Fran Seegull
@franseegull.bsky.social
President, U.S. Impact Investing Alliance & Executive Director, Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing; fmr Ford Foundation & Chief Investment Officer at ImpactAssets #impinv #impactinvesting #econdev #socent #socfin
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Fran Seegull
@franseegull.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Join the conversation with the Impact Investing Starter Pack! We’ll be adding more community members over time. @bsky.app! go.bsky.app/P57DXzQ
It was a pleasure to reflect on the state of impact investing in the U.S. and charting the path ahead on the Women Changing Finance podcast. Have a listen!
Impact investing is at a crossroads and in the crosshairs, says @franseegull.bsky.social in an episode of Women Changing Finance. Tune in to hear about the future of the field and where we can lay the groundwork for transformation podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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September 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It was a pleasure to reflect on the state of impact investing in the U.S. and charting the path ahead on the Women Changing Finance podcast. Have a listen!
Fantastic Q&A with Liesel Pritzker Simmons on the state of impact investing, the unique role family offices can play at this time, deploying capital for the long term and the crucial role of public policy. @bluehaveninit.bsky.social @impactalpha.com #impinv impactalpha.com/blue-havens-...
Blue Haven’s Liesel Pritzker Simmons on family office impact investing in perilous times (Q&A)
Climate action, racial equity and even systems-change are all fine. But when Liesel Pritzker Simmons starts talking about a global wealth tax, she ...
impactalpha.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Fantastic Q&A with Liesel Pritzker Simmons on the state of impact investing, the unique role family offices can play at this time, deploying capital for the long term and the crucial role of public policy. @bluehaveninit.bsky.social @impactalpha.com #impinv impactalpha.com/blue-havens-...
Heather Gerken, dean of the Yale Law School, to become president of the Ford Foundation later this year. The right leader at the right time! @fordfoundation.org @heathergerken.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Ford Foundation’s New Leader Is From Yale Law School
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Heather Gerken, dean of the Yale Law School, to become president of the Ford Foundation later this year. The right leader at the right time! @fordfoundation.org @heathergerken.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Please join us on June 24! @impactalpha.com @oppfinance.bsky.social @innovateeconomy.bsky.social @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social #impinv #econdev
☎️ @oppfinance.bsky.social's Dafina Williams, Ceres’ Andrew Collier, Mindset's Heather Slavkin, Catherine Lyons of @innovateeconomy.bsky.social and @franseegull.bsky.social of the US Impact Investing Alliance map the new policy landscape.
#RSVP for our June 24 call.
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#RSVP for our June 24 call.
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June 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Please join us on June 24! @impactalpha.com @oppfinance.bsky.social @innovateeconomy.bsky.social @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social #impinv #econdev
Congratulations @palfrey.org and @darrencwalker.bsky.social for your well-deserved recognition on this year’s #Time100PhilanthropyList. You are true visionaries in your leadership across both philanthropy and impact investing!
Read the full list: time.com/collections/...
Read the full list: time.com/collections/...
TIME100 Most Influential People in Philanthropy 2025
TIME’s inaugural list featuring new leaders in philanthropy that are eager to see impact and see it now
time.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Congratulations @palfrey.org and @darrencwalker.bsky.social for your well-deserved recognition on this year’s #Time100PhilanthropyList. You are true visionaries in your leadership across both philanthropy and impact investing!
Read the full list: time.com/collections/...
Read the full list: time.com/collections/...
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ICYMI: The Administration’s budget proposes cutting funding for the CDFI Fund. Given the CDFI Fund’s track record of bipartisan support, we're hopeful Congress will continue to champion the critical program.
More from @franseegull.bsky.social in @impactalpha.com: impactalpha.com/bipartisan-l...
More from @franseegull.bsky.social in @impactalpha.com: impactalpha.com/bipartisan-l...
Bipartisan lawmakers are rallying for CDFIs, investors need to do the same
Understand the threats to community investing policies under Trump and how they affect essential financial support for communities.
impactalpha.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
ICYMI: The Administration’s budget proposes cutting funding for the CDFI Fund. Given the CDFI Fund’s track record of bipartisan support, we're hopeful Congress will continue to champion the critical program.
More from @franseegull.bsky.social in @impactalpha.com: impactalpha.com/bipartisan-l...
More from @franseegull.bsky.social in @impactalpha.com: impactalpha.com/bipartisan-l...
Inspired to see leaders across philanthropy stand up for the freedoms to speak, give and invest, which are cornerstones of how we build strong, thriving communities. nonprofitquarterly.org/unite-in-adv... @jpalfrey.bsky.social @macfound.bsky.social
Unite in Advance: Philanthropy Coalition Launches Solidarity Campaign - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
We’re announcing a public sign-on statement to support philanthropy’s freedom to give. We are united to protect our freedom to express ourselves, to give, and to invest in our communities. Join us by ...
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April 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Inspired to see leaders across philanthropy stand up for the freedoms to speak, give and invest, which are cornerstones of how we build strong, thriving communities. nonprofitquarterly.org/unite-in-adv... @jpalfrey.bsky.social @macfound.bsky.social
CDFIs are engines of economic growth, fueling small businesses & local communities. A recent EO threatens the CDFI Fund, but bipartisan lawmakers are standing up for it. Investors must do the same!
