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Gratitude Railroad

Gratitude Railroad is a community-driven impact investment firm and investor network focused on backing mission-driven businesses and private market funds addressing major social and environmental challenges. The firm invests in early to growth stage companies advancing planetary health, economic resilience, human well-being, and sustainable systems change. Beyond capital, Gratitude Railroad operates as a collaborative community of asset owners, investors, and impact leaders committed to learning, convening, and deploying capital toward a more regenerative and equitable future.

AI & TechnologyCommunity DevelopmentEnvironment & Conservation

Green Accelerator

The Green Accelerator (GA) is a Hong Kong–hosted, philanthropy-funded nonprofit platform that prepares scalable, bankable green projects in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). It launched in 2026 at the Hong Kong Green Finance Association Annual Forum, with backing referenced in the Hong Kong SAR Government’s 2026–27 Budget. GA is built around the climate-finance “bankability gap”: many technically viable green projects in the Global South never reach financial close because they lack project preparation, proven operating models, and documentation that meet the investment criteria of multilateral development banks, sovereign wealth funds, and international commercial banks. The platform uses philanthropic capital for design, preparation, technical assistance, and capacity building so proven technologies can be assembled into investable portfolios. Work is organized across energy transition, sustainable food systems, circular economy, and water and climate resilience. A Steering Committee of founding members sets strategy; a secretariat and regional teams run day-to-day operations. Founding members named at launch include the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, the HKSAR Environmental Protection Department, GenZero, the Institute of Finance and Sustainability, the Silk Road Fund, and HSBC. The initiative is hosted by Sprinkles (HK) Charity Foundation, a Section 88 tax-exempt charity registered in Hong Kong, with listed office locations in Hong Kong, London, and Singapore.

Circular EconomyClean EnergyImpact FinanceChina

Help build the infrastructure of the impact economy.

Green Climate Fund

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a global climate finance institution established to support developing countries in their efforts to combat climate change. With a shrinking window of opportunity to address the climate crisis and global temperatures already 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels, GCF focuses on limiting global warming to 1.5°C through strategic investment decisions over the next decade. The fund operates through a comprehensive governance structure including a GCF Board, accredited entities, and national designated authorities to ensure effective climate finance delivery across countries and regions.

Clean EnergyEnvironment & Conservation

Greenlight Fund

GreenLight Fund is a national nonprofit network that matches local communities' unmet needs with evidence-based social innovations. They actively engage with local communities to identify gaps not being addressed and invite best-in-class nonprofits uniquely suited to tackle these challenges. Their mission centers on investing in community-driven change by partnering with local communities to tackle barriers that prevent individuals and families from achieving inclusive prosperity. They operate through a network of sites across multiple cities, working directly with communities to understand their specific needs before bringing in proven solutions. As a national network spanning over a decade of operations, GreenLight Fund has established itself as a significant player in the social innovation ecosystem. Their approach of centering racial equity and focusing on inclusive prosperity positions them as an important bridge between evidence-based interventions and community-identified needs, helping to scale effective solutions across diverse urban markets.

Community DevelopmentEducationSocial EnterpriseUnited States

Greentown Labs is the world's largest climatetech and energy incubator, operating as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports entrepreneurs developing climate solutions. They provide incubation services, membership programs, and resources to startups working across various sectors including agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, transportation, and resilience adaptation. Their mission centers on catalyzing climate solutions at speed and scale by bringing together entrepreneurs with innovation, corporate leaders with scale, investors with capital, and philanthropists with support. They operate as a community-driven organization with locations in Boston and Houston, fostering collaboration between startups, corporations, and other stakeholders in the climatetech ecosystem. Greentown Labs serves as a critical hub in the climatetech ecosystem, connecting entrepreneurs with the resources, mentorship, and partnerships needed to transform society through energy innovation. Their comprehensive approach to supporting climate entrepreneurs positions them as a key player in addressing the climate challenge through technological innovation and community building.

