Impact Investing Course for Not for Profits - Melbourne

Overview

Social Impact Hub and Philanthropy Australia present: Impact Investing for Not For Profits, a short course providing NFPs with the knowledge and skills to understand and navigate this emerging field. Over one day, we will provide attendees with the tools and resources to identify opportunities to engage with impact investing, how it fits (or doesn't fit!) within your current operating model and ways to navigate the impact investing landscape.

Who is this for?

This course is recommended for leadership, finance or strategy staff as well as board members and advisors of not-for-profits, charities, NGOs and for-purpose organisations.

About the course

Impact investing is rapidly growing with the global impact investment market sized at $715 billion in 2020 (Global Impact Investing Network). It can provide not-for-profit organisations with an opportunity to diversify revenue streams and a new way to amplify organisational impact.  However, it is a confusing landscape to navigate: Is impact investment right for you? What are the key considerations in determining which path to pursue?

The Impact Investing Course for Not-for-Profits will help answer these questions and more. Facilitated by Elena Mogilevski, you will have the opportunity to learn about the variety of impact investing options available through case studies and experienced presenters.

The course will cover different ways to diversify your revenue streams through impact investment including:

• Setting up a social enterprise
• Raising debt to scale
• Developing a social impact bond
• Raising external capital to invest

Join us to ask your biggest questions about impact investing, including:

• How can I diversify revenue streams?
• Is impact investment right for me?
• How do I prepare to take on impact investment?
• How do I secure impact investment?
• What structures work best in impact investing?
• What are some good examples?

You'll learn:

• The fundamentals of impact investing
• How impact investing can help you diversify your revenue streams
• The different roles that philanthropy and impact investing can play
• The opportunities and challenges for not for profits and social enterprises wanting to bring on impact investing

You'll take away:

• An understanding of how impact investment could help your organisation
• Knowledge of how to navigate the impact investing landscape
• An understanding of the different financing instruments available
• Practical insights to help you prepare for impact investment
• Connections with other not-for-profits exploring impact investment

Educational philosophy

The Social Impact Hub's educational content is all focused on catalysing and enhancing social impact. It achieves this through utilising our unique insight and knowledge base drawn from cutting-edge research and evidence, the expertise of our Professional Impact Network, and informed by on-the-ground program and service delivery. This interactive course will also provide a practical learning experience using real-world case studies to explore the world of impact investing. There will also be the opportunity for peer learning from fellow participants.

Lead Facilitator

Elena Mogilevski | Professional Impact Network Member at Social Impact Hub

Elena’s career has span across academia, philanthropy and the not for profit sector. As CEO of St Kilda Community Housing, Elena worked with some of the most marginalised people in our community to help them secure affordable housing. As a senior executive with The Myer Foundation and the Sidney Myer Fund she managed an extensive portfolio of programs including Education, Sustainability & Environment, Myer Innovation Fellowships, Impact Investment and overall strategic direction. Elena is the Chair of EdConnect, a national charity that places volunteers into public schools.

As well as impact investment, Elena's areas of expertise include organisational strategy review and development, design of fundraising strategies and innovative programs, impact measurement frameworks, impact investment readiness assessment and articulation of business models to secure investment.

Speakers

We will have experienced speakers live at the session to talk about their experiences with impact investment. This will include:

Simon Miller | General Counsel for Save the Children

Simon is General Counsel for Save the Children Australia. After spending the best part of the noughties working for US law firms in London where he had a front row seat to the Enron bankruptcy, and more exposure to the global M&A market for luxury hotels than is decent for an impact investing webinar, a serendipitous introduction led Simon to a career within the international NGO sector where he has spent the last 15 years working with World Vision and Save the Children. A believer in the important role that large charitable iNGOs like Save the Children can continue to play in the world, Simon has worked on a full spectrum of legal and governance issues, including global transparency and accountability projects pushing iNGOs to demonstrate that they hold true to the values and the ethics they espouse. In recent years Simon has helped Save the Children Australia to establish and grow a number of social enterprises and launch its own impact investment fund.  The Australian foray into impact investing has led to a new initiative for the global network - Save the Children Global Ventures - which Simon is currently assisting with establishing. Save the Children Global Ventures will see Save the Children further expanding its presence in the impact investing arena.  Simon holds a Masters of Public & International Law from the University of Melbourne.

Phil Curtis | Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity, Victoria

Philip Curtis is the Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity, Victoria. He has oversight of the home building program and other supporting programs in Victoria. Habitat for Humanity is a Christian based for purpose organization which seeks to build a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Habitat for Humanity partners with people in our community and all over the world to help them build or improve a place they call home. With your support Habitat for Humanity’s Partner families achieve the strength, stability and independence they need to build a better life for themselves and their families. Prior to commencing this role in January 2010, Philip was a lawyer in private practice for 28 years; including 17 years as a Partner at Moores in Box Hill. He spent most of his career working in the area of commercial disputes, but was also involved in a number of significant criminal trials and appeals; including some to the High Court. Phil will be sharing Habitat for Humanity’s experience of raising impact investment and sharing insights and learnings for other NFPs 

BONUS: For a limited time only, if you purchase the Impact Investing Course for Not for Profits, you will get exclusive access to masterclasses for social enterprises in our Scaling Impact Accelerator program about securing impact investment featuring speakers from Giant Leap, Alberts and Australian Impact Investments. 

These are closed, online workshops (not available to the public) to the value of $180.00. If you are not able to join live, we will be able to send you the recording afterwards.

1. Getting the Right Capital from the Right Investor(s) at the Right Time - 02/08/2022

2. Developing a Compelling Investment Story - 09/08/2022

Do not miss this opportunity to better understand how impact investing can enable you to go beyond traditional fundraising and leverage the power of markets to create change and strengthen your financial security.

Pricing Structure: 

Large Organisation - Turnover $2.5M+

Small Organisation - Turnover up to $2.5M

If the price is a barrier to your organisation participating, please contact community@socialimpacthub.org as there are some partial scholarships available.