Read my @impactalpha.com post on why this matters: impactalpha.com/bipartisan-l... #impinv #econdev
Read my @impactalpha.com post on why this matters: impactalpha.com/bipartisan-l... #impinv #econdev
Bipartisan lawmakers are rallying for CDFIs, investors need to do the same
Understand the threats to community investing policies under Trump and how they affect essential financial support for communities.
impactalpha.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
CDFIs are engines of economic growth, fueling small businesses & local communities. A recent EO threatens the CDFI Fund, but bipartisan lawmakers are standing up for it. Investors must do the same!
Read my @impactalpha.com post on why this matters: impactalpha.com/bipartisan-l... #impinv #econdev
Read my @impactalpha.com post on why this matters: impactalpha.com/bipartisan-l... #impinv #econdev
Join the conversation with this impact and sustainable investing starter pack. These leaders and leading organizations share their insights on #impinv #impactinvesting #econdev #climatefinance and more. go.bsky.app/P57DXzQ
April 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Join the conversation with this impact and sustainable investing starter pack. These leaders and leading organizations share their insights on #impinv #impactinvesting #econdev #climatefinance and more. go.bsky.app/P57DXzQ
Pension funds fiduciaries consider the financial relevance of climate so they can prudently manage risk and assure long-term value for pensioners.
Pension Funds Push Forward on Climate Goals Despite Backlash
At a time of resistance to environmental, social and governance goals, pension funds have become a bulwark against efforts to sideline climate risks.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Pension funds fiduciaries consider the financial relevance of climate so they can prudently manage risk and assure long-term value for pensioners.
Honored to be included in the latest @sorensonimpact.bsky.social report on 5 key trends shaping the impact investing field. #impinv #econdev @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social
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Access the full report here: sorensonimpactinstitute.com/impact-inves...
March 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Honored to be included in the latest @sorensonimpact.bsky.social report on 5 key trends shaping the impact investing field. #impinv #econdev @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social
Access the full report here: sorensonimpactinstitute.com/impact-inves...
Access the full report here: sorensonimpactinstitute.com/impact-inves...
CDFIs drive inclusive economic growth, but a new executive order could undermine the agency that supports their work. This @pioneerspost.bsky.social article breaks down the risks, bipartisan pushback & why protecting these institutions matters. @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social @oppfinance.bsky.social
Trump order threatens to ‘cut legs out from’ CDFI Fund, say campaigners
Campaigners shocked as one of the US president’s latest executive orders could slash work of community development financial institutions, which offer capital to underserved entrepreneurs and business...
www.pioneerspost.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
CDFIs drive inclusive economic growth, but a new executive order could undermine the agency that supports their work. This @pioneerspost.bsky.social article breaks down the risks, bipartisan pushback & why protecting these institutions matters. @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social @oppfinance.bsky.social
CDFIs fuel small businesses, homeownership & local economies. A recent Executive Order threatens the Treasury’s CDFI Fund, putting these investments at risk. We urge policymakers to protect this vital agency. Read our statement below. #econdev #CDFI @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social
U.S. Impact Investing Alliance Calls on Policymakers to Support the CDFI Fund — U.S. Impact Investing Alliance
The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance advocates for shared prosperity, accelerated by investments in robust pathways for economic mobility and opportunity. Community development financial institutions (C...
impinvalliance.org
March 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
CDFIs fuel small businesses, homeownership & local economies. A recent Executive Order threatens the Treasury’s CDFI Fund, putting these investments at risk. We urge policymakers to protect this vital agency. Read our statement below. #econdev #CDFI @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social
The CDFI fund is under threat via an EO issued on Friday. This @impactalpha.com piece highlights the community’s bipartisan mobilization to defend CDFIs that across the country lend to local health centers, affordable housing, daycare centers, small businesses and more.
Threat to CDFI Fund gives community lenders a chance to flex bipartisan support
A whirlwind weekend mobilization in response to President Trump’s order to shut down a Treasury Department fund for low-income community lenders has produced ...
impactalpha.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The CDFI fund is under threat via an EO issued on Friday. This @impactalpha.com piece highlights the community’s bipartisan mobilization to defend CDFIs that across the country lend to local health centers, affordable housing, daycare centers, small businesses and more.
Climate United seeks to unfreeze $20B of capital disbursed for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. @climateunited.bsky.social @bethbaff.bsky.social
Climate United Sues E.P.A. Over Frozen $20 Billion
In a lawsuit, Climate United claims the E.P.A. is illegally withholding funds that have become a target of the Trump administration.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Climate United seeks to unfreeze $20B of capital disbursed for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. @climateunited.bsky.social @bethbaff.bsky.social
Impact investing is at a crossroads and in the crosshairs. There will be trials ahead, but the lessons of 2024 have strengthened our resolve. Read more about the @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social work in 2024 and how we navigated a pivotal year in partnership with many. #impinv
2024 Annual Highlights — U.S. Impact Investing Alliance
Annual Highlights
impinvalliance.org
February 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Impact investing is at a crossroads and in the crosshairs. There will be trials ahead, but the lessons of 2024 have strengthened our resolve. Read more about the @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social work in 2024 and how we navigated a pivotal year in partnership with many. #impinv
Sobering: The implications of the USAID shutdown on the global #impinv ecosystem.
