Rural areas face unique challenges, including limited access to resources, infrastructure, and economic opportunities. This panel will explore the role of catalytic philanthropy in meeting these challenges by addressing capital gaps and attracting additional investment. Experienced leaders from different areas of the rural impact ecosystem will share insights, experiences, and best practices in deploying catalytic philanthropy to create measurable impact, specifically in the realms of education and agriculture, and empower rural communities.
Empowering Rural Communities: Catalytic Investments for Sustainable Growth and Systems Change
Gianna Cacciatore
Social Finance
Track
Catalytic Philanthropy
Format
Panel (3 speakers)
Speakers
- NameKirstin Hill
- TitlePresident & Chief Operating Officer
- OrganizationSocial Finance
- NameDonna Holmes
- TitleManaging Director, Investor Relations
- OrganizationIroquois Valley Farmland REIT
- NameCarolynn Lee
- TitleDeputy Director
- OrganizationAscendium Education Group
Description
Rural areas face unique challenges, including limited access to resources, infrastructure, and economic opportunities. This panel will explore the role of catalytic philanthropy in meeting these challenges by addressing capital gaps and attracting additional investment. Experienced leaders from different areas of the rural impact ecosystem will share insights, experiences, and best practices in deploying catalytic philanthropy to create measurable impact, specifically in the realms of education and agriculture, and empower rural communities.
