📆 The Community Calendar

Upcoming events across regulated investment crowdfunding, impact investing, and social enterprise — the gatherings where this community meets. Updated daily · Curated by The Super Crowd, Inc.

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Successful Funding with Karl Dakin

Every Wednesday · 11 AM ET / 8 AM PT
Karl Dakin · SuperCrowd.tv · SuperCrowd.tv (streaming)

A weekly show on raising capital, hosted by capital coach Karl Dakin — practical funding strategy for founders and community capital champions, streaming every Wednesday on SuperCrowd.tv and syndicated to the e360tv network.

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September 2026

Sep16–18

Your Guide to Australia’s Social Enterprise Certification

Social Traders · Virtual

This open webinar series helps social enterprises understand certification in Australia’s growing social procurement ecosystem. It is useful for founders, operators, buyers, and intermediaries who want clearer standards, stronger market access, and practical guidance for proving social-enterprise status to partners, governments, and values-aligned customers.

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Sep20–23

2026 Concordia Annual Summit

Concordia · New York, NY

Concordia’s Annual Summit is a global affairs convening held during UNGA Week in New York City. It brings business, government, nonprofit, and civic leaders together around public-private partnerships and market-based solutions. Social enterprise and impact leaders would care because it offers access to cross-sector decision-makers working on scalable responses to global challenges.

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Sep20–22

2026 SunCast PowerCircle Summit

SunCast Summit · New York, NY

The SunCast PowerCircle Summit brings together clean energy executives, entrepreneurs, and family office investors for curated conversations on market clarity, strategy, and entrepreneur-driven impact investing. It fits investors and founders focused on deploying private capital into large-scale clean energy development and climate-related growth opportunities.

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Sep21–24

Social Innovation Summit VIP Events @ UNGA 2026

Social Innovation Summit · New York, NY

Social Innovation Summit’s UNGA-week VIP convenings include dinners, receptions, breakfast salons, and networking moments for corporate leaders, grantmakers, impact investors, NGO and nonprofit leaders, philanthropists, celebrities, and social entrepreneurs. The community would care because these smaller events are designed to spark partnerships during a week when many global social impact leaders are already gathered.

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Sep21–22

Catalyst Kitchens Southwest Regional Summit 2026

Catalyst Kitchens · San Francisco, CA

A regional summit for social enterprise and nonprofit teaching kitchens working to end joblessness through foodservice training. Hosted at Farming Hope, it offers peer learning, practical program exchange, and relationship-building for practitioners using food businesses to create jobs, dignity, and community opportunity.

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Sep21–24

Social Innovation Summit @ UNGA / Climate Week 2026

Social Innovation Summit · New York, NY

Social Innovation Summit’s UNGA and Climate Week program hosts VIP dinners, receptions, salons, and networking for corporate responsibility leaders, philanthropists, investors, nonprofit leaders, policymakers, and social entrepreneurs. The community would care because these smaller convenings are built to spark partnerships when global impact leaders are already gathered.

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Sep21

Climate Week NYC: Mission Driven Brands Sustainability Summit

Food Tank and co-hosts · New York, NY

This Climate Week NYC gathering brings together mission-driven brand leaders, founders, impact directors, nonprofit partners, and sustainability practitioners. The program centers food, agriculture, consumer brands, and practical collaboration, offering social enterprises and values-led companies a forum for partnership, visibility, and community around business as a force for good.

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Sep22

Reinvest Washington: A Summit for Community Development Leaders

National Community Reinvestment Coalition · Tacoma, WA

Reinvest Washington brings together advocates, lenders, developers, philanthropy, public-sector leaders, nonprofits, and community development practitioners. The summit focuses on access to capital, community investment, housing, local entrepreneurship, wealth-building, and rooted development, offering a practical regional forum for shared prosperity and anti-displacement strategies.

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Sep22–23

Blended and Innovative Finance Workshop 2026

Crystalus · Ottawa, Canada

A two-day Ottawa workshop on blended finance, catalytic capital, risk-sharing tools, and practical transaction design. It is aimed at funders, investors, development finance practitioners, and partners who want to move from strategy to investable structures, with sessions on capital stacks, concessionality, guarantees, institutional capital, and scaling impact-oriented deals.

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Sep22

Investing in the Future...of Aging

ImpactPHL · Virtual

A virtual ImpactPHL conversation on aging as an impact investment opportunity and systems challenge. Speakers from The SCAN Foundation, Scattergood Foundation, and AgeTech Capital explore caregiving, behavioral health, housing, technology, financial security, and where different forms of capital can support accessible, financially sustainable solutions.

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Sep22

The Venture Summit: Catalytic Capital Virtual Session

Global Venture Network · Virtual

A virtual catalytic-capital session for nonprofit accelerators, hubs, venture studios, foundations, government entities, economic development organizations, and other mission-driven funders. It focuses on matching capital and organizational structure, helping ecosystem builders think concretely about how flexible funding can support venture support organizations.

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Sep22

Capital Activation Experience: Philadelphia

Founders First Community Development Corporation · Philadelphia, PA

This invite-only, free Capital Activation Experience connects service-based B2B and B2G founders from underinvested communities with funders, advisors, and peers. It is designed to help entrepreneurs clarify capital pathways, meet active capital providers, and move toward the next stage of growth with practical support and relationship-building.

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Sep22–24

CDFA Latino Finance Learning Series: Advancing Capital Through Real-World Impact

Council of Development Finance Agencies · Virtual

A three-part Zoom learning series on expanding equitable access to capital in Latino communities. CDFA frames the sessions around real-world case studies, community lenders, CDFIs, developers, public agencies, housing, healthcare, infrastructure, entrepreneurship, and investment tools. It is relevant for practitioners building replicable community finance strategies with measurable local impact.

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Sep22–23

findCRA FOCUS 2026

findCRA · Virtual

findCRA FOCUS is a two-day virtual conference for banks, CRA professionals, community development finance leaders, and mission-aligned partners. With speakers from Community Capital Management, Community Development Fund Advisors, banks, and compliance teams, the program focuses on practical ways financial institutions can deploy capital into affordable housing, workforce, and community development.

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Sep22

Impact Investor Luncheon

Family Office Forum · New York, NY

This luncheon convenes family office principals, next-generation family members, impact investors, investment firms, founders, and global leaders during a busy New York impact week. It is a focused, relationship-driven setting for allocators and operators interested in direct impact capital, mission-aligned deal flow, and peer exchange.

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Sep22

Webinar: Building Practical Impact Measurement & Management Systems for Mission-Driven Lenders and Investors

Housing Trust Silicon Valley · Virtual

Housing Trust Silicon Valley brings together practitioners from mission-driven lenders, CDFIs and research partners to share practical lessons on impact measurement and management. The webinar serves organizations using capital for community outcomes, helping them build IMM systems that support accountability, decision-making, funder trust and stronger communication with the communities they serve.

