This is where you will find Heron’s Publications.
We’re launching a new series called “Questions We’re Asking This Week” that catalogs some of the inquiries we’re chasing in order to help people and communities help themselves.
At Heron, we’re always looking for opportunities to better align our investments with our mission — which sometimes involves investing deliberately in specific geographies. Here is a spectrum of strategies that we look to when we are trying to invest in a specific place.
The second in a series of retrospective deep dives into a broad selection of Heron’s early fixed income impact investments, featuring a mixed-income housing community in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Several years ago, we committed to aligning our entire portfolio with our mission. At the time, we thought that would mean investing in enterprises that provided family-sustaining jobs. But we quickly realized that some of the enterprises that provided good jobs might not be good, on the whole, for the people we wanted to help.
Over time, our general desire to invest first and foremost in enterprises that have a net positive impact on society (and only then layer on our specific mission) developed into the net contribution lens.
Heron’s president, Clara Miller, offers a look back at the past five years of the foundation and offers some lessons learned.
OliverWyman and SeaChange Capital Partners produce a report outlining ways to mitigate the trials of nonprofit finance.
Heron’s President Clara Miller discusses our evolution and common myths we see in the social sector.
Heron president Clara Miller offers lighthearted thoughts on the cultural anthropology of two groups interested in poverty solutions.