22 Apr, 2025 •
Three Pillars of Ceniarth’s Impact Assessment
We label ourselves as “impact-first investors”. The name should say it all. We must, quite obviously, put impact first in our consideration of investment
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03 Apr, 2023 •
Ceniarth 2022 Annual Report
Download our 2022 Annual Report Managing Director’s Letter There is much to recount about our 2022, but there is no other way to begin
08 Jun, 2022 •
Ceniarth 2021 Annual Report
Download our full 2021 Annual Report Introduction Letter from Our Directors 2021 was a challenging year on many fronts, but we remain unwavering in
03 May, 2021 •
Ceniarth 2020 Annual Report
Download our full 2020 Annual Report Introduction Letter from Our Directors For the impact sector, and particularly for impact-first investors like us at Ceniarth,
07 Apr, 2021 •
Ceniarth Webinars & Podcasts: Climate Justice, Racial Justice, Gender-Lens
January 4, 2021Gender-Smart Investing Journeys: An Interview with Ceniarth Founder, Diane Isenberg December 3, 2020Climate Justice: What Can I Do Now? Webinar October 20,
06 Apr, 2020 •
We are lenders, not heroes: Ceniarth’s three-part response to COVID-19
This piece was initially published on ImpactAlpha in April of 2020 There are real heroes in this historic, global healthcare crisis filled with fear
19 Dec, 2019 •
2019 Ceniarth Year in Review
This piece initially appeared on ImpactAlpha in December of 2019 It has been 18 months since Diane Isenberg, Ceniarth’s founder, announced our intention to focus our
06 Feb, 2019 •
Ceniarth’s Diane Isenberg: ‘I am a gender-lens investor’
This piece initially appeared on ImpactAlpha in February of 2019 Truth be told, these statements of affiliation do not come naturally to me. I
20 Aug, 2018 •
Fighting Poverty, Remaining Rich
This article by Ceniarth Founder Diane Isenberg appears in Impact Alpha on August 20, 2018. Read the full text here. “Those promising comfortable market-rate
01 Aug, 2018 •
Navigating Toward Impact
Last week, the Omidyar Network published a new resource guide, Building an Impact Investing Team, to support family offices and foundations in their journey
05 Nov, 2017 •
Ceniarth Portfolio Summit @ UMASS
On Tuesday, October 24th, 2017, Ceniarth was proud to host its first ever Portfolio Summit. The convening brought together an invitation-only group of our
23 Feb, 2017 •
How Ceniarth Supports Social Entrepreneurs
Ceniarth Directors Diane Isenberg and Greg Neichin recently appeared on Financing Social Entrepreneurs, a “weekly podcast interviewing people who fund and support social innovation
21 Jul, 2016 •
It takes money to make money: Advance Global Capital (AGC)
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the engine of growth and employment in developed economies, accounting for over 50% of GDP and 60% of
23 Oct, 2015 •
Expanding our capacity
One of the most important lessons that we have learned over the past two years in building Ceniarth is the value of focus and
29 May, 2015 •
Our latest PRI: Evidence Action’s Dispensers for Safe Water
The philanthropic and social investment world is filled with examples of good intentions gone awry and counter-intuitive outcomes. Consequently, we believe that evidence-based strategies
04 Feb, 2015 •
Impact or Investing: There is a choice to make
Later this week, I will appear on a panel at Confluence Philanthropy’s annual practitioner gathering. The ambitious, yet ambiguous title of our session is,
15 Dec, 2014 •
Tackling complexity with programmatic approach
In order to pursue our mission of scalable solutions to the world’s big challenges, we have come to believe that we will need to
05 Dec, 2014 •
Reflections on our mission
As a brand new organization, 2014 was a year of exploration and learning for us. Taking a broad and opportunistic perspective, we engaged in