Social Impact Investing

public benefit". Such businesses openly track and measure social, environmental, and
governance (ESG) considerations alongside their financial returns.
The Office of Social Innovation has hosted large-scale meetings, including the White
House Forum on Impact Economy executed in partnership with the Aspen Institute. It
launched the National Impact Initiative, a new approach to coordinate federal policy on
impact investing. This encompasses the work of multiple federal agencies focused on
impact investing, including programs such as the SBIC Impact Fund launched by SBA;
the Freshworks Fund created by the Treasury Department and US Department of
Agriculture; the Accelerating Market Partnerships program of the US State Department;
and the Global Development Innovation Ventures partnership managed by USAID.
The Office has coordinated the US Government's participation in the US's G8 Social
Impact Investing Forum and the subsequent work of the Social Impact Investment Task
Force chaired Ronald Cohen. The US representatives on the Task Force include Matt
Bannick, CEO of the Omidyar Network and the Honorable Don Graves, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Treasury. The US Advisory Board to the Task Force includes a
wide range of thought leaders and impact investors.
Staff
Special Assistant to the President and Director of SICP, Jonathan Greenblatt:
Jonathan Greenblatt is Special Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of
Social Innovation and Civic Participation. Greenblatt is a serial social entrepreneur who
previously co-founded Ethos Water (sold to Starbucks); founded All for Good (acquired
by Points of Light) served as CEO of GOOD Worldwide; taught at the Anderson School
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