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  • 2022 Kirby Impact Prize Winner: Why We’re Excited About ServeMinnesota Math Corps

    While each of the 5 finalists for the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact demonstrated innovative scaling strategies, resilience amid challenges, and powerful evidence of impact, one rose to the top of a competitive applicant pool.  The Center …

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  • Translating lived experience into innovation to increase access for food allergy consumers

    Eighty nine million Americans avoid buying at least one of the top-9 allergen food products. Of these 89 million, 25 million have a severe or moderate allergy, 7 million have a mild allergy, 32 million have food intolerances. Twenty-five million …

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  • CASE Announces 4 Finalists for the F.M. Kirby Scaling Social Impact Prize

    From a pool of 180, four social enterprises stood out above the rest in this year’s competition for the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact, which CASE has the privilege to manage.  One of these four will ultimately be …

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  • 2022-2023 F.M. Kirby Impact Prize Finalist Spotlight: Hello World

    We are thrilled to share why we are so excited about each of the four finalists for the 2022-2023 F.M. Kirby Impact Prize. Check the CASE blog for posts about the other finalists.  The Problem Hello World is Working to Solve Hello World …

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  • 2022-2023 F.M. Kirby Impact Prize Finalist Spotlight: Connecticut Veterans Legal Center

    We are thrilled to share why we are so excited about each of the four finalists for the 2022-2023 F.M. Kirby Impact Prize. Check the CASE blog for posts on the other finalists.  The Problem Connecticut Veterans Legal Center (CVLC) is Working to …

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  • 2022-2023 F.M. Kirby Impact Prize Winner: Essmart

    We are thrilled to announce Essmart as the recipient of the 2022-23 F.M. Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact! Essmart is a for-profit social enterprise in India, on a mission to grow rural livelihoods by connecting local retail shops and …

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  • Optimizing for Impact: Managing investments to meet goals for impact – and expectations of regulators

    Originally posted 9.13.21 on ImpactAlpha. NEW: The United Nations Development Programme and CASE at Duke have released a free online training for global enterprises and investors on impact measurement and management for the SDGs.  CASE and ImpactAlpha will launch Optimizing for Impact, a …

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CASE Impact Academy

CASE Impact Academy takes the best of what we've learned working with enterprises and investors to help both achieve sustainable impact at scale. Choose from live, virtual, and asynchronous trainings to bolster your ability to raise impact capital, align with ESG or SDG standards, and more.

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CASE i3

CASE i3’s mission is to establish a rich set of resources & activities for MBA students, entrepreneurs, investors, funders, academics & policymakers to explore & support the field of impact investing during its critical period of development.

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Scaling Pathways

What does it take to scale social impact? Our new series looks at what innovative social enterprises have learned on the road to scale and how you can avoid common roadblocks when scaling your organization.

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CASE 2021-2022 Annual Report

This year CASE celebrated our 20th anniversary, and the 10th anniversary of the CASE i3 Initiative on Impact Investing. This anniversary allowed us to reflect on how our work has evolved over the years to meet the needs to today’s …

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NEXT GEN VOICES: Introducing the Class of 2024 Fuqua Impact Scholars!

The social problems that we face as a global community are urgent and we need leaders with the skills, courage, and support to drive for a more just, equitable, and sustainable world.  This is why CASE was thrilled to partner …

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