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The future of social investing: convergence

A modern power play among governments, the private sector, and the nonprofit sector may finally be playing itself out. Having lived through the excesses of big government or the unfettered market, or a civil society vacuum, many are beginning to understand that each sector has an essential role to play. But this tripartite concept of a public-private nonprofit sector is only the very first step.

Implementing this cross-sector vision of society is another story. Each sector has its orthodoxies about how things are done, which are then reinforced with prejudices towards other sectors.

But the initial findings of the PSC Social Investing Research Initiative have been that each sector is in fact migrating toward this post-modern cross-sector model. Because these movements have not yet converged though, they may not even be aware of each other's activities, or that a convergence is taking place at all. We think this trend is unmistakable, and it is our hope that this resource guide will help clarify this convergence, and speed up the process.

Because this is the PSC Social Investing Research Initiative, we are using social investing as a focal point for this convergence process. Social investing is a great example of a cross-sector society because it is springing up everywhere. Traditional investors, philanthropists, and others are combining financial returns and social impact in innovative ways. As these approaches to social investing become more sophisticated, we believe they will also begin to resemble one another, rendering sector distinctions obsolete, and increasing financial returns and social impact well beyond their former limitations.

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