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Sep22

Climate, Care, Children and Innovative Finance

Human Planet · New York, NY

Human Planet convenes this curated New York session for people working at the intersection of climate finance and human development. The event is designed for capital providers and credible delivery organizations, with a focus on turning broad commitments into investable structures that can serve climate, care, and children together.

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Sep23

SIRI Blended Finance Annual Conference 2026

Sustainable Investing Research Initiative at Columbia University · New York, NY

SIRI’s invitation-only annual conference brings private- and public-sector leaders together to explore blended finance and sustainable investing. The convening emphasizes crowding in private capital for development solutions, climate, biodiversity, and other societal challenges, especially in the Global South. Impact investors would value the mix of academic research, policy discussion, and market practice.

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Sep23

Introduction to Social Enterprise

School for Social Entrepreneurs · Virtual

An interactive one-hour webinar introducing social enterprise as a way of doing business for social or environmental good. It is designed for early-stage founders and curious practitioners, offering a friendly entry point into social purpose, social entrepreneurship, and the basics of building an enterprise around impact.

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Sep23

Be the first to learn about the Social Investment Manifesto

Social Enterprise World Forum · Virtual

An online launch event for SEWF’s Social Investment Manifesto, focused on recommendations for strengthening capital access in the social enterprise movement. It serves social enterprise leaders, social finance practitioners, policymakers, and ecosystem builders looking for shared language and practical priorities around social investment.

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Sep23–27

Social Venture Institute Hollyhock 2026

Hollyhock Leadership Institute · Cortes Island, BC

A five-day oceanside gathering for mission-driven entrepreneurs, movement leaders, and impact investors. Billed as Canada’s longest-running social enterprise gathering, it offers a smaller, relationship-rich setting for people building businesses with purpose to find peers, insight, resources, and renewed energy for the work.

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Sep23–24

Culture Shifting Deal-Making Summit NYC: Family Office, Impact Investor & AI Innovators

Culture Shift Labs · New York, NY

This curated, invitation-only summit brings family offices, impact investors, venture investors, corporate investors, AI executives, and traction-stage founders together for capital deployment and partnership formation. It is relevant for intentional impact capital because the format emphasizes investor-founder matching, measurable social and financial returns, and real-time deal-making.

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Sep23–24

Venture-Forge Summit Austin

Venture-Forge Austin · Austin, TX

Venture-Forge Austin convenes faith-driven investors, founders, philanthropists, and business leaders around capital, calling, and enterprise-building. The inaugural summit is built to help redemptive ventures and values-aligned capital meet in one room, reducing silos and encouraging investment, mentorship, and collaboration across Austin’s purpose-driven business community.

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Sep23

Sorenson Impact Natural Capital Summit

Sorenson Impact Institute · New York, NY

Held during Climate Week NYC, this full-day summit convenes impact investors, economists, foundations, entrepreneurs and conservation leaders around nature finance. Programming highlights market-rate impact opportunities, water ventures, forest health and conservation capital, making it useful for investors seeking practical ways to fund restoration, resilience and natural capital solutions.

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Sep23

Climate Week NYC: Invest in Health & Climate Solutions

Investors Circle, GreenStreet Global, Buckminster Fuller Institute, and Iva Kaufman Associates · New York, NY

A Climate Week NYC investor gathering focused on deploying mission-aligned capital into health and climate solutions. The evening includes founder and funder connections across water, energy, circular economy, real estate, and health, designed as a working room for family offices, foundations, and investors seeking practical opportunities.

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Sep23

Social Investment Manifesto Launch Event

Social Enterprise World Forum · Virtual

SEWF’s online launch introduces its Social Investment Manifesto, shaped through consultation across more than 50 countries. The session is for social enterprises, investors, funders, policymakers, and intermediaries interested in finance that fits mission-locked enterprises, with contributors sharing recommendations, examples, and a live Q&A.

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Sep24

Impact Summit America 2026

Phenix Capital Group · New York, NY

An invitation-only institutional investor and asset owner conference held during Climate Week NYC. The summit brings together pension funds, foundations, endowments, family offices, wealth managers, impact fund managers, and sustainability professionals to discuss how private and institutional capital can support ambitious environmental and social goals alongside financial returns.

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Sep24–25

TBN Indonesia Conference 2026

TBN Asia · Jakarta, Indonesia

TBN Asia’s annual conference spotlights social entrepreneurship and impact investing across Asia. The 2026 Indonesia edition focuses on regenerative and redemptive impact, with plenaries, workshops, exhibition opportunities, and connections among impact businesses, funders, mentors, coaches, and specialist advisors interested in positive economic empowerment.

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Sep24

28th Annual Cause Conference

Cause San Diego · San Diego, CA

A cross-sector San Diego convening connecting business, nonprofit, philanthropic, education, and civic leaders committed to social impact. The 2026 conference focuses on harnessing business and community collaboration, strengthening purpose and profit, recognizing social impact champions, and helping organizations build resilience through shared action and practical alliances.

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Sep24

Climate Solutions Investing: A Systems Perspective

The Global Impact Investing Network · New York, NY

A Climate Week NYC session convened by GIIN with HSBC Asset Management for asset owners, managers, and climate finance leaders. The interactive program looks at climate solutions investing through systems thinking, helping investors understand dependencies, bottlenecks, and where capital can most effectively support climate outcomes.

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Sep24

Impact Summit America

Phenix Capital Group · New York, NY

An invitation-only impact investing summit during Climate Week NYC for asset owners, LPs, family offices, foundations, DFIs, impact fund managers, and related leaders. The program centers on capital with conviction, practical impact investment strategies, and institutional capital deployment toward environmental and societal outcomes.

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Sep25–26

2026 Worker Co-op Conference

Democracy at Work Institute and U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives · Boston, MA

The national gathering for worker-owners, cooperative developers, policymakers, funders, labor organizers, and solidarity economy practitioners. Hosted at Roxbury Community College, the conference offers tours, breakout sessions, networking, advocacy, and shared learning for people building democratic ownership and worker-centered social enterprises.

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Sep25–26

Worker Co-op Conference 2026

U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives and Democracy at Work Institute · Boston, MA

The national Worker Co-op Conference gathers worker-owners, developers, policymakers, funders, and labor organizers to strengthen cooperative business models. Hosted at Roxbury Community College, it includes ecosystem tours, breakout sessions, skill-building, advocacy, and community-building for people advancing democratic ownership and solidarity economy enterprises.

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Sep25

The Power of Place-Based Investment

Baltimore Unity Hall · Baltimore, MD

A half-day symposium and networking lunch on the tools, partnerships, and capital needed to bring community spaces to life. Developers, anchor tenants, architects, funders, and civic partners will discuss the lifecycle of neighborhood anchors, mission-aligned development tradeoffs, and a Baltimore place-making working group.

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Sep25

5th Annual Innovation 4.4 UNGA Family Office Summit with Investors Circle and Friends

Innovation 4.4 and Investors Circle · New York, NY

A UNGA-week summit for family offices, governments, corporate leaders, and impact investors focused on deployable solutions. The program spans industrial decarbonization, SDG-aligned technology, philanthropic capital, and investor presentations, offering a smaller curated setting for people moving private and catalytic capital toward practical outcomes.

