IMPACT INVESTING

Investing to drive change

We’re making strategic investments in mission-aligned companies and third-party funds to keep expanding our impact.

APPROACH

OUR APPROACH

Advancing ASA’s mission

Advancing ASA’s mission

Investing in companies with measurable outcomes in career-focused education, intentional post-secondary pathways, and workforce development.

Creating a more sustainable world

Creating a more sustainable world

Investing in third-party funds that are aligned to ASA’s mission and three focus areas. 

Realizing market rate returns

Realizing market rate returns

Enabling and extending ASA’s work through mission-aligned investment strategies that are optimized for market rate financial returns. 

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Our Investment Strategy

We aim for optimized investment returns and measurable impact, diversified by theme, geographic focus, management strategy, and investment stage. Our investment focus includes:

Third-party impact funds

Investments in funds across all stages that realize market rate returns while advancing ASA’s mission in three thematic focus areas and social determinants of learning. 

Seed or Series A/B direct investment

Early and growth stage investing in private companies across three thematic focus areas: career-focused education, intentional post-secondary pathways, and workforce development. 

  • Third-party impact funds

    Investments in funds across all stages that realize market rate returns while advancing ASA’s mission in three thematic focus areas and social determinants of learning. 

  • Seed or Series A/B direct investment

    Early and growth stage investing in private companies across three thematic focus areas: career-focused education, intentional post-secondary pathways, and workforce development. 

INVESTING

Putting Our Capital To Work

$150M

To invest over 5 years

$250K – $3M

Average direct investment

$1M – $7.5M

Average fund investment
  • $150M

    To invest over 5 years
  • $250K – $3M

    Average direct investment
  • $1M – $7.5M

    Average fund investment