fast forward fund
youth investing in youth for global change
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NEW INTERVIEW: Fast Forward Fund CEO Diana Ayton-Shenker interviewed by BeDo, a social entrepreneur community online resource center. Read it here. |
ANNOUNCING NEW MILESTONE: Inaugural FFF Portfolio Student Directors Select Spring 2009 Youth-led Social Investments! Check out FFF's pilot portfolios:
WHAT WE DO: FFF transforms young adults into social investors. We do this in 2 ways:
- training & education:
academic semester intensive through BGIA
workshops, seminars, leadership development
emerging & intergenerational social investor retreats
philanthropic travel and site visit journeys
online training, webinars and virtual seminars
- youth-to-youth investment:
private social investor circles
portfolio investments
online social market platform
investor pitch events
investor mentorships & apprenticeships
INVESTORS WELCOME. IMPACT GUARANTEED.
FFF is changing the way we approach philanthropy, global engagement, and social change. Pioneering youth-driven, investment activism, FFF mobilizes young social investors to shape the global agenda and direct philanthropic capital to youth-led initiatives. As an innovative social venture fund, FFF addresses the most pressing global challenges faced by this generation and our time.
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FFF Launches with former Pres. Bill Clinton, CGIU '09 Press Conference.
ACADEMIC PARTNER:
PIPELINE PARTNERS*
- Acumen Fund
- Ashoka
- Clinton Global Initiative (See CGIU photos)
- Echoing Green
- Global Engagement Summit
- Teach for America
- Transformative Action Institute
- Unreasonable Institute
- Young Women Social Entrepreneurs
(*invited nominators of youth-led investment opportunities)