Impact Investing Course for Not for Profits - Sydney

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 Jessica Mendoza-Roth, 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 investment 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

Jessica Mendoza-Roth | Founder & CEO at Social Impact Hub

Jessica is the Founder and CEO of the Social Impact Hub. The Social Impact Hub advises, educates, collaborates and mobilises capital for impact. Jessica is also a consultant to the impact investment sector, having served as the Impact Strategist for Blue River Group, an independent impact investment services firm, and opened the Sydney office of Impact Investment Group. Previously, Jessica was a Solicitor at King & Wood Mallesons in Sydney. She holds a B.A. and LL.B. (with First Class Honours) from UNSW and a LL.M. from Harvard Law School, where she was the recipient of the R.G. Menzies Scholarship to Harvard, and she studied social entrepreneurship, philanthropy and impact investing.

Speakers

Dr Tom McClean | Research and Social Policy Program Head at Uniting

Tom is an experienced professional in the investment and social policy and evaluation space. He worked in NSW State Government in Parliament and Cabinet and the NSW Ombudsman with a focus on social policy and evaluation. He has been at Uniting for 7 years leading research and social policy programs. He is involved across a range of initiatives at Uniting including Foyer Central, an initiative providing apartment-style accommodation that's purpose-built to provide a safe and centrally located living option for young people with a lived history of out-of-home care. Tom also worked for a private equity firm in London and as an academic at the London School of Economics. Sam will be talking about Uniting's experience with impact investment with a focus on how Not for Profits can prepare to take on investment. Tom will be talking about Uniting's experience with impact investment with a focus on how Not for Profits can prepare to take on investment. 

Samuel Sgambellone | Head of ForPurposeCo.

Sam is the Head of For Purpose Co. He is an experienced entrepreneur and director with a strong food and beverage background. Sam is committed to solving problems through social enterprise and innovative business models. Before moving into the impact sector, Sam spent 13 years mostly dedicated to the specialty coffee industry; as a partner in Mecca Coffee Roasters, as they went from one cafe to a multi venue operation with a wholesale roasting division, a founder and lead educator at  Coffee Kaizen, who delivered coffee educating and consulting then finally on to State Manager of Veneziano Coffee Roasters. Sam will be sharing the story and experience of ForPurposeCo., which is a profit-for-purpose social enterprise with people, planet and purpose at its heart. As an innovative and entrepreneurial business focused on food and waste technology, ForPurposeCo exists to enhance the mission of OzHarvest, create sustainable revenue streams and increase its positive impact.

Tiphanie Au and Lisa Minchella | NSW Office of Social Impact Investment

Tiphanie and Lisa will be joining this course to talk about NSW Government policy in relation to social impact investment and explore social impact bonds and other forms of impact investment. Tiphanie is an impact investment professional with over 10 years of experience in the NSW public sector. As the Associate Director for the Office of Social Impact Investment, her aspiration is to drive positive change with measurable impacts and contribute towards a more inclusive and resilient society. She specialises in the intersection of delivering outcomes-focused, innovative, early-intervention programs aimed at tackling complex social issues, while ensuring commercial rigour in investments and procurement decision-making. She is a ‘tri-sector’ leader that is technically adept and has extensive experience collaborating across the public, for purpose and for-profit sectors to achieve social impact. Lisa is a policy professional with over 5 years experience working across a diverse range of policy areas in the NSW Public Sector. Her passion is working towards social impact, including fostering partnerships across the public, for purpose and for profit sectors to test new approaches for addressing complex social problems. 

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.