Clean EnergyClimate TechEnvironment & ConservationUnited States

GSG Impact is a global network organization that connects leaders, investors, governments, regulators, and social innovators to improve their impact on society and the environment. They focus on building impact economies, mobilizing private capital for public good, and promoting impact transparency and integrity across different sectors and geographies. Their mission centers on creating an inclusive, equitable, and sustainable economic system where impact becomes a core factor in every investment, business, and government spending decision. GSG operates through a network of national partners, taskforces, strategic partners and affiliations to drive collective action and advance impact investing globally. GSG Impact plays a crucial convening role in the impact ecosystem, bringing together diverse stakeholders to accelerate the transition toward impact-driven decision making. They matter because they serve as a catalyst for systemic change, working to ensure that all investment, business, consumption and government decisions consider their broader social and environmental implications.

Community DevelopmentImpact FinanceSocial EnterpriseUnited Kingdom

Halcyon is a leading impact accelerator that has been empowering early-stage social entrepreneurs since 2014. Founded by Dr. Sachiko Kuno and Kate Goodall, the organization takes its name from the historic Halcyon House in Georgetown, Washington, DC, reflecting its founding mission to provide a haven where bold founders tackling the world's most pressing problems can find support, optimism, and belief. Since its inception, Halcyon has supported over 650 entrepreneurs from more than 50 countries, helping them scale their sustainable, world-changing solutions through a bold, founder-first accelerator model. Halcyon's programs provide early-stage social entrepreneurs with critical resources including space, community, and access to networks. Their comprehensive support includes tailored business training for product-market fit, capital strategy, and leadership development, along with additional resources to help founders scale their ventures. Through Halcyon Fund I & II, the HVP Angels, and partnerships with their ecosystem, they educate and invest in impact-driven founders. The organization's far-reaching impact is made possible through the generous support of donors, supporters, partners, and a passionate global team dedicated to accelerating the impact-driven future of business.

Climate TechCommunity DevelopmentSocial EnterpriseDistrict of Columbia, United States

Venture Capital, Impact Fund

Harbor Fund is an impact investment and philanthropic organization that finances film and television projects designed to create measurable social impact. By combining grants, catalytic capital, and mission-aligned equity and debt investments, Harbor Fund helps visionary filmmakers produce stories that heal, inspire, and transform society. Its evergreen investment model reinvests financial returns from successful productions into future impact-driven films, creating a sustainable funding engine for culture-shifting storytelling.

Arts, Culture & MediaImpact FinanceUtah, United States

Helios Investment Partners

Helios Investment Partners is the largest Africa-focused private investment firm, managing funds totaling approximately $3 billion since 2004. The firm bridges international capital and know-how with African talent and enterprise, applying world-class investment capabilities and entrepreneurial business-building across four distinct investment strategies. As the largest B Corp certified emerging market PE firm globally, Helios is committed to delivering growth with impact, focusing on generating globally competitive returns while driving positive social, economic and environmental outcomes across Africa.

Impact FinanceCentral African Republic

Hilton Global Foundation

Foundation, Grantmaker, Corporate

Hilton Global Foundation is Hilton’s corporate foundation, launched in 2019 to support the company’s broader Travel with Purpose strategy. It is separate from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the independent private foundation created from Conrad Hilton’s estate. The Foundation supports nonprofit organizations in communities where Hilton operates. Its current priorities include: - Workforce development and career opportunity - Destination stewardship - Environmental sustainability - Community resilience Hilton’s 2025 reporting says the company and Foundation awarded grants across these areas and surpassed a goal of more than 300 Action Grants. The Foundation also works alongside Hilton hotels, owners, team members, guests, and partners. However, these activities should be treated separately. Foundation grants are distinct from donated hotel stays, volunteer hours, hotel sustainability initiatives, and other forms of in-kind support. Hilton does not currently publish a standard grant size, open request for proposals, or general application process. Its public reporting focuses primarily on selected nonprofit partners and aggregate impact.

Community DevelopmentEducationEnvironment & ConservationUnited States

Hopelab is a researcher, investor, and convener that focuses on equity-centered solutions for the mental health and well-being of Black, Brown, and Queer young people. They operate through multiple modalities including research, investment in innovators, and funding youth-centered solutions to advance mental health outcomes for underserved communities. Their mission is to advance the mental health and well-being of young people through uncovering knowledge and evidence, investing in innovators, and funding youth-centered solutions. Hopelab operates as an intergenerational collaborator, believing that equitable outcomes require partnership and shifting power dynamics to center young people's perspectives and lived expertise. Hopelab serves as a critical player in the mental health ecosystem by centering equity in all facets of their work and recognizing that systems of oppression like racism, homophobia, transphobia, and wealth inequities are interconnected. They amplify young leaders' voices and create opportunities to challenge existing narratives, spark dialogue, and inspire collective growth, making them essential advocates for dismantling barriers that prevent young people from living joyful and purposeful lives.

