FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Social investment, or impact investment, is putting money into a project, business or initiative with the purpose of advancing a socially relevant goal as well as generating a financial return for the investor. Investors understand how such a goal will have a positive impact on their, and everyone’s, financial success in the long term.
Research shows that generating opportunities for children and their families extends the impact of social initiatives, as different resources become available to several generations at the same time. By focusing on children, we make sure that we impact the present and also the future of Puerto Rico.
PSI supports and champions initiatives that are ready, or almost ready, to receive high-level investment. It also reaches out to investors aligned to or interested in the issues addressed by these initiatives. By facilitating conversations and promoting alliances, PSI helps convene key players to the issues more relevant to end child poverty.
A state in which our children and teenagers grow up in families that do not have enough income to cover their family’s basic needs: quality education, food, health services, transportation, among others. As a result, they do not develop the skills necessary to access personal and professional opportunities to meet the personal and professional goals that allow them to lift themselves out of their state. Enhancing opportunities will also result in a better quality of life for all.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Social investment, or impact investment, is putting money into a project, business or initiative with the purpose of advancing a socially relevant goal as well as generating a financial return for the investor. In social investment, there is an expectation of financial return for investors, but it takes second place to the social goal. This might look like a ROI that takes longer than usual or that is lower than those in traditional investing markets. Investors agree to these terms as they value the social goal and understand how such a goal will have a positive impact on their, and everyone’s, financial success in the long term.
Research shows that generating opportunities for children and their families extends the impact of social initiatives, as different resources become available to several generations at the same time. By focusing on children, we make sure that we impact the present and also the future of Puerto Rico.
PSI supports and champions initiatives that are ready, or almost ready, to receive high-level investment. It also reaches out to investors aligned to or interested in the issues addressed by these initiatives. By facilitating conversations and promoting alliances, PSI helps convene key players to the issues more relevant to end child poverty.
A state in which our children and teenagers grow up in families that do not have enough income to cover their family’s basic needs: quality education, food, health services, transportation, among others. As a result, they do not develop the skills necessary to access personal and professional opportunities to meet the personal and professional goals that allow them to lift themselves out of their state. Enhancing opportunities will also result in a better quality of life for all.