April 17, 2011

An Index of Fund Managers Spotlights Social Investment

By Nicole Wallace

Interest in for-profit social enterprise—through which donors and investors use the principles of business and investment to promote social change—is growing. But it’s still a new area for many in the philanthropy world.

Some donors are using their charitable dollars—as well as their professional skills and volunteer energy—to build new networks and other systems to help spread the idea.

Through his family foundation, Ron Cordes, a philanthropist