Impact Dispatch - July 2026

Movements are never carried by one person alone. They're built in relay, passed hand to hand, strengthened by everyone who picks them up and runs with everything they have. Today, I want to talk about that handoff, because it's one that this community and our organization will navigate together in the months ahead.

As I shared earlier this month, founding the GIIN in 2009 and leading the organization has been the privilege of my professional life and has completely reshaped my outlook on work. I've had the opportunity to build something truly meaningful alongside thoughtful, brilliant and genuine people who believe that there's a better way to meet the needs of society and the planet.

This is what impact looks like in field building work: a long view without a single name attached to an achievement, but a foundation strong enough for others to build on it. The measure of what we've built isn't whether it depends on any one of us — it's whether it doesn't. Over the past 17 years, that's exactly what we've built at the GIIN: a network of organizations and people, steadfast in their commitment to making the world a better place.

I’ll remain fully engaged as CEO through the end of the year, and I'm committed to making this transition as smooth as possible for the team, the Board and the incoming leader who will carry this work forward. And until then, there's still real work to do together in the months ahead, including at the GIIN Impact Forum in Amsterdam this October, where I’ll be speaking, moderating and catching up with all of you.

• CalSTRS committed up to $2 billion USD to Nuveen's Energy Infrastructure Credit business to finance sustainable infrastructure like renewable energy generation, storage, energy efficiency and more.

• The Citi Impact Fund pledged $25 million USD to companies driving innovation in housing access and affordability.

• Acumen's Resilient Agriculture Fund secured $90 million USD in new committed capital to scale climate-resilient agribusinesses across Africa.

• The Rockefeller Foundation and MacArthur Foundation released their 7th annual report on the Zero Gap Fund, which shows $30 million USD in catalytic capital has mobilized more than $1.05 billion USD in private investment since 2019.

• Temasek's impact investing head Eliza Foo discusses the fund's S$49 billion Sustainable Living strategy, growing appetite for climate adaptation and the importance of liquidity in emerging market impact investing on ImpactAlpha’s podcast.

• South Yorkshire has launched the UK’s first dedicated child-centered investment fund, to test whether child-lens investing (CLI) can scale the way gender-lens investing has — moving from a niche philanthropic focus to a mainstream institutional allocation. This fund was co-developed by GIIN member Save the Children Global Ventures. Earlier this year, the GIIN and UNICEF launched a partnership to strengthen child-lens investing.

• The UK's Impact Investing Institute frames impact investing as a resilience strategy for pension funds, insurers and asset managers, in a recent Impact Investor article. It states that an impact lens helps portfolios navigate volatility, adapt to social and environmental risks and recover faster to economic shocks.

• An article from the Financial Times reports that impact investing demand, specifically related to clean energy, has held steady over the past two years, with $31 billion USD raised in 2025 across private equity, infrastructure, real estate and private debt funds.

• The GIIN is delighted to announce our continued work with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This latest grant will support our work to solve systemic problems facing people and the planet.

• The GIIN hosted a webinar in collaboration with the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) on mapping the power system through a systems lens. The discussion encouraged participants to pinpoint key investment opportunities and challenges in support of economy-wide electrification while shaping the direction of the GIIN’s ongoing Energy Systems track.

• The GIIN hosted a Food Is Medicine webinar featuring the American Heart Association’s Lisa D. Sanders and Kristi Ebong, alongside FTW Ventures’ Jenn Burka, to unpack the evidence base, market trends and emerging models behind Food is Medicine interventions.

• Learn more about the GIIN member events that took place this month.

• The GIIN has launched an Applied Impact Workshop Series, with in-person training in NYC. Sign up for “Blending Different Forms of Capital to Unlock Impact” or “Moving Your Theory of Change from the Page to Practice” this September.

• The GIIN will release its Sizing the Impact Investing Market report at the Impact Forum in Amsterdam. Secure early bird pricing through September 11.

• If you’re a GIIN member attending the Forum, sign up for Members Day, our annual members only convening at the GIIN Impact Forum. This half-day event includes a panel discussion and a series of table conversations designed to help members network.