Our Crowdfunding Groups
Our first week has been exciting as our campaign to scale the Haas SRI Fund got off and running. Big thanks to our initial donors. All other CRB friends and partners: please join them in supporting the future of sustainable finance!
Key highlights from our first week in action:
Twelve donations, including three at the $1,000 level, three from Fund and CRB alumni, and an offline donation of $40,000 from the Pinkus Foundation (see the donor wall for their names);
Check out a short video update from matching donor Charlie Michaels (Haas BS '78) on why he thinks the Fund is critical to shaping the future of sustainable finance; and
Read this Triple Pundit article about Caroline Flammer's research showing that CSR and financial performance are causally linked, which netted her the prestigious 2013 Moskowitz Prize in Socially Responsible Investing.
Dear supporters,
We've got two new donor perks from more partners--check them out below!
Design Thinking @Autodesk at $350 donation level
Take a private donors-only tour of the acclaimed Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco. Autodesk's suite of cutting-edge software and services is often put to use to create more sustainable designs for a better world; leading the company's sustainability and philanthrophy efforts is Berkeley-Haas' own Lynelle Cameron (MBA '01).
3 copies of Lean In, signed by Sheryl Sandberg, at $100 donation level
Read Sheryl Sandberg's clarion call to women to take charge. As COO of Facebook, she leads a team that includes several star Haas alumni, including Marcy Scott Lynn (MBA '06), who works on sustainabilty and public policy, and Libby Leffler (BS '09), who works on partnerships.
We want to thank, not penalize, our early supporters. If you already donated and opted out of a perk, but are interested in these new ones, please email respbus@haas.berkeley.edu so we can add you to the tour/set aside a book for you. **Those interested in Lean In must email by Monday evening, due to limited availability**
Many thanks from all of us at the Center for Responsible Business and happy weekend!
We are more than halfway through the campaign for the Haas SRI Fund--time flies. The good news is, thanks to all of you, we are over halfway to our goal--$63,111 to be exact!
How important is are your donations, and the Fund, to the investment community? Hear it directly from longtime investment manager, Haas alumna, and new Fund supporter Vivienne Hsu (MBA '01). She took a little time during a visit to the CRB to urge fellow alumni and investment/finance professionals to join all of you in supporting the campaign--help her spread the word!
We are very grateful to everyone who has donated so far. Eleven Haas alumni, CRB board members and corporate sustainability and investment leaders have made generous donations over $1,000, including:
We wish all of you a great week.
Dear supporter of the Haas SRI Fund campaign,
Thanks to all of you, we not only achieved our $100,000 goal for scaling the Haas SRI Fund, but vastly exceeded it. The final fundraised total was is $126,209, which, with donor matching, becomes a whopping $252,418!
Over $13,500 of the total came from companies matching employee donations. If you are able to get your gift matched by your employer, let us know at respbus@haas.berkeley.edu so we can add it to our grand total—and so your original gift to the Fund will be quadrupled in impact.
If you opted for a special donor perk like an event or gift certificate, you’ll get follow-up email for it soon.
For now, once again, all of our gratitude!
The CRB team
Receive eternal gratitude from the CRB team and double high-fives (get it?) whenever we see you.
Get your name on the CRB website, in the next Fund Annual Report, and in a personal shout-out on the CRB’s Twitter account.
Score a $50 gift certificate from Levi Strauss & Co. to buy yourself, or a lucky friend, a pair of their Water
Join a tasty tour of Revolution Foods, Back to the Roots, and Clif Bar on May 9 afternoon. Get a behind-the-scenes look at these leading sustainable food companies, sample their products, and meet some of the Haas alumni working there. Details: http://bit.ly/HSRIFperks
Tour Autodesk’s acclaimed Gallery and its normally closed-to-the-public Pier 9 design space on May 16 afternoon. Participate in a sustainable design thinking workshop and enjoy drinks at the pier with fellow campaign supporters to wrap up the week. Details: bit.ly/HSRIFperks
Mix and mingle at a salon hosted at CRB Faculty Director Kellie McElhaney’s home (date TBD), with current Fund principals, advisors, and donors, and hear a special lecture from Berkeley-Haas professor and Fund advisor Lloyd Kurtz.
Get two spots for you and a guest at the CRB’s VIP tables at the exclusive annual Gala in San Francisco in November. You will meet executive business leaders and the who’s who of impact investing.
Have an intimate group lunch with Laura Tyson, director of the new Haas Institute for Business and Social Impact and former Haas dean, chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, and chair of the National Economic Council.
Become the newest member of the Haas SRI Fund Investment Advisory Committee, where you’ll join other executive-level investing leaders in guiding the future direction of the Fund.
Give us the honor of naming the Haas SRI Fund after you!
