Investment & Philanthropy

AAFRC Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy
The 21st Century Donor provides information about a study conducted on charitable donation trends.  The data provides demographic information about charitable donors.

Catalogue for Philanthropy
The goal of the Catalogue for Philanthropy is to raise public awareness of philanthropy and to increase and improve charitable giving in order to achieve more cost-effective results.

Chronicle of Philanthropy: Facts and Figures
The Facts and Figures section provides links to surveys conducted by both The Chronicle of Philanthropy and other organization that report on studies on philanthropy.

Domini Social Investments
Domini is an investment firm specializing exclusively in socially responsible investing that manages "$1.8 billion for individual and institutional investors who wish to integrate social and environmental standards into their investment decisions."

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
"Through the lens of faith, ICCR builds a more just and sustainable world by integrating social values into corporate and investor actions."

Maplecroft's Climate Innovation Indexes
"The three Maplecroft Climate Innovation Indexes (CIIs) provide investors and stakeholders with insight into the activities of leading US companies and address the compelling case for climate-related innovation and carbon management as leading indicators of future financial performance."

National Center for Charitable Statistics
The National Center for Charitable Statistics is the national clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States.

ReachScale
"ReachScale is focused on bridging the gap between the corporate and social enterprise by 1) identifying the common social issues, 2) catalyzing connections across sectors and social networks of socially responsible corporations and social entrepreneurs, and 3) advocating for new models of collaboration. Working with a variety of corporate partners, field experts, foundations and social capital firms, ReachScale leverages its efforts through a best idea wins, crowd sourcing, social action networking approach."

Responsible Shopper
Responsible Shopper reports on global research and campaign information in order to alert the public about the social and environmental impact of major corporations.

Social Investment Forum
The Social Investment Forum site offers comprehensive information, contacts & resources on socially responsible investing.

We Review - Latest Books Reviewed by CharityChannel Colleagues
We Review is CharityChannel's series of reviews of books relevant to busy nonprofit/NGO professionals.  CharityChannel is a resource that connects nonprofit colleagues around the world.