For most state and local governments, the to-do list is long, and funding is short. But new legislation could unlock substantial new funding for social, health, and environmental programs. The Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA) legislation, years in the making, was passed in 2018.

What is an Environmental Impact Bond? An Environmental Impact Bond (EIB) is an innovative financing tool that uses a Pay for Success approach to provide up-front capital from private investors for environmental projects, either to pilot a new approach whose performance is viewed as uncertain or to scale up a solution that has been tested in a pilot program.

With social determinants of health top of mind for health plan leaders, the question of sustainable financing becomes critical. A new blog by our Director of Business Development, Brendan O’Connor.

Director Alison Rein participated in the 2nd annual All In: Data for Community Health meeting in Denver, Colorado. Here are her thoughts on collaboration, data, and financing critical health projects.

In 2017, Quantified Ventures, and its partner Meals on Wheels America, led the structuring of the world's first Pay for Success (PFS) project with a large Medicare Advantage (MA) plan as Payor.

Associate Emma Kloppenburg and intern Harrison Siegel address how Community Benefit funds can be used to proactively address health issues such as asthma.

Kari Cohen is the Director of the Conservation Innovations Team at USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Here is what he talked about with our CEO Eric Letsinger in a recent interview.

Karen Dale, CEO of AmeriHealth Caritas DC, emanates deliberate joy in her work which she approaches with unbounded creativity, intense focus on results, and a collaborative, team-centric spirit. Here is what she told Quantified Ventures CEO Eric Letsinger in a recent interview.

Health is increasingly recognized as the product of many social, economic, and environmental factors that extend far beyond the doctor’s office. This spring, two monumental policy updates now allow for greater flexibility and innovation to address these factors.

Quantified Ventures, with support from the U.S. Forest Service, has made a compelling case that, through application of the Pay for Success (PFS) financing model, we can scale an urban wood economy in Baltimore that identifies, quantifies, and then supports sustainable employment, reduced recidivism and waste, lowers crime rates, and improves health.

Director Carolyn duPont writes about her presentation at the Conservation Finance Roundtable discussing our efforts to connect upstream agricultural producers with downstream municipalities seeking to reduce run-off at the source rather than paying for expensive downstream water treatment, as well as inspiring and innovative ideas shared by others.

Nicole Truhe is the Government Affairs Director at America Forward, New Profit’s bipartisan policy initiative. She’s been one of the country’s driving forces behind a sustained effort to pass Federal legislation to further enable Pay For Success.