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Confluence Philanthropy’s mission is to transform the practice of investing by aligning capital with our community’s values of sustainability, equity, and justice. We support and catalyze a membership network of over 260 private, public, and community foundations, family offices, individual donors, and their values-aligned investment advisors. Together, our members represent more than $75 billion in philanthropic assets under management and over $4 trillion in combined managed capital.

Recent Highlights

Unlocking the Power of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Stephen Heintz, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Rey Ramsey, Nathan Cummings Foundation

A Fourth Industrial Revolution is well underway, but philanthropy is not poised to fully benefit from the opportunities it has to offer. Innovations like generative AI are highly dependent on the ...

Transparency Is the Bedrock for Impact Measurement

Marina Severinovsky, Schroders

Mission-aligned investments have undergone an unprecedented expansion over the past decade. I’ve kept close tabs on this, as Schroders’ Head of Sustainability in North America — representing both ...

Investing with a Climate Resilient Lens: Dana Lanza in Discussion with Nancy Lindborg and Rip Rapson

Dana Lanza, Confluence Philanthropy

Just before world leaders met for COP28, the Biden-Harris Administration hosted the first-ever White House Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities. A national framework for investing in ...

Our Community

Membership

Confluence membership is open to private, public and community foundations; family offices; individual donors; and values-aligned investment advisors dedicated to aligning capital with our community’s values of sustainability, equity, and justice.

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MEMBERS MEETING NET ZERO

Confluence Philanthropy celebrates those members that stand at the vanguard of sustainability and net zero planning. As our community continues to make these visionary commitments Member organizations will be cited here.

Upcoming Events

New SEC Disclosure Regulations and Addressing Climate Risk | Interactive Virtual Discussion

Apr 30, 2024

Virtual

OPEN TO CONFLUENCE MEMBERS ONLY.

While the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures is a positive step forward, companies must do more to address the hidden risks that continue to grow in the carbon bubble. The loopholes that allow for ...

Foundation Transparency Compact: Functional Definitions Working Session

Jun 10, 2024

Hybrid

BY INVITATION ONLY.

Foundation Transparency Compact participants will join for a working session to develop functional definitions for key impact investing terms as one of the building blocks to defining the “Principles of Transparency” and the Foundation Transparency Compact ...

Foundation Transparency Compact: CIO/CFOs Meeting

Jun 10, 2024

Hybrid

BY INVITATION ONLY.

In this first meeting of CIO/CFOs members of the Foundation Transparency Compact, participants will identify priorities for this subgroup and ways of working together in the year ahead.