EducationHealth & WellnessImpact FinanceUnited States

Venture Capital

Human Ventures is a next-generation venture capital firm and business creation platform that takes a human-first approach to investing. They partner with founders at the earliest stages of development and back them until their vision becomes reality, focusing on companies that meet essential human needs across health and wellness, workplace innovations, community connection, and transformational lifestyle changes. The firm operates through a collaborative three-component platform designed to support entrepreneurs in the earliest stages of growth. This includes Build Studio for turning early-stage ideas into launch-ready companies, their Fund for investing in the future of human needs, and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) Program that brings the entrepreneur community together to build innovative solutions. Based in New York, Human Ventures embodies and promotes the diversity, resilience, and ambition characteristic of the city's entrepreneurial ecosystem. Their impact extends beyond traditional venture capital through their comprehensive support system that focuses on building better entrepreneurs as much as better companies, guided by core values of growth, courage, resilience, openness, collaboration, and gratitude.

Impact FinanceUnited States

Venture Capital

Hustle Fund is a venture capital fund that invests in hustlers at the pre-seed and seed stages, focusing on hilariously early startups. They position themselves as investors who back entrepreneurs with strong hustle and drive, regardless of traditional pedigree or background. The fund operates with a mission to democratize entrepreneurship and investing, offering extensive resources including blogs, books, newsletters, and educational content for both founders and investors. They provide practical, non-BS advice through multiple channels and maintain an active community of entrepreneurs and investors. Hustle Fund has created significant impact in the startup ecosystem by making angel investing accessible to people from all walks of life through their Angel Squad program, which includes over 2000+ angel investors. They matter because they're breaking down barriers in venture capital, teaching investment strategies to a broader audience, and fostering a community where aspiring entrepreneurs can learn, connect, and access capital regardless of their background or network.

Community DevelopmentImpact FinanceUnited States

Icehouse Ventures

Venture Capital

Icehouse Ventures is a New Zealand venture capital firm backing Kiwi founded companies with the potential to scale into global markets. The platform traces its roots to Ice Angels, launched in 2003 as New Zealand’s first angel investment network. It raised its first fund in 2013 and formally became Icehouse Ventures in 2019, when Simplicity KiwiSaver, Jarden, and Sir Stephen Tindall’s K1W1 joined as shareholders. Today, Icehouse Ventures manages a range of investment vehicles spanning pre seed through pre IPO, supported by a co investor network of more than 3,000 investors. The firm says it has invested more than $800 million across more than 390 Kiwi founded companies. Its portfolio includes some of New Zealand’s better known technology companies, including Halter, Crimson Education, Sharesies, Partly, Hnry, Dawn Aerospace, Tracksuit, Tradify, Ethique, Basis, Fuel50, and Spalk, alongside international investments such as Wayve, Substack, and Nuro. Growth Fund III is currently being marketed as an open investment vehicle. Icehouse Ventures is a generalist technology investor rather than a dedicated climate fund, but sustainability is part of its broader investment framework. The firm publishes a Responsible Investment Policy aligned with the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, and Principal Bex Gidall leads both the Arc Fund and Sustainable Technologies Fund. Its climate and impact related portfolio includes companies such as Neocrete, which develops additives designed to reduce cement use in concrete, and Ethique, a solid personal care brand focused on reducing packaging waste.