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Sep26

Festival for Good 2026

Festival for Good · Columbus, OH

Festival for Good is a free community marketplace celebrating Central Ohio social enterprises. Attendees can shop local vendors, meet makers, and learn how everyday purchases can support mission-driven work. Social enterprise founders and supporters would care because it gives ventures direct customer exposure while building public enthusiasm for businesses that create community benefit.

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Sep26

Festival for Good

Festival for Good · Columbus, OH

Festival for Good is a community marketplace and celebration featuring Central Ohio social enterprises founded to create social and environmental impact. Held as part of the Grandview Hop, it invites residents to shop locally, meet mission-led vendors, and see how everyday purchasing can strengthen communities. It is accessible, practical, and public-facing.

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Sep27

Empower Diaspora Summit 2026

Empower Diaspora Summit · United States

Empower Diaspora Summit gathers African and Caribbean immigrants and diaspora professionals working toward ownership, leadership, entrepreneurship, investment, and long-term community power. The event is relevant to social enterprise builders because it emphasizes practical systems for wealth creation, civic influence, and community-rooted economic infrastructure.

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Sep28

Moving Your Theory of Change From the Page to Practice

Global Impact Investing Network · New York, NY

This GIIN workshop helps participants build and operationalize an evidence-based theory of change for impact investing. It is designed for practitioners who want to connect assumptions, strategy, metrics, and implementation across the investment lifecycle, strengthening the link between capital deployment and measurable impact.

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Sep28–29

Thistle Farms 2-Day Education Workshop: September 28-29, 2026

Thistle Farms · Nashville, TN

An in-person immersion into Thistle Farms’ housing-first community and social enterprise model serving women recovering from trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. The workshop is designed for practitioners who want to learn, adapt, or replicate parts of the model, with time for program detail, social enterprise learning, and relationship building.

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Sep28

Capital Coordination and Enabling the Integrated Investing Ecosystem

New Mexico Integrated Investing Collaborative · Virtual

A virtual New Mexico Integrated Investing Collaborative session on capital coordination and ecosystem intelligence. The event introduces an interactive investing platform using market, community, and county-level data to help asset allocators, intermediaries, and local stakeholders better align capital with community priorities and investment gaps.

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Sep29

Webinar Institutionelle Investor:innen – gemeinsam mit GIIN

Bundesverband Impact Investing and Global Impact Investing Network · Virtual

This online session, hosted by Germany’s impact investing association with GIIN, focuses on institutional investors and the practical movement from intention to impact. Although European in orientation, it is globally relevant for asset owners, advisors, and institutions comparing how peers organize capital for measurable social and environmental outcomes.

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Sep29

Add Crowdfunding to Your Capital Access Toolbox

America’s SBDC · Atlanta, GA

A workshop within America’s SBDC Annual Training Event for small business advisors exploring crowdfunding as a capital access tool. The session highlights how SBDC professionals can guide entrepreneurs through crowdfunding readiness, campaign preparation, client fit, and resources for compliant community-based fundraising.

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Sep29

Southeast Huddle & Exchange

African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs · Charlotte, NC

This regional convening brings Black-led CDFI leaders together with funders, bankers, policymakers, and civic leaders. The Charlotte program centers capital access, displacement, and Black wealth in the New South, making it highly relevant to community finance practitioners and place-based impact investors.

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Sep29–20

Igniting Community Capital to Build Outdoor Recreation Communities

The Harbinger Consultancy · Virtual

This four-session live video course teaches community capital strategies for trails, housing, local businesses, and outdoor recreation economies. Led by Kathleen Minogue of Crowdfund Better and Michele Archie of The Harbinger Consultancy, it covers donation, rewards, and investment crowdfunding tools that help communities finance locally rooted projects on their own terms.

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Sep29

A New Blueprint for Rural and Small City Investment

Next City and Public Finance Institute · Virtual

A Next City webinar on aligning public resources and philanthropy around place-based investment in rural and small-city communities. Featuring Maryland community investment leaders, the session focuses on capital coordination, local capacity, underserved places, and governance models that can turn cross-sector partnerships into long-term community resilience.

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Sep30

Superpowers for Good Live Pitch — Q3

The Super Crowd, Inc. · Virtual · SuperCrowd.tv

Founders raising via regulated investment crowdfunding pitch live on television, judged by industry leaders — followed by a private investor session. Free registration for viewers and accredited investors alike.

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Sep30–2

Federal Reserve System Conference on Investing in Rural America

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Federal Reserve System, and Rural LISC · Asheville, NC

This annual public conference focuses on the people, institutions, and local strategies that power rural economies. Hosted by Federal Reserve partners and Rural LISC, it explores place-based approaches to opportunity, collaboration, and long-term community prosperity. Impact investors, CDFIs, foundations, and civic leaders would care because it centers capital deployment in rural communities.

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Sep30–2

2026 Investing in Rural America Conference

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Center for Rural Economies · Asheville, NC

A national rural prosperity conference for bankers, business leaders, community investors, advocates, policymakers, and students. The program centers economic development, small business development, financial inclusion, and workforce pathways, creating a forum for place-based capital and practical strategies that strengthen rural communities.

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Sep30

Superpowers for Good Live Pitch — September 2026

The Super Crowd, Inc. · Virtual

A live virtual pitch event for companies actively raising through Regulation Crowdfunding on FINRA-registered portals or broker-dealers. Founders aligned with community capital principles pitch to judges and viewers, giving impact-oriented issuers visibility with investors who follow crowdfunding, community capital, and purpose-driven ventures.

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Sep30

Superpowers for Good Live Pitch: Q3 2026

The Super Crowd, Inc. · Virtual

The Superpowers for Good Live Pitch invites companies raising through Regulation Crowdfunding to present to investors through SuperCrowd media channels. It is especially relevant for social entrepreneurs, women, and underrepresented founders seeking exposure, investor feedback, and a mission-aligned audience familiar with impact crowdfunding.

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Sep30–2

Investing in Rural America Conference 2026

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Center for Rural Economies · Asheville, NC

Investing in Rural America brings rural stakeholders together to explore how communities can better leverage assets and create conditions for rural residents to thrive. The audience includes bankers, business leaders, community advocates, investors, policymakers, and students interested in practical strategies for rural development and place-based investment.

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Sep30

Superpowers for Good Live Pitch — September 30

The Super Crowd, Inc. · Virtual

A live virtual pitch event for companies actively raising through Regulation Crowdfunding on a FINRA-registered portal or broker-dealer. Selected founders pitch free on SuperCrowd.tv and partner channels, reaching impact investors and community-capital supporters while highlighting businesses aligned with inclusive, fair, and shared-prosperity capital principles.

