Impact Investments

The Fund defines impact investments as investments that both deliver market-grade returns and generate meaningful and measurable impact on the Fund’s mission to advance social change that contributes to a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. We gauge our progress [PDF] across a range of outcome measures, including the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) catalog of generally accepted impact performance metrics, IRIS+.

The Fund has set a target to allocate 20 percent of its portfolio to impact investments. From this pool, the Fund prioritizes investments that directly align with the Fund’s grantmaking programs, including investments in clean energy development.

Impact Investments

as of March 2023

Investments Initial Commitment Amount Committed Asset Class Geographic Focus Description Mission Alignment
Generation Climate Solutions Fund II October 2014 $15,000,000 Private Capital North America and Europe Enhanced resource productivity/reduced pollution, waste, and emissions Sustainable Development
Turner Multifamily Impact Fund April 2015 $20,000,000 Real Assets United States Workforce housing Broad mission
Elevar Equity III June 2015 $12,500,000 Private Assets India and Latin America Services for underserved communities Broad mission
Sustainable Asset Fund (Vision Ridge) August 2015 $20,000,000 Real Assets United States Resource optimization across water, agriculture, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and transportation Sustainable Development
New Energy Capital Infrastructure Credit Fund February 2016 $20,000,000 Real Assets United States Renewable energy development Sustainable Development
Mainstream Renewable Power Africa Holdings Limited (MPRAH) July 2016 $12,500,000 Private Capital Africa Expanding renewable power supplies across Africa Sustainable Development
ARCH Venture Fund IX Overage, L.P. November 2017 $5,000,000 Private Capital North America Identify and capitalize on early-stage venture capital opportunities that arise from the convergence of advanced breakthroughs in life sciences, physical sciences, and information sciences Broad mission
Sustainable Asset Fund II (Vision Ridge) February 2018 $12,500,000 Real Assets United States Resource optimization across water, agriculture, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and transportation Sustainable Development
Ambienta III May 2018 $14,000,000 Private Capital Europe Resource efficiency and pollution control Sustainable Development
New Energy Capital Infrastructure Credit Fund II September 2018 $20,000,000 Private Capital United States Small and midsized clean energy infrastructure projects and companies Sustainable Development
ARCHFund X/Overage Fund X December 2018 $15,000,000 Private Capital North America Healthcare focused venture capital, with an emphasis on building companies around novel healthcare therapies and treatments Broad mission
Sustainable Water Infrastructure Fund (SWIF) November 2019 $12,500,000 Real Assets California, Australia, Chile Sustainable water and agriculture Sustainable Development
ReThink Impact II, L.P. April 2020 $12,000,000 Private Capital United States Female-driven technology funds focused on health, environmental sustainability, education, and economic empowerment Sustainable Development
ARCH Venture Fund XI L.P. January 2021 $12,000,000 Venture Capital North America Identify and capitalize on early and seed-stage venture capital that invests primarily in the life sciences and biotechnology industries Broad Mission
Blue Bear Capital Partners II L.P. April 2021 $14,500,000 Real Assets North America and Europe Identify and capitalize on early stage investments in digital technology companies that are helping to enable and accelerate the transition to a lower carbon economy, with a focus on wind, solar, energy storage, and the electric grid supply chains Sustainable Development
Sustainable Asset Fund (Vision Ridge III) April 2021 $16,000,000 Real Assets United States Environmentally sustainable investments in the energy, agriculture, and transportation sectors Sustainable Development
Blue Bear Capital Co-Investment September 2021 $6,000,000 Real Assets North America and Europe Identify and capitalize on early-stage investments in digital technology companies that are helping to enable and accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy, with a focus on wind, solar, energy storage, and electric grid supply chains Sustainable Development
Aqua Capital May 2022 $15,000,000 Real Assets South America Innovating sustainable businesses across the agribusiness and food value chain Sustainable Development
Blue Bear Capital Partners III L.P. September 2022 $12,000,000 Real Assets North America and Europe Identify and capitalize on early-stage investments in digital technology companies that are helping to enable and accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy, with a focus on wind, solar, energy storage, and electric grid supply chains Sustainable Development

Impact Investment Total: $266,500,000

The above is provided for information purposes only and is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, any shares in any underlying pooled vehicles or managers named therein.