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Together with the RBF Investment Committee and our OCIO, Agility, we shared the first  assessment of our ESG and impact managers in 2018 and provided updates in 2021. In 2023, we expanded our efforts to measure the nonfinancial returns of ESG and impact investment portfolios. 

In the context of the National Day of Racial Healing, the RBF pauses to reflect on the journey toward anti-racism and anti-sexism to which we committed in 2020. 

The Fund proactively seeks to integrate ESG criteria into investment processes as part of our Mission-Aligned Investing strategy, which expects all investments to meet market-rate return and risk attributes.

For International Women's Day, RBF grantmakers discuss philanthropy and the elevation of feminist thought and leadership.

On the 2023 National Day of Racial Healing, we reflect on our commitment to becoming an anti-racist and sexist institution.

In 2020, Our Common Purpose laid out a vision for reinventing U.S. democracy. Two years later, what has changed?

A new report, 'Mission-Aligned Investing: How We Assess Our Progress,' focuses on impact and ESG investing and active ownership.

A new opera exploring the profound impacts of war is now playing at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York.

In Are The Arts Essential?, a new anthology from NYU Brademas Center, composer Tania Leon explores art's role in family, identity, and justice.

Finance is uniquely positioned to save the planet, but the sector has already financed 1.5֯ C of warming, warns Michael Northrop, the RBF's Sustainable Development program director.