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Sep30

The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough Book Launch NYC

Impact Entrepreneur · New York, NY

A free in-person and online launch event for The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough, hosted at NYU with Columbia SIPA, NYU Stern, Parsons, and the Grunin Center. The conversation focuses on capital, enterprise design, legal structure, and regenerative-economy practice for entrepreneurs, educators, investors, and ecosystem builders.

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Sep30

Live Pitch Q3 2026

The Super Crowd, Inc. · Virtual

Live Pitch Q3 is an online showcase where impact founders pitch live to investors and community members. The session gives viewers a chance to meet companies currently raising, ask questions in real time, and see how mission-driven ventures present their campaigns, traction, and capital needs.

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October 2026

Oct1

Ownership Economy Summit 2026 NYC

Ownership Economy Summit · New York, NY

A cross-sector summit for builders, investors, policymakers, founders, creators, and community leaders shaping shared ownership and participatory economic models. Topics include employee ownership, community wealth, ownership-lens investing, mission-preserving companies, governance, data rights, housing, energy, and infrastructure, all tied to broader questions of shared value.

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Oct1

MIE's Family Foundations Gathering

Mission Investors Exchange · Virtual

This Mission Investors Exchange member gathering gives family foundations and invited peers a low-pressure space to compare approaches to mission-aligned investing. It is built for candid conversation, strategic insight, and community-building rather than recorded presentations. Family office, foundation, and catalytic capital leaders would value the peer learning around impact investing practice.

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Oct1–2

TIDEL Summit & Showcase 2026

TIDEL · New York, NY

A two-day symposium, summit, and social hosted at Teachers College, Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary. TIDEL brings together faith communities, nonprofits, philanthropy, higher education, technologists, entrepreneurs, and public-life leaders to explore mission-driven work in a fast-changing technology era. Social enterprise audiences would care because it supports ethical innovation and collaboration.

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Oct1

Impact vs Return. The Trade-Off That Isn’t

Human Planet · Virtual

This Human Planet webinar is a closed-room online session for allocators, foundations, family offices, and investors. Drawing on development impact bonds, social impact bonds, and live deal experience, it examines the familiar question of impact versus return with practical evidence and candid Q&A for people making real capital allocation decisions.

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Oct2–3

Thrive 2026: Capital, Commerce & Conscience

Thrive · Dallas, TX

Thrive gathers founders, investors, executives, philanthropists, and emerging talent in a values-driven economy setting. With a pitch final, networking, and sessions around capital, commerce, and conscience, it is a useful space for mission-driven entrepreneurs and funders looking for partnerships rooted in enterprise, identity, and community impact.

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Oct2

2026 Minnesota CDFI Coalition Conference

Minnesota CDFI Coalition · St. Cloud, MN

This free one-day conference brings together Minnesota CDFIs, partners and advocates for learning and relationship-building. Sessions cover CDFI performance, bank partnerships, housing, energy efficiency, credit building and individual impact investors, making it a useful local convening for people deploying capital into small businesses, housing and community resilience.

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Oct5

Transforming the Social Sector Through Enterprise Capital

Federal Reserve Bank of New York · Virtual

A public webinar on enterprise capital: flexible, multi-year funding that builds capacity and expands the reach of nonprofits and social enterprises. The discussion is designed for social enterprises, community-based organizations, and philanthropies interested in strengthening organizations beyond project grants and short-term support.

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Oct7–8

NCBA’s 10th Annual Cooperative IMPACT Conference

NCBA CLUSA · Washington, DC

A national cross-sector conference for the cooperative movement, bringing together leaders, advocates, innovators, and policy voices. The 10th annual IMPACT gathering focuses on cooperative business models, community building, policy priorities, practical solutions, and an economy that works for everyone.

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Oct7

CDFI Compliance: What You Need to Know Before It Becomes a Problem

Hope Community Capital · Virtual

Part of Hope Community Capital’s free mission-driven webinar series, this session is aimed at community finance and mission-oriented development practitioners. It focuses on CDFI compliance before problems arise, helping organizations understand obligations, reduce risk, and keep community-centered capital work moving responsibly.

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Oct7–11

Ready to Raise: Weekly Coaching Cohort for Founders Actively or About to Raise Capital

Investors Circle · Virtual

A six-session live Zoom cohort for founders preparing or actively working to close financing rounds. Hosted through Investors Circle, the program covers fundraising strategy, investor outreach, pitch delivery, follow-up, data rooms, and founder hot seats, serving entrepreneurs who want disciplined capital-raising support within an impact-oriented investor community.

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Oct8–10

Hearth Summit Detroit 2026

Hearth Summit Detroit and collaborators · Detroit, MI

A 2.5-day regional Hearth Summit bringing together social entrepreneurs, educators, artists, funders, mental health practitioners, and other changemakers. Hosted at Kintsugi Village Detroit, it centers individual, collective, and ecological wellbeing, using art, healing, reflection, and community practice to support leaders working toward a more just society.

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Oct8

Impact Investment Symposium

100 Women in Finance and High Water Women · New York, NY

The Impact Investment Symposium is a half-day, in-person conference for senior investors and investment professionals working in impact and sustainable investing. Hosted under the 100 Women in Finance umbrella, it features keynotes, panels, roundtables, and peer exchange. The community would care because it emphasizes practical collaboration and impact portfolio building.

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Oct8

BLD Pacific Northwest 2026

B Local and On Purpose Oregon · Portland, OR

A B Corp Leadership Development event for the Pacific Northwest community, organized by local movement leaders to strengthen relationships and share practices for positive impact. It serves Certified B Corps, aspiring B Corps, and purpose-driven business people interested in stakeholder governance, collaboration, and regional economic systems change.

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Oct8–9

Just Future Summit 2026

The Greenlining Institute · San Francisco, CA

A two-day racial equity and power-building convening for advocates, community leaders, policymakers, equity practitioners, social entrepreneurs, philanthropy, and movement builders. The summit focuses on moving from conversation to constructing solutions across racial, economic, climate, and transformative community equity work.

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Oct8

BLD PNW: Pacific Northwest B Corp & Impact Conference

On Purpose Oregon and B Local Pacific Northwest · Portland, OR

A regional B Corp and impact business conference for Certified B Corps, social enterprises, cooperatives, nonprofits, benefit companies, and mission-driven businesses. The 10th annual gathering focuses on practical learning, purposeful business, local resilience, and community-building across the Pacific Northwest impact economy.

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Oct8

Challenges and Opportunities in Multifamily Affordable Housing Finance

Federal Reserve Bank of New York · New York, NY

An in-person New York Fed event on private and public investment in multifamily affordable housing. It is relevant to direct impact capital because it examines institutional capital, public financing approaches, and practical ways banks, developers, advocates, and investors can help create affordable homes.

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Oct10

Social Enterprise Workshop

Eden Theological Seminary Walker Leadership Institute · Virtual

An online workshop introducing social enterprise as a strategy for economic justice, community wealth-building, and sustainable change. Participants learn core principles of mission-driven business, explore models that balance revenue with social good, and gain practical tools for developing ventures accountable to people, purpose, and community.

