Social finance is sustainable finance with a social goal. It’s an approach to managing money that delivers a social dividend.
Social finance includes community investing, micro-lending, and sustainable business and social enterprise lending. Philanthropic grant making and program- related investments also fall under the umbrella of social finance.
The success of social finance initiatives will be measured through benchmarks like environmental protection or repair, or community education, health, and civil participation.
These many approaches to investment and funding share the focus of stimulating positive social and environmental returns for investors and the larger world.
CDSF seeks to expand awareness of social finance and to stimulate wider investment in business and non-profit activities that contribute to the sustainability of communities.