U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

What U.S. Impact Investing Alliance does

The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance is an independent U.S. nonprofit 501(c)(3) policy advocacy organization founded in 2016 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., dedicated to raising awareness of impact investing, fostering deployment of impact capital, and building the U.S. impact investing ecosystem. It was incubated by the Ford Foundation for four years before spinning out in December 2020 and is now fiscally sponsored by New Venture Fund. The organization does not develop proprietary technology; its outputs are research reports and policy programs including Private Capital Public Good, Impact at Work, Impact in Place, Impact in the Balance, and the Inclusive Economic Growth program, supplemented by ongoing SEC and DOL comment letters, congressional testimony, and convenings such as Climate Week NYC.

The Alliance serves as a field-builder and convener rather than a product vendor, with a stakeholder base spanning federal and state policymakers (SEC, DOL, Federal Reserve, Treasury, OCC), institutional investors, public companies, foundations, and community lenders. It co-leads the Coalition on Inclusive Economic Growth with B Lab U.S. & Canada (60+ organizations) and supports the Presidents' Council on Impact Investing. Major institutional partners include the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (which commissioned its Impact in Place report), Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, ImpactAssets, McKnight Foundation, and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Leadership comprises President Fran Seegull, with Advisory Board Chair John Palfrey (President of MacArthur Foundation) succeeding Darren Walker (President of Ford Foundation) in 2023.

The organization is funded through foundation and philanthropic support and provides all programs, publications, and resources free of charge; no commercial revenue, pricing, or sales motion exists. Its go-to-market is coalition-driven policy advocacy and investor engagement rather than product sales, with distribution handled through a website, ImpactAlpha Policy Corner partnership, newsletter, social channels, annual reports, and direct policy engagement with regulators and Congressional staff.

Name

U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

Legal name

U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

Website

https://impinvalliance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2016 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. that advocates for impact investing policy and builds the U.S. field through research reports, regulatory comment letters, and coalitions serving investors, policymakers, and public companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Impact Investing Policy Advocacy

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Impact Investing & Social Finance (Funds, CDFIs, Microfinance) (BPAGALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainable Private Markets (Impact PE/VC, Private Credit, Infrastructure) (FSAAALAG), Impact Investment & Development Investment Funds (BPADACAO)

Keywords

• Impact investing advocacy
• Policy research
• ESG disclosure frameworks
• Stakeholder capitalism
• Community investing

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Foundation and Philanthropic Support: The organization receives funding and support from foundations including the Ford Foundation. It spun out from the Ford Foundation in December 2020 following a four-year incubation period and is now fiscally sponsored by New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance is an independent nonprofit policy advocacy organization that raises awareness of impact investing in the United States, fosters deployment of impact capital, and helps build the impact investing ecosystem. It produces research reports and policy recommendations (Private Capital Public Good, Impact at Work, Impact in Place, Impact in the Balance), runs policy programs (Inclusive Economic Growth), submits formal comment letters to federal regulators, testifies before Congress, and convenes coalitions of investors, businesses, and nonprofits. All outputs are provided free of charge to advance the impact investing field.

Product overview

The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance operates as a policy advocacy organization rather than a technology product company. Its offerings consist of research reports, policy programs, and advocacy initiatives focused on advancing impact investing in the United States. The core products include the 'Private Capital, Public Good' policy framework, the 'Impact at Work' report on corporate impact investing strategies, the 'Impact in Place' report (commissioned by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) on community investing trends, the 'Inclusive Economic Growth' policy program, and the 'Impact in the Balance' program. These publications and programs work together to raise awareness of impact investing, foster deployment of impact capital, and help build the impact investing ecosystem through advocacy, coalition-building, and policy recommendations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Private Capital, Public Good: Building Shared Prosperity A flagship research report providing bipartisan policy recommendations for how the Administration and Congress can create shared prosperity, serving as the organization's core policy framework for impact investing and stakeholder capitalism.
• Impact at Work An examination of corporate impact investing strategies and their durability, providing an overview of the current state of corporate impact investing with a focus on best practices for companies developing durable strategies that advance positive outcomes for stakeholders.
• Impact in Place A report commissioned by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York examining key trends in community investing, including increased corporate engagement, leveraging of donor advised fund capital, and innovative participatory models for community wealth building.
• Inclusive Economic Growth A policy program focused on advancing policies that refocus corporations and investors on real and equitable value creation promoting quality jobs, thriving communities, and environmental resilience, including co-leadership of the Coalition on Inclusive Economic Growth with B Lab U.S. & Canada.
• Impact in the Balance A policy program examining the intersection of impact investing and broader economic systems, focused on policy and ecosystem considerations for impact investing.

