The Community Calendar

Upcoming events in regulated investment crowdfunding, impact investing, and social enterprise. These are the gatherings where this community meets. Updated weekly · 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 to Nov 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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October 2026

Oct7 to Nov 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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Oct29–30

Novogradac 2026 Fall Opportunity Zones Conference

Novogradac · Washington, DC

Two days for practitioners who put patient, place-based capital to work through Opportunity Zones, meeting as the new OZ designations take effect January 1, 2027. Fund managers, developers, community lenders, accountants and attorneys compare deal structures and compliance practice. Useful for anyone financing real projects in under-invested neighborhoods rather than trading public-market securities.

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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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Nov10

CfPA Policy Committee Meeting

Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) · Virtual

CfPA's Policy Committee meets online the second Tuesday of every month at 9:00 AM Pacific, open to CfPA members in good standing. This is where regulated investment crowdfunding practitioners—portals, issuers, attorneys, and advocates—shape the association's positions on Reg CF and Reg A rulemaking and talk through what needs fixing.

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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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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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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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Nov18–20

2026 National Development Finance Summit

Council of Development Finance Agencies · Savannah, GA

CDFA’s national summit gathers development finance professionals, lenders, consultants, dealmakers, and public-sector leaders to discuss financing tools and partnerships. The Savannah event is designed for people moving capital into community and economic development projects, with workshops on equitable revitalization, venture capital, and local finance solutions.

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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

Investor Circle: Building Beyond Business — Innovation, Connection & Kingdom Impact

Impact Foundation · Virtual

A free monthly online gathering where faith-driven investors meet founders building mission-aligned companies. This session features Bay Area entrepreneurs sharing how they connect enterprise, innovation and purpose. It is a friendly entry point for people who want to put donor-advised and personal capital directly into private, impact-focused ventures.

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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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Dec6–9

Native CDFI Network 7th Annual Policy & Capacity Building Summit

Native CDFI Network · Washington, DC

A four-day summit bringing together Native CDFI leaders, Tribal leaders, policymakers, federal partners, funders, investors, and advocates. The event focuses on capacity building, policy, capital access, and Native economic development, with programming and Hill engagement aimed at expanding opportunity and community-controlled finance across Indian Country.

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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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Dec9

CDFI Practitioner Summit: People and Talent

Opportunity Finance Network · Washington, DC

An OFN practitioner summit for CDFI staff and partners focused on the people, talent, and organizational capacity needed to sustain community finance. It matters to the impact capital field because strong teams and leadership pipelines directly affect how mission-driven lenders deploy capital in underserved communities.

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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.

Social enterprise Event details
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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Feb22–26

Sankalp Africa Summit 2027

Sankalp Forum · Nairobi, Kenya

Africa's largest convening on entrepreneurship and impact investing, drawing more than 1,500 changemakers from across Africa and Asia for five days in Nairobi. It brings together entrepreneurs raising capital, impact funds deploying it, and ecosystem builders. If you care about where primary impact capital actually lands on the continent, this is the room.

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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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Mar2

Collaborate on Community Capital

Centre for Community Capital · Virtual

A virtual workshop on aligning public, private, philanthropic, institutional, and community actors to build inclusive capital systems. The session offers frameworks, case studies, and applied exercises for people who want community leadership, investment, expertise, and policy to work together around place-based resilience.

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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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Mar9

2027 Minnesota Impact Investing Institute

Minnesota Council on Foundations · Minnesota

The Minnesota Impact Investing Institute is an in-person learning and networking event for foundation and philanthropic leaders exploring mission-aligned capital. Featuring Pacific Community Ventures’ Bulbul Gupta and local community development voices, it centers practical approaches to impact investing, CDFIs, and place-based capital deployment.

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Mar20

HER Impact Conference 2027

HER Impact Conference · Memphis, TN

HER Impact Conference is a community-focused event connecting women, teenage girls, entrepreneurs, businesses, and organizations to opportunities in business, education, career growth, mentorship, and networking. It is especially relevant for local ecosystem builders supporting women-led enterprise, youth opportunity, and practical pathways into impact-oriented work.

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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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Mar31 to Apr 2

Finance in Common Summit 2027

Finance in Common / Asian Development Bank · Bangkok, Thailand

The sixth global summit of public development banks, co-hosted by the Asian Development Bank in Bangkok. It gathers the institutions that deploy primary capital into development projects, alongside partners from philanthropy, blended finance and the private sector. A rare Asia-Pacific anchor event for people who care about how large pools of catalytic capital actually reach communities.

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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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Apr6–7

Impact Summit Europe 2027

Phenix Capital Group · Amsterdam, Netherlands

A curated two-day gathering in Amsterdam for asset owners, foundations and impact fund managers deploying primary capital. The program is built around practical tools for raising impact allocations and starting an impact portfolio, making it useful for anyone moving institutional money toward intentional, measurable outcomes rather than screened public portfolios.

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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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Apr6–9

Skoll World Forum 2027

Skoll Foundation · Oxford, United Kingdom

The Skoll Foundation's annual gathering of social entrepreneurs, funders, and movement leaders in Oxford, with a virtual participation track. It spotlights proven social innovations and connects the people financing and building them. For readers working on community capital and social enterprise, it is one of the field's best places to meet global peers and prospective funders.

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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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Apr12–15

NCEO 2027 Annual Employee Ownership Conference

National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) · Pittsburgh, PA

The NCEO's 46th annual gathering brings together employee-owned companies, worker cooperatives, ESOP advisors and practitioners for four days of sessions on ownership culture, financing transitions and employee engagement. For anyone building broad-based ownership as a wealth-building strategy, it is the largest practitioner meeting of its kind in the United States.

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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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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 to Jul 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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July 2027

Jul12–15

Aspen Institute Business & Society Summit 2027

Aspen Institute Business & Society Program · Aspen, CO

The Aspen Business & Society Summit is an invitation-only gathering of corporate leaders, long-term investors, governance experts, academics, NGOs, and advisors. It examines business leadership, sustainability, social impact, and trust, serving leaders who want companies and capital to align more closely with long-term societal wellbeing.

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