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Building Tools for Effective Philanthropy                 May 2009
In This Issue
PRI Institute
Report Your PRIs
Socially Oriented Capital
Deals of the Month
Intermediaries
PRI: Doing More
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PRI Institute 

 More for Mission

Funder Profiles

 
 
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Please register for the PRI Institute or PRI Fundamentals in Baltimore by June 1 (while space allows)!  Let us know what you think about all the great new information added to www.PRIMakers.net and if you have some news, comments and suggestions.
PRI Institute
 
June 24-26, 2009
Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel
Baltimore, Maryland
 
"The PRI Institute offered exactly what we needed to give us the skills and information, along with an instant network of colleagues, to jumpstart our PRI program. We've referred many times to the training materials and called on fellow classmates as we've closed two new PRIs. I highly recommend this training to any foundation launching a PRI program or training new staff. We plan to make the PRI Institute an ongoing part of our staff development." - Sandra Mikush, Assistant Director, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation

Registration is now open to the first 30 participants.  Don't delay!  Agenda and Registration
Thank You for Reporting Your PRIs!
 
Help grow the field by including your investments.  Please update your data now.
 
Thank you to:
GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
MARION I. & HENRY J. KNOTT FOUNDATION
THE MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION
PRUDENTIAL FOUNDATION 
for recently updating their information in the PRI Activity Database.
As the Economic Crisis Deepends, Socially Oriented Capital Emerges
 
The current bear market has led investors to plumb alternative vehicles for their increasingly scarce investment dollars. Although the concept of impact investing is not new, investors are looking more deeply into the possibilities. Article by Robin Hacke, Living Cities
 
Deals of the Month

Want to make a PRI but don't know how to get started?  At PRI Makers Network, investors get ideas, network, and find deals.  The following investments are listed in further detail in the Deals Clearinghouse:

Looking for co-investors?  or Interesting deals? Add your information to the Deals Clearinghouse.
Updated: List of Intermediaries 
Looking for experienced investors that can work with your capital to serve your mission?   One of these might be right for you!  Intermediaries
PRI: Doing More With Less 
RSF Social Finance is a pioneering nonprofit organization dedicated to using the tools of finance to bring about positive, real-world change. Their goal is not only to make capital available to innovative projects; it's to fundamentally transform the way the world works with money.
Read their blog