Built EnvironmentEnvironment & ConservationImpact FinanceNew Zealand

IKEA Social Entrepreneurship

IKEA Social Entrepreneurship focuses on supporting social entrepreneurs and enterprises that create positive impact for vulnerable and marginalized communities. They operate through multiple approaches including developing products in partnership with social enterprises, accelerating impact through partnerships with organizations like Ashoka, Acumen, NESsT, and WWF, and providing local services support. Their mission centers on creating a better everyday life for as many people as possible, with particular emphasis on empowering vulnerable and marginalized people and social entrepreneurs. They lead by example through their actions and share learnings to find solutions that support social entrepreneurial activities, aiming to contribute to significant and lasting change in communities worldwide. IKEA Social Entrepreneurship has become a significant player in the social enterprise ecosystem, supporting 120 social enterprises across 21 countries and contributing to the creation of over 20,000 jobs and incomes. Their model demonstrates how corporate partnerships can scale social impact, starting from initial collaborations that created over 100 jobs in 2012 and growing into a comprehensive platform that accelerates the broader social entrepreneurship movement.

Community DevelopmentEnvironment & ConservationSocial EnterpriseSweden

Illumen Capital

Venture Capital

Illumen Capital is a Black-owned and led fund manager that partners with institutional investors to back the next generation of venture and private equity managers. Their investment focus centers on achieving racial and gender equity across the investing landscape by supporting emerging fund managers who have been historically overlooked. Their mission is rooted in the belief that an inclusive and optimal asset management industry will be the cornerstone of an equitable future. They operate as research-backed and thesis-driven investors, combining investment capital with evidence-based tools to help fund managers actively reduce bias and promote opportunity for all entrepreneurs and founders. Illumen Capital's impact in the ecosystem stems from their groundbreaking research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences alongside Stanford SPARQ, which provided clear evidence that race can influence professional investor decision-making. This research-driven approach positions them as leaders in addressing systemic bias in investment allocation, potentially unlocking stronger financial performance while driving capital to long overlooked and underestimated founders.

Impact FinanceUnited States

Imagine H2O is a global nonprofit accelerator focused exclusively on advancing water innovation. The organization supports water technology startups through mentorship, funding, and market access to address critical water challenges including climate change, water scarcity, health, and resource efficiency. With over a decade of impact, Imagine H2O has supported 270 startups from 30 countries, helping them raise over $1.3 billion in funding while achieving an 80% startup survival rate. The organization operates flagship programs including its core Accelerator, Imagine H2O Asia, and the Water Innovation Pilot Fund. Through catalytic capital and technical assistance, Imagine H2O has designed and funded projects around the world, partnering with major philanthropies like The Coca-Cola Foundation. Their portfolio companies now provide water solutions to over 1.1 billion people globally, tackling issues from droughts and floods to safe water access for vulnerable populations.

Climate TechEnvironment & ConservationWater & OceansSingapore

Venture Capital

Impact Engine is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in companies driving positive impact across three core areas: economic empowerment, education, environmental sustainability, and health. As a registered investment advisor, they build and manage diversified portfolios that seek to optimize both financial and social returns through their dual approach of fund investments and direct co-investments. Their mission centers on bringing more capital to markets where financial returns drive positive social and environmental impacts. They operate through multiple strategies including private equity fund investments balanced across growth equity and buyout stages, co-investments in select portfolio companies, and bespoke partnership vehicles tailored to meet specific investor objectives in collaboration with partners like Bernstein Private Wealth Management. Impact Engine has established itself as a recognized leader in the impact investing ecosystem, earning recognition as a Top Impact Company 2025 and inclusion in the ImpactAssets 50 as an Emeritus Impact Manager. Their portfolio companies have demonstrated significant real-world impact, with measurable outcomes like preventing millions of pounds of food waste, improving patient quality of life, and saving millions for student loan borrowers, positioning them as a meaningful force in scaling impact-driven businesses.

EducationEnvironment & ConservationHealth & WellnessUnited States

IMPact SGR is an Italian asset management company specializing in listed impact investing strategies that integrate financial performance objectives with measurable impact generation. The firm aims to respond effectively to the needs of institutional and private clients who wish to invest with responsibility and long-term vision, contributing concretely to building a more equitable, resilient and sustainable future for all. Since February 2026, IMPact SGR became part of Banca Etica Group, Italy's leading ethical banking institution, with Banca Etica acquiring 70% of the capital. This strategic partnership strengthens the company's ability to offer comprehensive and integrated ethical asset management and impact finance solutions.