Quantifiable outcome

• Speaking for investors who own and manage assets well in excess of one trillion dollars

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and major.

• Coalition on Inclusive Economic GrowthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 February 2024Co-led by the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance and B Lab U.S. & Canada, this coalition of over 60 businesses, investors, and nonprofits works to advance policies promoting inclusive economic growth, racial equity, and sustainable capitalism. The Alliance collaborates with this coalition on regulatory advocacy including SEC human capital management rules and Community Reinvestment Act modernization.
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2023John Palfrey, President of MacArthur Foundation, was named Advisory Board Chair of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance, succeeding Darren Walker. MacArthur Foundation is a major philanthropy focused on building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.
• Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 June 2021Commissioned the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance to produce the Impact in Place report examining key trends in the community investing field. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York hosted the report launch event and continues to feature the report in its community development outreach and education resources.
• New Venture FundcoreOthers · 21 December 2020Following spinout from Ford Foundation in December 2020, the Alliance is now fiscally sponsored by New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity, providing administrative infrastructure and nonprofit status.
• B Lab U.S. & CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-leader of the Coalition on Inclusive Economic Growth alongside the Alliance. B Lab U.S. & Canada is a nonprofit leader in the certified B Corporation movement, focused on business as a force for good.
• ImpactAssetsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with the Alliance and Ford Foundation to organize curated Climate Week NYC discussions on accelerating climate investing, public-private collaboration, and investing at the intersection of climate and communities.
• Presidents' Council on Impact InvestingflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerA group of philanthropic leaders dedicated to practicing and promoting impact investing principles. The Alliance celebrates and supports this initiative, with McKnight Foundation President Tonya Allen serving as Co-Chair. The Council brings together foundation presidents committed to impact investing.
• International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Alliance has consistently supported the ISSB's efforts to establish global sustainability standards, voicing support for exposure drafts and applauding the issuance of inaugural global sustainability standards. The Alliance engages with ISSB consultations and advocates for U.S. alignment with global standards.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ImpactAssets: Impact investing donor advised fund sponsor and field-builder. Partners with the Alliance on Climate Week NYC convenings and serves a complementary role growing the pool of impact-investing capital.
• Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR): Coalition of 300+ faith- and values-driven institutional investors engaging on corporate ESG issues. Highly comparable as an investor-led coalition that shares advocacy channels and policy positions with the Alliance.
• Ceres: U.S.-focused sustainability advocacy nonprofit mobilizing investors, companies, and policymakers on climate and ESG disclosure. Comparable in operating as a field-builder and policy convener aligned with the Alliance's stakeholder-capitalism agenda.
• US SIF: The Sustainable Investment Forum: U.S. membership association for sustainable and responsible investing. Shares the Alliance's policy-advocacy orientation toward sustainable capital markets and serves a similar institutional-investor constituency in the U.S.
• JUST Capital: Nonprofit that ranks and advocates for stakeholder-oriented corporate behavior and disclosure. Closely aligned with the Alliance's workforce disclosure and human capital management policy priorities.
• B Lab U.S. & Canada: Nonprofit behind the B Corp certification and an explicit co-leader of the Coalition on Inclusive Economic Growth alongside the Alliance, sharing overlapping funder networks and policy advocacy on stakeholder capitalism.
• Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN): The leading global impact investing membership organization. Both the GIIN and the Alliance are field-building nonprofits convening investors around impact investing, with overlapping audiences and complementary geographic focus (global vs. U.S.).

Broad incumbents

• Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI): UN-backed international network for responsible investment signatories. Operates globally with broader scope than the U.S.-only Alliance, but pursues closely aligned ESG integration and disclosure policy goals.
• Aspen Institute: Large, established U.S. think tank convening leaders across policy domains including economic opportunity. Comparable as a foundation-backed, nonpartisan policy convener whose funder model mirrors the Alliance's.

Emerging players

• Confluence Philanthropy: Peer network of philanthropic foundations practicing and learning about impact investing. Operates in an adjacent field-builder role with overlapping funder relationships and impact-investing convening activity.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/impactinvestus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/usiia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about U.S. Impact Investing Alliance