Lupoff Impact Scholars Institute Information

1. Provide economic support to enable select college students (our Fellows) to afford the financial trade-offs often required in order to accept Impact-oriented internships, and 2. assist in the research of the issues that can affect the success of Impact Investing broadly, as a movement. The Lupoff Impact Scholars Institute will make cash award stipends to select students ( our Fellows), to support the acceptance of impact-oriented internships, produce, or assist in producing, research that provides enlightenment around the complex aspects influencing the prospect of Impact Investment going mainstream and favorably influencing the Worlds social and environmental challenges; and create academically-oriented convenings to foment greater awareness of Impact investing solutions, market participants, the issues and our Fellows and research findings. Lupoff Impact Scholars Institute is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit institution. The Worlds toughest problems can be solved by our young student-leaders seeking to generate sustainable solutions. Such solutions must make market sense in order to also be sustainable, as well as address particular social and/or environmental objectives. Our young people deserve financial, practical and academic support in order to confidently pursue opportunities to make a difference for people and planet. Arable land is essential to agriculture and the Worlds ability to feed its population. The scale of arable land has a direct bearing on our capacity to feed people. Similarly, it is our view that we must increase the number of Impact Investing practitioners who work to ameliorate the Worlds ills. Human passion to address social and environmental challenges, practitioners energy, endurance and ingenuity will power favorable impact for people and planet. Increasing our arable practitioners will have a direct bearing on our capacity to reduce hunger, poverty, improve upon social inequities and climate challenges. Investment in expanding the number of passionate Impact Investing practitioners ...