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The latest perspectives, news, reports, and resources from around the Foundation.

Impact Investing
May 1, 2025

Surdna Joins the Catalytic Capital Consortium

The Surdna Foundation is proud to join the Catalytic Capital Consortium (C3) to accelerate momentum toward building a stronger community of practice for the field of catalytic capital. The Ford Foundation, the Sorenson Impact Foundation, and…

Impact Investing
April 21, 2025

High Risk, High Reward: Bold Investments Driving Change

On April 15, 2025,  Don Chen, president of the Surdna Foundation, spoke at the Global Impact Investing Network's West Coast Impact Forum and Investor Training on Surdna's intentional decision to apply our social and racial justice values to…

Impact Investing
October 20, 2022

Impact Investing for Social Justice: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Six years after the Surdna Foundation made an initial allocation of $100 million to impact investing, Adam Connaker, director of Impact Investing at the Surdna Foundation, reflects on Surdna’s learning journey and considers the future of our…