MRI/Social Investments
The fund has received an $100 million unrestricted grant to support its capital campaign and will deploy it by building a pooled endowment fund that will increase member institutions endowments by $10 million each.
The agency is looking for firms to help build and implement a bond and direct lending clean energy fund.
The plans added a sustainable equity manager to their lineup in October after initially receiving an ESG/socially responsible product analysis search book in April.
The endowment has issued an RFP seeking companies, funds or projects for its new impact investment program.
The foundation has established a target allocation for impact investments after deliberating on the subject since last year, when it invested in an impact fund.
A foundation based in the Midwest and two managers have put more than $1 billion in capital toward global sustainability and development goals.
The foundation has tabbed its v.p. of community strategies to serve as its first chief impact officer and manage its impact investments.
The foundation has committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for its endowment by 2050 and the strategy centers on investment in climate solutions and other climate-focused strategies as well as engagement with asset managers and others on data, disclosures and decarbonization plans.
The foundation is aiming to allocate at least 5% of its portfolio to emerging managers, while also looking to add climate-solution investments as it looks achieve a net-zero endowment by 2030.
The firm has completed an initial close of its fund targeting sustainably managed forestlands with more than $200 million in commitments.