Foundations with Essma Bengabsia (Annie E. Casey Foundation)

Private foundations manage more than a trillion dollars of capital, which is invested across a variety of asset classes, so that a portion of their financial returns can be given out as grants for social impact. Join us and guest Essma Bengabsia (The Annie E. Casey Foundation) to learn about the untapped power and potential of philanthropy’s approach to investing, as well as how her community and identities have fueled a career path that has led her to be an impact investor at a $3 billion foundation. Brief primer on the size, scale and scope of private foundations [1:25] Essma’s path to working on impact investments at a foundation [6:25]  Mechanics and approaches of the Annie E. Casey Foundation [10:00] The beauty and challenges of bringing your full self to work [18:45] An exciting investment: Mission Driven Finance’s Care Access Real Estate [22:10] Essma’s advice to her younger self [25:50] Impact potential: truly equitable stakeholder engagement within investing [30:05] All views expressed by our guest are her own and do not necessarily express the views of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Demystifying Industry Jargon: endowment, perpetuity, mission-aligned investing, program-related investment, community development financial institution (CDFI), negative screening Impact(ed) is written, recorded and produced by its two co-hosts, Eric Horvath and Lucas Turner-Owens. Please connect with us on Linkedin, we’d love to hear your thoughts on this episode, your recommendations for future topics and guests, and be in community with you. Graphic Design by Ann Van. Original Music by Lucas Turner-Owens.