07 Aug, 2025 •
Ceniarth 2024 Annual Report
Download our 2024 Annual Report Managing Directors Letter As we pen this 2024 retrospective, it is impossible to ignore the changes and uncertainty faced
Category: Impact Investing
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
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
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
19 Jan, 2017 •
Sorry, ‘Feel Good’ Investors: Deep Impact Requires Concessions
“We thought that the only way to achieve large-scale impact was to build large commercial enterprises that could generate enough cash to support both
28 Oct, 2015 •
Muhammad Yunus is wrong about off grid solar
Yes, this is a provocative headline. Offering a critique of a Nobel Prize winner who revolutionized financial inclusion and positively impacted the lives of
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,