USAID shutdown ‘undermines global impact investing ecosystem’
As Donald Trump pulls the plug on the world’s largest aid donor, the impact investing community warns the existing funding gap to meet the SDGs will widen by billions of dollars. But is China now pois...
www.pioneerspost.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Sobering: The implications of the USAID shutdown on the global #impinv ecosystem.
Climate change as a systemic risk in action. “Altadena may prove to be the true harbinger of a future in which no one but the rich owns their own homes, where insurance is a luxury good & where renters pay a monthly toll to large PE landowners who may be better suited to manage that risk.”
Opinion | The New Evidence Climate Change Will Upend American Homeownership
A new analysis predicts an extraordinary reversal in housing fortunes for Americans.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Climate change as a systemic risk in action. “Altadena may prove to be the true harbinger of a future in which no one but the rich owns their own homes, where insurance is a luxury good & where renters pay a monthly toll to large PE landowners who may be better suited to manage that risk.”
New UN report by @mazzucatom.bsky.social on blended finance. “In practice, concessional public finance is leveraging non-concessional public finance to support private initiatives, with limited participation from de-risked private capital”. @pioneerspost.bsky.social #impinv #econdev
‘Blended finance has fallen short’ – UN briefing
Award-winning economist Mariana Mazzucato says blended finance is not the promised ‘silver bullet’ in scathing UN policy briefing which argues it fails to mobilise enough private investment to meet th...
www.pioneerspost.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New UN report by @mazzucatom.bsky.social on blended finance. “In practice, concessional public finance is leveraging non-concessional public finance to support private initiatives, with limited participation from de-risked private capital”. @pioneerspost.bsky.social #impinv #econdev
“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.” MLK, Jr. Lifting this short, powerful piece by @darrencwalker.bsky.social from 2020. #racialjustice #impinv #philanthropy
A Lesson on Philanthropy From Martin Luther King Jr.
The president of the Ford Foundation shares the biggest lesson he's learned about giving
time.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.” MLK, Jr. Lifting this short, powerful piece by @darrencwalker.bsky.social from 2020. #racialjustice #impinv #philanthropy
Honored to be featured in @pioneerspost.bsky.social alongside global #impinv leaders sharing predictions for the field in 2025. My take? We need to focus on real-world impacts like clean air, thriving communities & economic security. #econdev @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social
Impact leaders’ 2025 predictions: what will matter most this year
From the ‘Coca-Cola risk’ to AI, leading social entrepreneurs, impact investors and network builders from across the world tell us what they're keeping an eye on in 2025. Make sure to read their analy...
www.pioneerspost.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Honored to be featured in @pioneerspost.bsky.social alongside global #impinv leaders sharing predictions for the field in 2025. My take? We need to focus on real-world impacts like clean air, thriving communities & economic security. #econdev @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social
Interested in impact investing, sustainable investing, climate finance, social finance, community development finance, welcome to the conversation? Check out the group of leaders and organizations in this #impinv starter pack. #socfin #econdev #ESG
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January 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Interested in impact investing, sustainable investing, climate finance, social finance, community development finance, welcome to the conversation? Check out the group of leaders and organizations in this #impinv starter pack. #socfin #econdev #ESG
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A Texas court ruled today that "American Airlines violated federal law by filling its 401(k) plan with funds from investment companies that pursue #ESG goals." This is a victory for the anti-ESG movement, unique in that it targeted a corporate retirement plan versus state pension plans.
American Airlines Held Liable for ESG Investing in 401(k) Plan
American Airlines Inc. violated federal law by filling its 401(k) plan with funds from investment companies that pursue environmental, social, and corporate governance goals, a Texas federal judge rul...
news.bloomberglaw.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A Texas court ruled today that "American Airlines violated federal law by filling its 401(k) plan with funds from investment companies that pursue #ESG goals." This is a victory for the anti-ESG movement, unique in that it targeted a corporate retirement plan versus state pension plans.
This piece from @mbranden.bsky.social! impactalpha.com/plea-from-a-...
January 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This piece from @mbranden.bsky.social! impactalpha.com/plea-from-a-...
A roundup of anti-ESG and anti-DEI developments from @impactalpha.bsky.social. Phew! McDonald’s backs away from DEI targets while Costco holds firm. PayPal sued by fund manager for discrimination in their diverse VC manager commitment. GFANZ declares victory so shifts its mission. #ESG #DEI #impinv
Public companies respond to the backlash against climate and diversity initiatives with surrender and defiance
The battle for diversity and climate action in public companies intensifies. Some businesses make business case for inclusion.
impactalpha.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A roundup of anti-ESG and anti-DEI developments from @impactalpha.bsky.social. Phew! McDonald’s backs away from DEI targets while Costco holds firm. PayPal sued by fund manager for discrimination in their diverse VC manager commitment. GFANZ declares victory so shifts its mission. #ESG #DEI #impinv