Partner Organizations
The following
is a list of organizations that Investors' Circle works closely with
and that we think might be of interest to you. Please also see our book list
The Angel Capital Association is a peer organization of angel investing groups in North America. The professional association focuses on networking and sharing of best practices among these angel organizations.
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
BSR
works to create a just and sustainable world by working with companies
to promote more responsible business practices, innovation and
collaboration.
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE)
BALLE works to create, strengthen and connect local business networks dedicated to building strong Local Living Economies.
Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)
CERES
encourages corporate environmental responsibility by working with
companies to help them meet their commitments, promoting environmental
reporting and mobilizing their network in activist projects.
Community Development Venture Capital Alliance (CDVCA)
CDVCA
promotes the use of venture capital tools to create jobs,
entrepreneurial capacity and wealth to advance both the livelihoods of
low-income people and the economies of distressed communities.
Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)
Environmental
Entrepreneurs (E2) is a national community of business people who
believe in protecting the environment while building economic
prosperity. Working with NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), E2
serves as a champion on the economic side of good environmental policy.
Ethical Markets
Ethical
Markets is a television series whose mission is to foster the evolution
of capitalism beyond current models based on materialism, maximizing
self-interest and profit, competition and fear of scarcity. By
showcasing groups and individuals spearheading the new ethical markets,
Ethical Markets seeks to grow this emerging, job-creating sector and
expand its market share—globally and locally.
First Affirmative Financial Network (FAFN)
FAFN
is an independent investment advisory firm registered with the SEC.
FAFN supports a nationwide network of investment professionals who
specialize in helping clients engage in socially responsible investing
(SRI). FAFN also host SRI in the Rockies, an annual gathering of SRI
industry professionals.
More Than Money
More
Than Money is a national nonprofit education organization serving
people who want to measure their success not by the money they are
making but by the good they are doing.
The Natural Step
The
Natural Step accelerates global sustainability by guiding companies and
governments onto an ecologically, socially, and economically
sustainable path.
Net Impact
Net Impact fosters a new generation of leaders who use the power of business to create a better world.
Responsible Wealth
Responsible
Wealth members use their voices as wealthy business leaders, investors
and inheritors to speak out for progressive taxes, corporate
accountability and living wages.
Research Initiative on Social Entrepreneurship (RISE)
RISE
studies and disseminates knowledge about the markets, metrics and
management of for-profit and nonprofit social enterprise and social
venturing. RISE is a research project at Columbia Business School.
Resource Generation
Resource
Generation works with young people with financial wealth who are
supporting and challenging each other to effect progressive social
change through creative, responsible and strategic use of financial and
other resources.
Saltwater Institute
The
Saltwater Institute provides leaders with the tools for values-centered
leadership, and organizations with a means for strategic
values-integration.
Social Investment Forum
Social
Investment Forum is a national, nonprofit membership organization
promoting the concept, practice and growth of socially responsible
investing.
Social Venture Network (SVN)
SVN
works to transform the way the world does business by connecting,
leveraging and promoting a community of social entrepreneurs for a more
just and sustainable economy.
Social Venture Partners International (SVPi)
SVPi's
mission is to educate and inspire philanthropists and provide funding
and capacity building support to a focused portfolio of nonprofit
organizations.
Springboard Enterprises
Springboard is a national nonprofit organization accelerating women's access to equity markets.
SVN Books
Social
Venture Network (SVN) has partnered with Berrett-Koehler Publishers to
author and publish a series of down-to-earth paperback guides that will
walk readers through the practical steps of starting and growing a
socially responsible business. Learn more at www.svnbooks.com