Aligning Policy, Capital, and Incentives to Scale Impact Event

February 28, 2024

Solving pressing societal and environmental issues requires moving all the levers at our disposal. Private capital has a key role to play, and its potential is amplified when paired with philanthropic funding as well as policy and advocacy work. We’ve seen policy unlock even more capital than hoped for (shoutout to the Inflation Reduction Act) and we’ve seen policy fall short of lofty aims (looking at you, Opportunity Zones).

Over the past year and a half, the IRA has highlighted the power of aligning government and investor incentives in support of clean energy and other climate innovations. Can this type of cross-sector approach extend to other social and environmental sectors, beyond those spurred by the IRA?

At our first virtual event of the year, we were thrilled to host William Barber III (Coalition for Green Capital), Jack Moriarty (Lafayette Square Foundation), and Catherine Toner (Gary Community Ventures) to discuss questions like this one and the role that policy plays in unlocking private capital.