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Oct11–15

SEWF Ecosystem Leadership Exchange

Social Enterprise World Forum and CSES · Seoul, South Korea

A five-day immersion for senior leaders in social policy, social finance, corporate procurement, CSR, and social enterprise. Limited to a small global cohort, it explores Korea’s social enterprise ecosystem through site visits, policymaker meetings, structured dialogue, and practical planning for ecosystem-building at home.

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Oct11–15

Ecosystem Leadership Exchange 2026

Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) · Seoul, South Korea

SEWF’s Ecosystem Leadership Exchange is a five-day immersive learning experience for senior leaders in policy, social finance, procurement, social enterprise, and ecosystem building. The Seoul program explores Korea’s social enterprise ecosystem through site visits, peer learning, and direct engagement with organizations shaping enabling conditions.

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Oct12–14

SOCAP26

SOCAP Global · Chicago, IL

SOCAP’s flagship global impact event brings funders, founders, investors, philanthropists, nonprofits, government, community leaders, and other ecosystem builders together in Chicago. The three-day convening focuses on connecting capital with impact, strengthening cross-sector collaboration, and helping participants move from conversation toward practical implementation and partnerships.

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Oct13–15

International Social Business Conference and Exhibition 2026

Albukhary International University · Alor Setar, Malaysia

A hybrid international conference on social business, inclusive economic models, and impact-driven enterprise. The program convenes scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and social entrepreneurs around Yunusian social business, circular economy approaches, women-led social enterprises, youth, education, climate action, and stories from the field.

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Oct13

Community Impact Investor Convening

Community Investment Project · Wichita, KS

Held as a pre-conference opportunity for community foundations, this convening focuses on place-based impact investing. It is designed for foundations already deploying local impact capital and those looking to start, emphasizing community-rooted governance, catalytic investment, peer learning, and practical ways to reach partners and places other investors often miss.

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Oct13–14

2026 National Microloan Conference

National Microloan Conference · Detroit, MI

The National Microloan Conference gathers microlenders, CDFIs, banks, agencies, entrepreneurs, coaches, and technical assistance providers. It focuses on small business access to capital, community lending, entrepreneur support, and practical funding pathways, making it relevant for people building inclusive local economies through mission-driven finance.

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Oct13–15

Social Innovation Summit Learning Journey: Hawaii

Social Innovation Summit · Honolulu, HI

This immersive learning journey convenes a small delegation of impact executives in Honolulu to study Indigenous leadership, community development, youth opportunity, workforce development, economic mobility, and resilience. Site visits and conversations with local leaders help participants translate place-based social innovation into practical partnerships and strategies.

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Oct13

How to: Finance Main Street Redevelopment Strategies

Council of Development Finance Agencies and Bricker Graydon Wyatt · Virtual

A free CDFA webinar on financing Main Street and downtown redevelopment. Attorneys and development finance practitioners will walk through tools, case studies, and public-private partnership strategies that help communities attract investment, reposition historic assets, revitalize downtown corridors, and move locally important projects forward.

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Oct13

The Power of Place: Investment, Innovation and Impact

Loyola University Chicago Baumhart Center and Social Responsibility Chicago · Chicago, IL

This Chicago morning program explores how place-based investing can strengthen neighborhoods, expand economic opportunity, and create durable local prosperity. Hosted by Loyola’s Baumhart Center with Social Responsibility Chicago and partners, it features leaders discussing capital alignment, community assets, and practical models like Xchange Chicago.

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Oct15

Pan Africa Future Summit 2026

IoTeedom and US-Ghana Business Summit Team · Miami, FL

Pan Africa Future Summit gathers entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, academics, diaspora leaders, and technology innovators to explore how technology can drive social good and economic transformation. The Miami summit includes keynotes, panels, workshops, and investment pitch sessions focused on U.S.-Africa partnership, innovation, and sustainable development.

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Oct16

Social Enterprise El Salvador: Powering Central America’s Impact Economy

Buen Vivir Capital Institute · San Salvador, El Salvador

A full-day convening at the San Salvador Volcano for social entrepreneurs, funders, investors, and ecosystem leaders shaping Central America’s impact economy. The program explores impact capital, inclusive innovation, sustainability, philanthropy, and women’s entrepreneurship, ending with a sunset reception designed for relationship-building.

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Oct17

2026 New York Cooperative Summit

New York Cooperative Summit · Schenectady, NY

The New York Cooperative Summit is a statewide gathering for cooperative members, leaders, organizers, community institutions, funders, technical assistance providers, and allies. Its 2026 theme focuses on cultivating a statewide movement for economic democracy through practical workshops, shared strategy, relationship-building, and support for New York’s cooperative ecosystem.

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Oct19–21

Purpose Summit 2026

The Purpose Summit · Atlanta, GA

An annual gathering for purpose-focused organizations and leaders committed to using business as a force for good. The Atlanta summit convenes people working to transform workplaces, organizations, and communities through purpose, peer learning, collaboration, and sustained commitment to mission-driven leadership.

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Oct20–21

Regulated Investment Crowdfunding Summit 2026

Crowdfunding Professional Association · Washington, DC

CfPA’s annual summit gathers Reg CF and Reg A leaders, policymakers, regulators, portals, attorneys, issuers, investors, and service providers in Washington. The program includes advocacy visits, a reception, and a full conference day focused on policy, practice, networking, and the future of regulated investment crowdfunding.

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Oct20–21

2026 CfPA Regulated Investment Crowdfunding Summit

Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) · Washington, DC

CfPA’s annual regulated investment crowdfunding summit convenes platforms, issuers, intermediaries, investors, attorneys, policymakers, and service providers. The 2026 program includes advocacy visits, networking, panels, and discussions on Reg CF, Reg A, AI, fintech innovation, investor access, liquidity, and compliant capital formation.

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Oct20–23

2026 OFN-42 Conference

Opportunity Finance Network · Washington, DC

OFN’s annual conference is a major gathering for community development financial institutions and partners expanding economic opportunity. OFN42 brings together practitioners, investors, policymakers, researchers, and students for plenaries, breakout sessions, training, networking, and tours that highlight how CDFIs deploy capital in underserved communities across the United States.

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Oct20–23

The 2026 OFN Conference: OFN42

Opportunity Finance Network · New Orleans, LA

OFN42 convenes more than 2,100 CDFI practitioners, investors, funders, policymakers, and partners working to expand community development finance. The New Orleans conference focuses on capital reaching low- and moderate-income, rural, urban, and Native communities, with trainings, tours, research sessions, and peer learning for mission-driven lenders.

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Oct20–21

2026 Regulated Investment Crowdfunding Industry Summit

Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) · Washington, DC

CfPA’s D.C. summit is built for the Reg CF and Reg A ecosystem, including issuers, funding portals, broker-dealers, lawyers, policymakers, regulators, investors, and service providers. The program combines advocacy visits with a conference day, making it a central gathering for improving regulated investment crowdfunding practice and policy.

