For that we use a Philanthropic Investment Grant (PHIG). In short, you recommend an investment, tell us what impact you think it’ll have, and then donate the matching capital. If the opportunity is open to others, we’ll share it with every investor we know, to help turn your suggestion into a...

The problem in scaling impact investing is threefold: Impact investors are spread around the world, investing all around the globe. This makes it incredibly difficult for those seeking funding to find these investors. It also means that investors tend not to know each other. If they do, they tend only to meet once or twice per year at impact investing events. Impact investors have...

Realize Impact, EIN 46-3594732, was granted tax exempt status by the IRS under Section 501(c)3 in June 2014 for its charitable mission: Realize Impact is organized and operated exclusively for the charitable proposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code, specifically to provide financial support, mentorship, and other assistance to early-stage socially...