Blog

  • An Insider's Perspective on SIF

    Reflections from an SIF Co-op Student
    By
    Jackie Rothmeier

    Jackie Rothmeier, Northeastern University student and SIF Spring 2016 Co-op, shares a reflection on her semester with the SIF

  • Putting the "Social" In Social Innovation, July 5 - 12

    Your Weekly Guide to Exciting Events in Greater Boston
    By
    Alexandra Williams

    Welcome to our fourth installment of the Putting the “Social” in Social Innovation Summer Series!

  • Putting the "Social" in Social Innovation, June 27 - July 3

    Your Weekly Guide to Exciting Events in Greater Boston
    By
    Alexandra Williams

    Welcome to our third installment of the Putting the “Social” in Social Innovation Summer Series!

  • Putting the "Social" in Social Innovation, June 19-26

    Your Weekly Guide to Exciting Events in Greater Boston
    By
    Alexandra Williams

    Welcome to our second installment of the Putting the “Social” in Social Innovation Summer Series!

  • Putting the "Social" In Social Innovation, June 11-18

    Your Weekly Guide to Exciting Events in Greater Boston 
    By
    Alexandra Williams

    Each week we will share events being hosted by our past Innovators and Entrepreneurs!

  • SIF launches pilot "Boot Camp" for nonprofits

    New program offers condensed version of Social Innovator Accelerator to eight groups
    By
    Melissa Duggan

    SIF is partnering with the Schrafft Charitable Trust to pilot a Boot Camp for innovative nonprofits working in environmental sustainability.

  • A Joyous 2016 Social Innovator Showcase

    Eight nonprofit leaders pitched their solutions to greater Boston’s toughest social issues
    By
    Melissa Duggan

    On May 18 more than 300 philanthropists, business leaders, and others gathered at the MIT Media Lab for the 13th annual Innovator Showcase

  • Advocacy & Civic Engagement

    Asians in America, Cambodians in Lowell

    Reflections from the March 2016 Social Issue Talk Series
    By
    Phil Hall

    Phil Hall shares what he learned about Asian immigration to America and the specific challenges facing Cambodian immigrants in Lowell

  • Q & A with Mitch Rosenberg of KinderLab Robotics

    By
    Marissa Silapaswan

    Impact Entrepreneur Mitch Rosenberg of KinderLab Robotics offers the inside scoop on what he's learned about impact investing through SIF.

  • Investors and Entrepreneurs Connect at 4th Annual Impact Investing Showcase

    By
    Melissa Duggan

    Six entrepreneurs pitched to an audience of 130 potential investors at SIF’s 4th annual Impact Investing Showcase on April 7.