Noyes Foundation: Mission Related Investing

MATERIALS ON MISSION RELATED INVESTING
The materials that follow reflect upon different aspects of the Foundation's concern for redefining fiduciary responsibility through its mission related investing activities. They should be read in the context of the Investment Policy .

Comments and reactions are welcomed.

Proxy Season Preview Spring 2008, Corporate Social Responsibility Program, As You Sow Foundation (.pdf file).
"Dissonance, Responsibility and Corporate Culture Or, How Two Camps Struggle For Our Hearts and Minds and What We Can Do About It." In Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation 1994 Annual Report, pp.5-10.
"Shareholder Activity and Community Organizing." In Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation 1997 Annual Report, pp. 9 - 15
"Frequently Asked Questions About Mission-Related Investing" In Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation 1998 Annual Report, pp. 6 - 15.
"Where Money Meets Mission: Breaking Down the Firewall Between Foundation Investments and Programming." Jed Emerson, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Summer 2003

Also available from the Harvard Business School is Case N9-295-056, "Social Investing at the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation," December 2, 1994.

Additional information on developments in the field of socially responsible investing is available from the Social Investment Forum.