The Ford Foundation is carving out $1 billion of its endowment to commit to mission-related investments (MRIs). Launched in April 2017, resources will be committed over a ten-year period into investment opportunities that generate positive social returns and commercially appropriate risk-adjusted returns on capital. Hear what Roy Swan, director of Missions Investments for the Ford Foundation, had to say about investment strategy, rationale, impact, and measurements of success.
