We've been hearing quite a bit about the medical and economic impacts of COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic. But what about its social impact? The data science team at Sorenson Impact Center set out to measure just that, and they have a fascinating look at their findings in Forbes. And be sure to take a look at their interactive data map.
The Forbes OZ 20: Top Opportunity Zone Catalysts, a partnership between the Sorenson Impact Center and Forbes, has today announced a new list recognizing community organizations and OZ Funds that are committed to achieving equitable economic growth in underserved and overlooked communities throughout the country. More than 8,700 opportunity zones were designated as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. These zones [...]
Opportunity zones are emerging as a hot investment for Wall Street firms seeking a big tax break. The zones, long championed by Jim Sorenson and the Sorenson Impact Center at the David Eccles School of Business, are seeing a flurry of activity, according to The New York Times.
There is no doubt in our minds that the Sorenson Impact Center is a global leader in the impact investing space, but it's always nice to have outside confirmation. The team from Sorenson Impact just had their article "A Playbook for Designing Social Impact Measurement" named one of the top 10 most popular articles of the year by the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Check [...]
The David Eccles School of Business and the Sorenson Impact Center are building a unique student experience with impact investing. The University Venture Fund II focuses on impact investing, venture capital, private equity and entrepreneurship. UVF II is also one of the world's largest student-run investment funds. Read more about it in the latest issue of the Silicon Slopes Magazine.
The Sorenson Impact Center recently announced the successful first-round close of University Venture Fund — Impact Investing, or UVF II, an $8.2 million fund that follows on the heels of the original University Venture Fund. With that in mind, we sat down with Dean Taylor Randall of the David Eccles School of Business to look back on the first fund, and the role of [...]
When Calvin Pape interned at the Sorenson Impact Center in Salt Lake City in May 2018, his capitalist mindset was hard-earned. Between having to work part time jobs from when he was 14 and being raised by divorced parents busy with their own lives, “It wasn’t all flowers and unicorns growing up,” he says. It taught the 20-year-old David Eccles School of Business student [...]
Impact investing is "the next place" according to our founder, Jim Sorenson. We sat down with him to talk about what got him started in the social impact sphere and where he sees it heading in the future. Q: How did you first learn about impact investing, and what attracted you to it? A: Before impact investing, I was an entrepreneur looking for innovative [...]
Liberty & Justice is obviously having a huge impact on its community in Liberia. But the company has also changed the lives of the students at Sorenson Impact Center who worked on securing funding. Impact fellows work with real money and real companies — just like Liberty & Justice — to gain experience that will benefit them in their careers. “One thing they do [...]