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Oct21–23

Forum for Impact North America

Forum for Impact · Toronto, ON

An invite-curated dialogue for family offices, investors, philanthropists, and finance leaders focused on strategic impact finance. The Toronto program explores transition finance, inclusive growth, Indigenous-led finance, philanthropy as catalytic capital, and investment into resilient assets, supply chains, and social innovation.

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Oct21–22

Catalyst Kitchens Southeast Regional Summit 2026

Catalyst Kitchens · Atlanta, GA

Catalyst Kitchens’ Southeast Regional Summit convenes teaching-kitchen social enterprises and nonprofit workforce programs. Hosted at Open Hand Atlanta, the event highlights foodservice job training, hunger relief, program design, employer partnerships, and peer learning for organizations using social enterprise models to create economic opportunity.

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Oct21

SuperCrowdHour October 2026

The Super Crowd, Inc. · Virtual

SuperCrowdHour October is part of The Super Crowd’s free monthly webinar series for the impact crowdfunding community. It brings founders, investors, and advisors together for practical insight, expert guests, and live Q&A, with distribution through SuperCrowd.tv and social channels.

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Oct22

The Social Side Webinar Series: Capital for Justice: Investment Strategies that Support Stronger Communities

US SIF · Virtual

This webinar explores how capital can support communities affected by incarceration, reentry barriers, housing gaps, employment challenges, and economic exclusion. Speakers from Adasina Social Capital and the De-carceration Fund will discuss community investing, private-market strategies, engagement, and investment vehicles aimed at stronger communities.

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Oct26–29

Integrating Philanthropy and Investing to Maximize Impact

Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society and CSP · Stanford, CA

A four-day immersive program for wealth holders, family offices, foundations, and impact investors seeking to align multiple forms of capital. Participants explore systems thinking, catalytic capital, revenue-based financing, co-investment, and practical portfolio-wide strategies for using both philanthropic and investment capital more intentionally.

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Oct26–29

Integrating Philanthropy & Investing to Maximize Impact

Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society and Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth · Stanford, CA

A four-day immersive program for philanthropists and impact investors ready to use a total portfolio for social and environmental impact. Participants explore systems thinking, strategic capital deployment, philanthropy, investing, non-financial capital, peer learning, and real-world examples of values-aligned approaches to complex challenges.

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Oct27–29

GIIN Impact Forum 2026

Global Impact Investing Network · Amsterdam, Netherlands

GIIN’s flagship annual forum convenes impact investing practitioners from around the world for workshops, interactive sessions, speakers, and networking. The 2026 theme emphasizes scaling what works, financing what matters, and helping investors refine strategies, form collaborations, and apply impact approaches in a rapidly evolving market.

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Oct27

Leveraging Impact Measurement and Management

Global Impact Investing Network · Amsterdam, Netherlands

A GIIN investor training held alongside the Impact Forum for experienced finance professionals. It focuses on using impact measurement and management across the investment lifecycle, including system-level impact strategies, impact data, decision-making, and exit planning that preserves impact, helping practitioners move from principles to disciplined execution.

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Oct27–28

RE:Conference 2026

Neighborhood Partnerships · Portland, OR

RE:Conference is a biennial Oregon gathering for thought leaders, policy advocates, organizers, frontline staff, and community members working on economic justice, housing justice, racial justice, and community-driven solutions. It creates space for practical learning, imagination, and connection among people shaping more equitable local systems.

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Oct27–28

Greater Purpose Conference East

Greater Purpose · Toronto, ON

Greater Purpose Conference East is a fall gathering for leaders from business, nonprofit, and social enterprise. The two-day single-track program emphasizes fresh perspectives, practical leadership, and meaningful connection across sectors. It is useful for social enterprise practitioners who want a focused room for purpose-driven organizational growth, partnership, and community.

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November 2026

Nov2–6

OC2026

Opportunity Collaboration · Albufeira, Portugal

A four-night, three-day global unconference for social entrepreneurs, funders, nonprofits, impact investors, and systems-change leaders working to alleviate poverty and injustice. Opportunity Collaboration emphasizes small-group dialogue, leadership circles, office hours, relationship-building, and practical collaboration rather than panels or conventional stage programming.

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Nov5–6

Forward Summit 2026

Forward Summit · Amsterdam, Netherlands

The first Forward Summit gathers procurement leaders, underrepresented suppliers, business leaders, and social impact practitioners around inclusive procurement. Co-hosted by EGLCC, ESDP, and telos, it emphasizes practical connections, supplier perspectives, one-on-one meetings, and using purchasing power to open opportunity for more inclusive enterprises.

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Nov9–11

2026 AVPA Conference

African Venture Philanthropy Alliance · Cape Town, South Africa

AVPA’s 2026 conference is Africa’s premier convening for venture philanthropy, impact investing, and social investment. Under the theme Beyond Aid, it gathers investors, philanthropists, policymakers, development actors, corporates, and ecosystem leaders to explore how catalytic and institutional capital can finance sustainable impact across the continent.

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Nov9–11

AVPA Conference 2026

African Venture Philanthropy Alliance · Cape Town, South Africa

The AVPA Conference brings together African and global social investors, funders, and impact ecosystem leaders focused on increasing capital flows into social projects across Africa. It is a globally notable gathering for venture philanthropy, catalytic capital, blended finance, and practical investment partnerships in African markets.

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Nov10–11

MA Impact Days 2026

Impact Finance Center · Burlington, MA

A two-day New England convening designed to mobilize capital for a more resilient and equitable regional economy. MA Impact Days brings together investors, foundations, community leaders, entrepreneurs, and first-time impact investors for panels, workshops, relationship-building, and practical pathways to move local and regional capital off the sidelines.

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Nov10

Q4 2026 B Academics Research Committee Meeting

B Academics · Virtual

A virtual B Academics community meeting for researchers, educators, students, and practitioners studying B Corps, benefit corporations, and business as a force for good. It supports knowledge-sharing across the purpose-driven business field and helps connect academic research with practical social enterprise movement needs.

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Nov10–12

ICM Annual Convening

Impact Capital Managers · New York, NY

Impact Capital Managers’ Annual Convening gathers private-capital impact fund managers, LPs, and invited guests to strengthen the impact investing marketplace. The convening is relevant for practitioners focused on fund performance, LP-GP relationships, impact measurement, talent, leadership, and scaling private impact capital with integrity.

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Nov10–12

2026 ICM Annual Convening

Impact Capital Managers · New York, NY

Impact Capital Managers’ annual convening gathers GP members and LPs for relationship-building, GP-LP sessions, impact dinners, and member programming. The event serves private capital impact fund managers and aligned capital partners. It matters to this calendar because ICM focuses on scaling the private capital impact investing marketplace with integrity and authenticity.

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Nov11–12

Inclusive Capital Summit

Impact Ventures · Arlington, TX

A national convening of second-stage entrepreneurs, ecosystem builders, and capital providers focused on reshaping capital access toward justice and equity. The summit connects CDFIs, foundations, angel investors, venture capitalists, community organizations, policymakers, and innovators to advance inclusive economic development and close wealth gaps.