Impact FinanceItaly

ImpactAssets Capital Partners

ImpactAssets is a leading impact investing firm and 501(c)3 organization that serves as a comprehensive partner for impact investing and philanthropic giving. Founded in 2010, the organization helps individuals, families, foundations, corporations, and family offices create positive change through strategic impact investments and charitable giving solutions. With $5 billion in assets under management and over 1,500 active private portfolio companies and funds in their portfolio, ImpactAssets offers both turnkey simplicity and institutional-scale solutions. Their services include the ImpactAssets Donor Advised Fund, a proprietary Impact Investment Platform, and customized philanthropic solutions designed to help clients define and execute on their specific impact goals while targeting social and environmental issues that matter most to them.

Impact Finance

IndieBio, launched by SOSV in San Francisco in 2015, was Silicon Valley's first biotech program to offer on-site bio-labs and pre-seed investment to scientists launching startups. Between 2015 and 2025, IndieBio's 310 graduates raised $3.6 billion and established SOSV's reputation as a groundbreaking health and climate investor in fields ranging from food, agriculture, and industrial decarbonization to therapeutics and diagnostics. At the start of 2026, SOSV rebranded IndieBio to SOSV NY and SOSV SF to reflect the expanded scope beyond biotechnology to all of deep tech, including chemistry, physics, and AI. The teams, locations, and facilities remain the same, continuing to serve founders with deeply resourced labs, offices, and event spaces. SOSV is the world's most active deep tech, pre-seed venture capital firm, with 800 active portfolio companies that had raised $7.3 billion and were valued at $18.2 billion as of early 2026.

Climate TechHealth & WellnessSustainable Food & AgricultureCalifornia, United States

INOKS Capital is an independent, alternative asset manager authorized by FINMA and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Since 2006, the firm has provided secure and efficient financing for companies primarily in the Agriculture/Food sector through investment vehicles that apply their comprehensive impact framework. The company operates across emerging markets, targeting direct investments in agriculture, energy, and metals sectors with a focus on supporting tangible actors of the real economy. INOKS leverages a two-fold impact strategy combining Responsible Investing (ESG risk mitigation) and Impact Investing (positive impact generation) to channel capital to small and medium-sized companies that struggle to access traditional financing, particularly in emerging economies where they believe tomorrow's leaders will emerge.

Impact FinanceSwitzerland

Intel Foundation

The Intel Foundation works to strengthen communities by rallying Intel employees to volunteer and providing technology, learning opportunities, and investments needed in local communities to create long-term impact. Their vision is for technology to expand what's possible for every person and community, genuinely empowering a new generation. The Foundation focuses on three main areas: amplifying Intel employees' volunteer commitments and charitable giving, championing K-12 and higher education STEM experiences to ensure the future is filled with innovators from every community, and helping communities stay strong before, during, and after crises by investing in local partners and infrastructure.

AI & TechnologyIreland

Interledger FoundationNew

Foundation, Grantmaker, Accelerator, Fellowship

The Interledger Foundation is a U.S. nonprofit working to make digital payments more open, affordable, and accessible. It supports open payment technology and funds the developers, researchers, educators, and organizations building on it. Its work began with the Interledger Protocol, created in 2015 by Stefan Thomas and Evan Schwartz. The goal was to help money move between different banks, wallets, currencies, and payment networks as easily as information moves across the internet. The foundation became a nonprofit in 2019 and began operating publicly in 2021. Briana Marbury serves as president and CEO. Stefan Thomas chairs the board, and Evan Schwartz remains a director. The organization is based in San Francisco but has a distributed international team. The foundation supports three main technologies. The Interledger Protocol moves value between different financial systems. Open Payments gives developers a standard way to add payment features to their products. Rafiki provides open-source software that banks, wallets, and other regulated financial institutions can use to connect. The foundation does not charge a fee for using the protocol and has no investors. Grantmaking is also a major part of its work. The foundation reports awarding more than $21 million to over 300 projects across more than 45 countries. Its programs support payment infrastructure, education, research, leadership, public policy, and creative work exploring how financial systems are built. Grants range from small campus awards of up to $5,000 to larger fellowships and accelerator programs offering between $50,000 and $92,000. The foundation reported $96.4 million in net assets and $10.6 million in charitable distributions for the year ending December 2024. This financial base allows it to fund open payment technology and expand access to financial services without relying on protocol fees or outside investors.

AI & TechnologyArts, Culture & MediaCommunity DevelopmentCalifornia, United States