The GIIN’s 2017 Annual Impact Investor Survey is based on an analysis of the world’s leading impact investing organizations. Survey respondents collectively manage nearly USD 114 billion in impact assets, a figure which serves as the best-available “floor” for the size of the impact investing market.

The first analysis by the GIIN on global impact investors trends shows a strong sector growth in the last three years (2013-2015)

The paper provides an overview on the state-of-the-art and possible evolutions of social impact investing, going into technical considerations and highlighting the drivers for growth, challenges, and the value of such investments in a social and financial perspective. (IN ITALIAN ONLY)

This "Philanthropy Insights" explains Theory of Change and social impact assessment in practice through international experiences and Italian cases conducted by Fondazione Lang Italia (IN ITALIAN ONLY)

The "Performance Imperative" helps organizations achieve more meaningful, measurable change so they can make as much difference as they possibly can for their beneficiaries

This "Philanthropy Insights" collects experiences and cases at an international level to present an overview of best practices and possibile innovations to find operational answers to the question "How can I do it?" (IN ITALIAN ONLY)

"To read this book is to hope that all human services organizations, and those that fund them, would embrace its recommendations—and to wonder how many millions of people’s lives would be improved, even saved, if they did" - Phil Buchanan

The second “Philanthropy Insights” provides an overview on the world of impact investments, i.e. investments able to produce a positive social and/or environmental impact. The goal is to highlight potential and challenges of this raising industry, to focus on the opportunity that the market can exploit to contribute to a more sustainable future. (IN ITALIAN ONLY)

"This book is the blueprint for leading a high-performing nonprofit. The chapter on culture is one of the best I’ve read" – Pat Lawler

This first paper if dedicated to Corporate Philanthropy to reflect on the state-of-the-art and focus on how strategic corporate giving can be - not only as a chance to give back to the community, but precisely as an opportunity for development and value creation for the company itself. (IN ITALIAN ONLY)