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

Focusing on third-party funds whose work helps us get closer to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Realizing market rate returns

Realizing market rate returns

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

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IN PRACTICE

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 that realize market rate returns while advancing ASA’s mission and contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Seed or Series A/B direct investment

Growth stage investing in private companies across three main verticals: career focused education, intentional post-secondary pathways, and workforce development.

  • Third-party impact funds

    Investments that realize market rate returns while advancing ASA’s mission and contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

  • Seed or Series A/B direct investment

    Growth stage investing in private companies across three main verticals: career focused education, intentional post-secondary pathways, and workforce development.

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INVESTING

Putting Our Money To Work

$125M

To invest over the next 4 years

$50K- $5M

Average direct investment

$2.5M- $10M

Average fund investment
  • $125M

    To invest over the next 4 years
  • $50K- $5M

    Average direct investment
  • $2.5M- $10M

    Average fund investment