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Nov11

6th Annual NMIIC Summit

New Mexico Integrated Investing Collaborative · Santa Fe, NM

A statewide place-based investing summit for New Mexico funders, CDFIs, banks, public entities, community leaders, and investors. The one-day gathering centers working sessions, fireside conversations, and strategy labs designed to build relationships, structure deals, and move more capital across the state’s impact ecosystem.

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Nov11–12

Inclusive Capital Summit 2026

Impact Ventures · Arlington, TX

The Inclusive Capital Summit convenes entrepreneurs, ecosystem builders, capital providers, funders, policymakers, universities, and community organizations committed to reshaping capital access. Hosted by Impact Ventures, it focuses on equitable capital strategies, second-stage entrepreneurs, underrepresented founders, wealth-gap solutions, and practical collaboration across financial, philanthropic, and entrepreneurial systems.

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Nov11

NMIIC Annual Summit

New Mexico Integrated Investing Collaborative · Santa Fe, NM

A statewide place-based investing summit for New Mexico funders, CDFIs, banks, public entities, community leaders, and investors. The one-day gathering centers learning, strategy, and connection so participants can surface funding gaps, share emerging models, and advance investment in long-term community health and local ownership.

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Nov18

Making Missing Markets: Catalyzing Capital and Igniting Innovation

Federal Reserve Bank of New York · New York, NY

A hybrid public event from the New York Fed’s Making Missing Markets Initiative, focused on improving markets that channel investment into under-resourced communities. It serves leaders in finance, philanthropy, community development, and academia who are building business models and capital strategies for opportunity-rich communities.

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Nov18

SuperCrowdHour November 2026

The Super Crowd, Inc. · Virtual

SuperCrowdHour November continues the free monthly webinar series for impact crowdfunding practitioners. Produced by The Super Crowd, it offers a low-barrier way for founders, investors, and ecosystem builders to stay current on tactics, questions, and community developments in mission-driven capital raising.

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Nov19–20

Pan African Social Enterprise Summit 2026

Pan African Social Enterprise Summit · Kampala, Uganda

PSES 2026 brings social entrepreneurs, impact-driven startups, young innovators, investors, policymakers, development partners, and CSR leaders together to strengthen Africa’s social enterprise ecosystem. The two-day summit focuses on partnerships, sustainable transformation, social enterprise marketplaces, pitching, and the support structures needed to scale inclusive solutions.

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December 2026

Dec4

Capital for Good Conference 2026

Columbia Business School Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change · New York, NY

Columbia’s annual Capital for Good Conference explores how capital can support a more sustainable, inclusive, and prosperous society. It brings together investors, philanthropists, business leaders, nonprofit and government practitioners, faculty, alumni, and students to discuss impact investing, ESG, social ventures, philanthropy, and systemic social and environmental challenges.

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Dec4

2026 Capital for Good Conference

Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change, Columbia Business School · New York, NY

Capital for Good convenes investors, philanthropists, professionals, faculty, students, alumni, and social impact leaders in New York. The conference examines how capital is sourced and used for impact through philanthropy, impact investing, social venture capital, and social enterprise examples, making it useful for both practitioners and emerging leaders.

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Dec9–10

Forum for Impact Caribbean

Forum for Impact · Eleuthera, Bahamas

A Forum for Impact regional dialogue for purpose-driven capital allocators, philanthropists, and impact finance leaders. The Caribbean program focuses on blue economy, sustainable growth, climate and ocean finance, and collaboration among investors and leaders seeking measurable impact in island and coastal contexts.

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Dec9

CfPA Webinar Series 2026

Crowdfunding Professional Association · Virtual

CfPA’s webinar series offers online learning for the regulated investment crowdfunding community. The series features expert speakers and practical topics for people working across Reg CF and Reg A, including issuers, investors, portal operators, advisors, and professionals who want timely education from the industry trade association.

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Dec16

SuperCrowdHour December 2026

The Super Crowd, Inc. · Virtual

SuperCrowdHour December is a free online session for the impact crowdfunding field, streamed through SuperCrowd.tv and related channels. The series is built for practical learning, peer connection, and live conversation among founders, investors, advisors, and supporters using crowdfunding for positive impact.

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Dec17

The Future of Impact Investing: Trends and Predictions for 2027

Human Planet · Virtual

This Human Planet online session looks ahead to the next year of impact investing for allocators, advisers, family offices, foundations, and investors. It is part of the Impact Investor Circle webinar series, designed as a candid, small-room conversation about where purposeful capital is moving and what practitioners should watch in 2027.

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January 2027

Jan11

Upswell Forum

Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative · Boston, MA and Virtual

Upswell Forum is a no-fee Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative program for senior leaders of social enterprises and nonprofits serving Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Houston. It begins with in-person workshops on campus and continues with virtual sessions. The community would care because it supports growth-stage leaders working directly in communities of color.

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Jan11–13

USD Global Executive Seminar: San Diego Session

University of San Diego Executive Education · San Diego, CA

The opening San Diego session of USD’s Global Executive Seminar introduces social innovation and social entrepreneurship models through site visits, guest speakers, and applied learning. Participants examine B Corps, employee ownership, impact investment, microfinance, and nonprofit earned revenue. It serves leaders seeking practical exposure to enterprise models for social and community change.

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Jan19

Redistribute Community Capital

Centre for Community Capital · Virtual

An online learning session in the Community Capital series examining how value, ownership, resources, and benefits move through local economies. It serves community leaders, funders, intermediaries, and public or private partners working to design capital systems that are fairer, place-based, and more accountable.

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Jan21

MIE's Member Gathering: What’s Your 2027 Strategy?

Mission Investors Exchange · Virtual

This Mission Investors Exchange strategy gathering invites members and guests to share what foundations are planning and putting into action for 2027. It is peer-focused, informal, and designed for relationship-building among people passionate about impact investing. The field would care because it helps foundations compare priorities, risks, and opportunities before a new year of deployment.

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February 2027

Feb2–16

Primer in Impact Investing & Financial Innovation for Community Foundations

Impact Finance Center · Virtual

Impact Finance Center’s three-session online primer helps community foundations rethink place-based investing and use more of their balance sheet for local priorities. The course introduces full-spectrum capital, community-up capital design, and practical tools for foundations seeking deeper impact without assuming financial sacrifice.

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Feb4

SuperGreen Live 2027

The Super Crowd, Inc. and Green2Gold · Virtual

A one-day televised virtual summit on climate solutions and community capital, co-produced by The Super Crowd and Green2Gold. The program includes keynotes, live pitches, panels, a musical performance, a sustainable fashion show, and networking for founders, impact investors, and community members funding practical climate action.

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Feb21

Social Enterprise Conference

Harvard Business School Social Impact Club · Cambridge, MA

Harvard’s Social Enterprise Conference is listed among upcoming HBS student club conferences for 2027. The annual student-run gathering typically serves students, practitioners, founders, funders, and public-sector leaders interested in social enterprise, social innovation, and business models that address social and environmental challenges.

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Feb23–25

FLII27: The Creator Effect

FLII / New Ventures · Mérida, Mexico

The Latin American Impact Investment Forum is a regionally important gathering where investors, entrepreneurs, fund managers, ecosystem builders, and social innovators connect around impact capital. The 2027 edition in Mérida is globally notable for people seeking direct exposure to Latin American impact enterprises, blended finance, climate, equity, and financial innovation.

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March 2027

Mar2–3

GSG Impact Summit 2027

GSG Impact and Netherlands Advisory Board on Impact Investing · The Hague, Netherlands

A global summit for leaders from government, finance, business, development finance, regulation, civil society, and market-building organizations. The 2027 program focuses on building resilient impact economies, mobilizing capital, shaping policy incentives, and strengthening ecosystems that align investment and economic decisions with measurable outcomes for people and planet.

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Mar8–9

Wall Street Green Summit 2027

Wall Street Green Summit · New York, NY

A long-running sustainable finance and climate technology investing conference in New York. The 2027 agenda focuses on climate tech investing, energy security and transition, carbon markets, clean transportation, climate adaptation, green AI, sustainability fund strategies, and related finance topics for investors and practitioners working on decarbonization.

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Mar24–25

Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific 2027

Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific · Sydney, Australia

A leading Asia-Pacific impact investment event for investors, advisors, foundations, family offices, government, nonprofits, social enterprises, and related organizations. The summit is built around directing capital toward social and environmental solutions while offering conference programming, networking, and opportunities for participants to connect around practical impact investment work.

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April 2027

Apr5–6

Community Investment Summit

Canadian Coalition for Community Capital · Ottawa, Canada

The Community Investment Summit is a pan-Canadian gathering focused on community finance and locally rooted capital. It brings community leaders, social purpose organizations, funders, investors, policymakers, researchers, and ecosystem partners together to advance community-led investment for affordable housing, clean energy, infrastructure, resilience, and local ownership.

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Apr6–9

Marmalade Festival 2027

The Old Fire Station, Oxford · Oxford, UK

Marmalade Festival runs alongside the Skoll World Forum and creates an open, community-oriented space for people working on systems change. It brings together local and global changemakers for workshops, screenings, networking, and discussions on people, power, place, climate, social justice, funding, impact measurement, and social innovation.

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Apr12–14

MO Summit 2027

Big Path Capital · Asheville, NC

A curated summit for CEOs of high-growth positive-impact companies using business as a force for good. Produced by Big Path Capital, the gathering blends content and deep networking for leaders building inclusive, regenerative, and sustainable businesses while connecting with peers, investors, and mission-aligned partners.

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Apr20–22

E-Capital Summit 2027

EarthX · Dallas, TX

An invitation-only summit convening investors, family offices, foundations, innovators, startups, policy leaders, and ecosystem builders focused on sustainability investment opportunities. The event supports dealmaking, pitch opportunities, and collaboration among capital providers and companies seeking substantial positive impact for people and planet.

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Apr26–28

ChangeNOW 2027

ChangeNOW · Paris, France

A large global gathering for solutions to social and environmental challenges, bringing together entrepreneurs, companies, investors, policymakers, media, and changemakers. The 2027 Paris summit offers exhibition, pitching, workshops, recruiting, and connections for impact solutions ready to scale through partnerships and capital.

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May 2027

May3–5

2027 Main Street Now Conference

Main Street America, Michigan Main Street, and Main Street Oakland County · Detroit, MI

Main Street Now is a national convening for local leaders, place professionals, civic partners, and experts working to strengthen the social, civic, and economic fabric of communities. The 2027 Detroit conference offers education sessions, mobile workshops, peer learning, and practical strategies for revitalizing local business districts and community economies.

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May4–6

SPRE Summit 2027

Community Spaces Network · Atlanta, GA

The Social Purpose Real Estate Summit convenes leaders developing, owning, and stewarding community-serving real estate. It is relevant to social enterprise and community capital practitioners because it focuses on nonprofit centers, social purpose spaces, community ownership, and real estate assets that support local impact.

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May5–7

Just Economy Conference 2027

National Community Reinvestment Coalition · Washington, DC

NCRC’s Just Economy Conference convenes community, business, foundation, policy, and government leaders focused on building wealth and opportunity. Topics include access to capital and credit, community development, fair lending, housing, climate, civil rights, and impact investing, making it a strong fit for community capital practitioners.

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May5–7

2027 Just Economy Conference

National Community Reinvestment Coalition · Washington, DC

NCRC’s Just Economy Conference convenes community, business, foundation, policy, and government leaders working toward wealth-building and opportunity for all. Topics include fair lending, access to capital and credit, workforce and community development, business, climate, healthcare, impact investing, and strategies rooted in resident-level realities.

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May11–12

Social Innovation Summit 2027

Social Innovation Summit · New York, NY

Social Innovation Summit gathers purpose-driven business leaders, funders, community stakeholders, impact entrepreneurs, and social impact practitioners. The flagship summit is designed for people scaling practical solutions, building cross-sector partnerships, and rethinking old models of enterprise, philanthropy, and civic impact.

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May18–19

Impact Investor Global Summit 2027

PEI Group and New Private Markets · London, UK

This global private-markets summit gathers allocators, fund managers, and impact investing leaders focused on capital deployment for measurable social and environmental outcomes. It is most useful for institutional investors and managers following where impact capital is flowing, how strategies are maturing, and what investors expect next.

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May18–19

Total Impact Summit ’27

ImpactPHL · Philadelphia, PA

A two-day place-based impact investing summit at The Barnes Foundation. ImpactPHL convenes investors, family offices, foundations, practitioners, public-sector leaders, and community stakeholders to explore how local places can hold more power over the capital shaping them, with emphasis on philanthropy, private credit, equity, policy, and community leadership.

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June 2027

Jun1–2

IILWG/Grunin Center Annual Conference on Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing

NYU Grunin Center and Impact Investing Legal Working Group · New York, NY

A leading legal conference for the social entrepreneurship and impact investing fields. Co-organized by NYU’s Grunin Center and the Impact Investing Legal Working Group, it gathers lawyers, students, investors, and practitioners to examine legal, ethical, and market issues affecting mission-driven ventures and impact capital.

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Jun7–9

Capital Access Convening 2027

Oweesta Corporation · Mackinac Island, MI

Oweesta’s annual Capital Access Convening gathers Native CDFI practitioners, investors, funders, and community changemakers. The event focuses on expanding investment opportunities, strengthening Native economies, building Native wealth, and sharing practitioner training across small business, housing, asset-building, green finance, and community development lending.

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Jun28–1

Points of Light Conference 2027

Points of Light · Long Beach, CA

The Points of Light Conference brings nonprofits, NGOs, corporate social impact teams, civic innovators, and service leaders together for learning and connection. While broader than social enterprise alone, it serves organizations building community impact, volunteer infrastructure, employee engagement, and partnerships that help mission-driven work reach more people.

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